In order to produce surplus food, people needed natural resources as well as what other things?
Tools and labor
100
What allowed people to start living in settled communities (or permanent locations)?
Domesticating plants and animals
100
What was the economy of early villages and cities based on?
Farming
100
The role of this feature is to manage society's resources so that people get the things they need to survive. This one also forms and trains an army to defend a society from attack or expand its borders.
Well-Organized Government
100
This is when people spend most of their time doing one job.
Specialize or Specializaiton
200
Why did the earliest civilizations appear in areas like Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley?
They were near rivers and fertile soil.
200
Why did cities need more government than farming villages?
Farming villages were smaller; cities were larger and needed management.
200
How was writing first incorporated in early societies?
Used to record the numbers of the harvest.
200
These are groups of people that occupy different ranks or levels in society.
Social Classes
200
This is when you grow more food than you need.
Surplus
300
What location on earth did farming begin?
Southwestern Asia
300
Which animal was the first to be domesticated?
Dogs
300
As societies became more complex, what did their economies rely on?
Farming and trade
300
These emerged near farming centers. They served as centers of religion, government and culture.
Cities
300
This is a set of shared beliefs about supernatural powers or beings that created and ruled the world.
Religion
400
What is the oldest known farming village?
Catalhoyuk
400
This period stands for the "New" Stone Age.
Neolithic
400
Why was managing resources important?
People had to plan and organize well in order to continue surpluses.
400
These occurred when government organized workers to build large-scale projects such as roads, water systems, city walls, and granaries where food was stored after harvesting.
Public Works
400
This is the system that a community uses to produce and distribute goods and services.
Economy
500
Name the three most important resources early people needed to create a food surplus?
Fertile soil, fresh water, and seeds.
500
Why is farming considered a revolution?
Changed from wandering hunters and gatherers, to farmers who settled in one place and lived in permanent houses.
500
State one of the three questions that define the economy of a society.
What goods and services are produced?
How are they produced?
Who uses them?
500
This allowed people to build and decorate magnificent temples, tombs, and palaces. Many of them served as a public function, but they were also objects of beauty.
Arts and Architecture
500
This means to change animal behavior so that they could be more useful to humans.