Dates
What is the abbreviation for "Circa"?
C.
People who move from place to place
Nomads
what is the most important and long-lasting effect that the Agricultural Revolution had on people's lives?
people settled into communities/permanent homes
Mesopotamia, China, Egypt and India are all _____ _____ civilizations?
River Valley
River to the West
Euphrates
What is the abbreviation for "Common Era"?
CE
The earliest period of the Stone Age
Paleolithic Age
As food became more abundant fewer people needed in the fields. as a result, some people...
became skilled at other professions (specialization)
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land Between the Rivers
River to the East
Tigris
What is the abbreviation for "Before Common Era"?
BCE
The Latest period of the Stone Age?
Neolithic Age
having more food than what is needed
surplus
Explain why irrigation systems were created in Mesopotamia?
To protect the fields and crops during inundation, so that they could have a stable food supply (surplus)
Mountains to the Northeast
Zagros
What does "BC" stand for?
Before Christ
To tame an animal (or plant) for human use
Domesticate
what is the primary purpose for settling near rivers?
water for crops/irrigation
Early Civilizations' religious beliefs were POLYTHEISTIC in nature. What did early Sumerians believe their gods had control over? THINK!!!!
All of nature...fire, wind, water, etc.
People's every day actions, including who was to be king
People plowing and making bricks (their jobs)
Gulf to the Southeast
Persian gulf
What does the abbreviation "AD" mean in Latin?
In the year of our Lord
Why are hunter-gatherers considered nomadic?
They moved from place to place in search of food
a weaver and farmer TRADE cloth for food
Barter economoy
Explain why the region is referred to as the Fertile Crescent?
The flooding of the Tigris, Euphrates Rivers carry small particles of rich soil called SILT. The fertile farming land around these rivers is in the shape of an arc, or CRESCENT, from satellite view.
Sea to the West
Mediterranean Sea