Early Civilizations JEOPARDY VOCAB

Column 1

100

This is what happens when people spend most of their time working at a single job or craft

Specialization

200

This is when there is more food than needed (extra food)

Food Surplus

300

This is a complex society that has cities, a well-organized government, and workers with specialized job skills

civilization

400

This means to change the growth of plants or behavior of animals in ways that are useful for humans

Domesticate

500

This is a supply of something that be used as needed

Resource

Column 2

100

This is another name for physical surroundings

Environment

200

This is the name that means all of our human ancestors

hominins

300

This is the belief that there are spirits in the natural world

animism

400

This is the world's first city

Uruk

500

This is one of the oldest faming villages

Catalhoyuk

Column 3

100

This means to become inhabitants of

Populate

200

These are anything made and used by humans

Artifacts

300

These are hardened remains or imprints of living things that existed long ago

Fossils

400

These are scientists that study human life in the past by examining things that people left behind

Archaeologists

500

This is the name for the change of hunting and gathering to farming

Agricultural Revolution

Column 4

100

This is a shared set of beliefs

Religion

200

This is a well-organized system of rule

Government

300

These are large-scale projects that help the whole society

Public Works

400

This are groups of people that occupy different ranks or levels in society

Social classes

500

This is name for people who travel with their herds from place to place because they can't farm

Pastoral Nomads