GRAPES
landforms, climate, location
What is geography.
During this age, people did these two things to find food, so they were called
What is hunter-gatherers.
These animals were among the first to be domesticated?
What are dogs, sheep and goats.
This term means the process of growing food and raising animals; farming
What is agriculture.
These plants were among the earliest to be grown
What are wheat and barley.
leaders, laws, government
What is politics.
During this time period, tools were made from
What are stones.
This term means people began to raise crops and animals for human's to use.
What is domestication.
The early civilizations were settled near this landform
What are rivers.
written language, mathematics, weaponry
What is achievements.
afterlife, gods, worship
What is religion.
Prehistory is the time period before there was
What is written language.
Animals were used to help with farming by
What is pulling plows OR the fertilizing with their manure.
This soil is best for growing crops
What is fertile.
The most important skill learned by early humans, this allowed them to settle and learn new skills
What is farming.
Goods, surplus, trade
What is economics.
During this time period people were ___________, meaning they traveled from place to place
What are nomads.
These parts of animals were used by early humans to make tools or shelter
What are skins and bones.
In order to have water for farming, people in early civilizations depended on the rivers to do this.
What is flood.
This is a manmade system for supplying water.
What is irrigation.
hierarchy, division of labor, classes
What is society/social structure.
How did the Earth's climate start to change during this time period?
What is the Earth warmed and ice melted.
This type of animal was very hard for early humans to kill due to its size.
What is the wooly mammoth.
Name two types of tools used for farming near the end of the Stone Age.
What are plows, hoes and sickles.
Synonyms for extra and not enough
What are surplus and scarcity.