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Archaeologists refer to the period of time before people invented writing as...
PREHISTORY
In order to analyze a site, what to archaeologists make?
MAPS
The change form hunting to food gathering and farming was known as the _____ Revolution.
NEOLITHIC
NAME THE TERM: The earliest period of human history (also known as the Old Stone Age)
PALEOLITHIC AGE
Match the explanation to its feature of Early Civilization.
Specially trained priests, ceremonies, prayers, dances, hymns, temples, and animal sacrifices
COMPLEX RELIGIONS
What is the study of how early people lived?
ARCHAEOLOGY / ANTHROPOLOGY
Name the town in England where the Prime Meridian crosses through.
GREENWICH
Which of the following characterized the New Stone Age?
A. People moved from villages to cities
B. People began living in caves.
C. People established farming villages.
D. People migrated to North America.
C. PEOPLE ESTABLISHED FARMING VILLAGES
PALEOLITHIC AGE or NEOLITHIC AGE ?
Calendars
Axes & Arrowheads
Weaving
Farming tools
NEOLITHIC AGE
Match the explanation to its feature of Early Civilization.
People were ranked according to their jobs
Led to a vast majority of slaves at the bottom of the social pyramid :(
SOCIAL CLASS
Historians are like archaeologists in that they both study how people lived by examine
A. Longitude & Latitude
B. artifacts
C. plants and animals
D. regions
NAME THE TERM: the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources, land use, and industries.
GEOGRAPHY
Which of the following things is a key feature of Early Civilizations?
CITIES, SOCIAL EQUALITY, STEEL-MAKING, TRADE OF GOODS AND MONEY
CITIES
PALEOLITHIC AGE or NEOLITHIC AGE ?
They were the first Food Producers!!!
NEOLITHIC AGE
Match the explanation to its feature of Early Civilization.
Irrigation systems, roads, bridges, walls.
PUBLIC WORKS
When did early people first begin to use stone tools?
THE OLD STONE AGE
What is the different between LOCATION and PLACE?
LOCATION: precise location (coordinates, street address)
PLACE: The physical and human characteristics that define an area (what makes a place/culture unique)
Where did the first cities emerge?
(Think topography, not geography)
400 points per right answer. What kinds of dwellings did the people live in during the Paleolithic Age? The Neolithic Age?
PALEO- CAVES/ROCKY OVERHANGS
NEO- PERMANENT VILLAGES
Match the explanation to its feature of Early Civilization.
Irrigation projects , Issue laws, Collect taxes, Systems of defense, Produce large amounts of food.
WELL ORGANIZED CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS
What evidence suggests that early people believed in life after death?
THEY BURIED THEIR PEOPLE WITH GREAT CARE
500 points PER right answer.
What are the 5 themes of Geography?
LOCATION , MOVEMENT, REGION, PLACE, & HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
What aided cultural diffusion among ancient peoples?
Trade.
Define Animism.
The belief that spirits and forces may live in animals, objects, and dreams.
500 points per right answer : There are FOUR River Valleys in which the earliest civilizations first emerged. Name them.
NILE RIVER VALLER, TIGRIS, EUPHRATES, & YELLOW RIVER VALLEY.