Paleolithic Revolution
To fufill their needs for food, Paleolithic people relied on specific tactics, which earned them the label of ________________________
What are hunter-gathers?
A fancy word to describe farming.
What is agriculture?
The religions of Ancient Civilizations were typically ____________________.
What is polytheistic?
A ____________________ source is one that was created during the time period in question and describes events first hand or reactions to it.
What is a primary source?
To live a life of frequent movement, not staying in one place for too long?
What is "nomadic?"
the process of strategically controlling the breeding of plants and animals for human benefit.
What is domestication?
This ancient law code was the first written and served as the foundation for future law codes.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
A ____________________ source compares sources from the time period in question, as well as others that analyze pst events, and uses them to make new conclusions.
What is a secondary source?
This continent was the location of the earliest humans.
What is "Africa?"
The process of individual people getting really good at one particular job.
What is Job Specialization/Specialization of Labor?
DAILY DOUBLE - Decide how many points your team is willing to wager (you will need to provide a full answer to avoid losing your wager)...
-Government
-Social Hierarchy
-Written Language/Records
-Religion
-Specialization of labor
-Technology
To have 2 or more gods means your religion is...
Polytheistic
_________________ is the name of the fossil of our oldest hominid ancestor, who was the first to be bipedal?
Who is Lucy?
This major technological advancement allowed people to begin to settle in one place and formed civilization.
If you can list the technology that helped this technology be more productive because it controlled water... double points.
What is agriculture?
What is irrigation?
The primary reasons (there are two of them) for the development of civilization in river valleys?
What are "annual flooding," and "silt"?
A source that only describes the past and does nothing to analyze/understand it?
What is a tertiary source?
The ________________________ were our ancestors who developed stone tools, first to bury their dead, and made clothing with animal skin/fur.
Who were the Neanderthals?
____________________ formed after human beings began specializing in jobs/tasks, because people weren't experts in everything?
What is trade/economy?
What are the 4 ancient river valley civilizations?
-Egypt
-Mesopotamia
-Indus River Valley Civilization
-Shang China
______________________ and __________________ lines are used to describe the accurate locations of places on earth.
What are latitude and longitude lines?