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Ch1: Early Man Basics
Ch1: The Shift to Sedentary Lifestyles
Ch1: The Agricultural Revolution
Ch2: Mesopotamia - Geography
Ch2: Mesopotamia - Economy & Religion
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An anthropologist is...
What is someone who studies early human culture
100
Nomadic means...
What are tribes who move from place to place (20-30 people) who had no perm. home
100
Why were women the first farmers?
What is because before they were the gatherers
100
Why were many early civilizations located in river valleys?
What is because they tended to be in places with natural protection and they had good soil for farming
100
What was some of the stuff in Mesopotamia's economy?
What is metal tools, bronze, iron, etc.
200
An Archaeologist is...
What is someone who studies artifacts and sites of human settlements
200
Hominids are...
What is humans that are bi-pedal and have opposable thumbs
200
What did growing crops on a regular basis allow for?
What is a larger population and specialized workers
200
Where is Mesopotamia?
What is between the Tigris & Euphrates River in the Fertile Crescent
200
How many gods did the Sumerian people believe in?
What is over 3,000
300
The Old Stone Age was also known as...
What is the Paleolithic Age
300
The Last Ice Age occurred at this time...
What is 70,000 - 10,000 BC
300
The first cities were...
What is Jericho and Catal Huyuk
300
What does Mesopotamia mean?
What is "land between the rivers"
300
What were the Sumerian temples called?
What are ziggurats
400
In the Paleolithic Age, people made tools from...
What is stone and bones
400
During the Neolithic Age, people shift from nomadic lifestyles to ...
What is settled and stationary lifestyles
400
Who protected these cities?
What is the men
400
How often did the Tigris and Euphrates River flood?
What is once a year - unpredictably
400
After a Sumerian person died, where would their soul go?
What is to the Land of No Return
500
A hunter-gather society is...
What is a group of people who hunt and gather for food
500
During the start of the Neolithic Age, there was a shift from hunting and gathering to...
What is farming and the domestication of animals
500
What are the five characteristics of a civilization?
What is Advanced Cities, Specialized Workers, Complex Institutions, Record Keeping, Advanced Technology
500
Who controlled Sumer's earliest government?
Who are the priests
500
What is the social pyramid in Mesopotamia?
Kings/ Priests Wealthy Merchants Ordinary People Slaves