Pre-History
Early humans traveled in search of food, without building settlements
This is a person who studies written records of the past.
What is a historian?
What rivers are associated with Mesopotamia?
Tigris or Euphrates
Why did humans shift from hunter-gather societies to agricultural societies?
The shift allowed for humans to create food surpluses.
The taming of animals and plants
Domestication
A member of a society that relies on hunting & gathering wild food sources
Hunter-Forager
The Shang & Zhou states would become what country in the modern Era?
China
Ziggurats, were giant structure, used as religious temples
When members of a settlement take on different jobs; farmers, merchants, hunters
Specialization of Labor
An early form of weaponry used to hunt large animals, during the Ice-Age
Clovis Spear Points
This can be caused by improving food supply through agriculture
Population Growth
Where did humans first migrate too after leaving Africa?
Identify one way urbanization lead to an increase in early state power
- City surrounded by giant walls, to protect against invaders
- More developed cities has social stratification
Identify 2 technological innovation that made transportation easier
The Wheel, The Chariot, Domestication of Horses, Boats/Ships
Belief in more than one God
Polytheism
Which notable civilizations created the "Mandate of Heaven"
Shang & Zhou
Identify 2 technological advances that helped increase early state power
Chariots
Writing systems
Wheel
Jamon Pot
Quipu
When bricks, weights, and measurements became the same weights in the Indus Valley
Standardization
A personal or institutionalized set of beliefs, practices, and attitudes that relate people to supernatural, spiritual, or transcendental elements
What is religion?
A belief created by the Early Shang State that claimed, "Emperors were chosen by God"
Identify 1 major contribution of early Egypt
Identify 1 major contribution of Indus Valley
Hieroglyphics or Pyramids
Standardized Weights and Measures
SUPER QUESTION
Name one technological agricultural improvement and explain its impact
Irrigation (systems): enabled consistent food production through controlled water distribution to crops -> led to pop growth
Terraced Farming: increased usable farmland on mountains -> greater food surplus
Three Sisters Farming: a method of planting corn, beans, & squash at the same time -> increase crop production & crop diversity
Where is Indus Valley located in the modern day?
Pakistan (India)