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Neolithic Age
Paleolithic Age
Mesopotamia
Vocabulary
Social Studies
100
This gave humans an opportunity to settle down and create a surplus of food.
What is Agriculture/Farming
100
The first humans were these kinds of people who had to find their food in the wild.
Who were hunter-gatherers.
100
Because countries hadn't formed in the first years of civilization, these were first types of communities to form.
What are city-states.
100
This is the act of hitting two rocks together to create a sharp tool.
What is knapping.
100
This is the part of social studies that deals with resources, workers, money and trade.
What is economics.
200
This involves taming and keeping animals for food or help.
What is domestication.
200
The first people didn't live in one specific place, instead they were this.
What are nomads.
200
These are the two important rivers that fed Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates.
200
This is a type belief system that has multiple gods.
What is polytheism.
200
This is the part of social studies that focuses on the laws, rules, and leaders of the land.
What is politics.
300
Because farming created a surplus of food, some people were free to stop looking for food and instead do this.
What is specialize in skills.
300
The first human tools were made of this.
What is stone.
300
This kind of person was at the bottom of the social structure in Mesopotamia.
What are slaves.
300
This was the first type of writing, made of wedge like shapes.
What is cuneiform.
300
This is the part of social studies that focuses on the location, land forms, streams and region of a people.
What is geography.
400
This was the type of land that humans needed to settle.
What is fertile land.
400
These were found on the walls of caves that early humans once took shelter in.
What are cave paintings.
400
This was a set of laws that focused on everyday life, and prescribed punishment seen as equal to crimes.
What is the Code of Hammurabi.
400
This is a system of ditches, pipes and streams that provide water to dry land.
What is irrigation.
400
This is the part of social studies that focuses on the traditions, beliefs, art and social structures of a people group.
What is culture.
500
Because people were settling and staying in one location. These started to form as agreements between rulers and people.
What are governments.
500
One of early man's most challenging times were the frigid days of this.
What is the ice age.
500
The Amorites, Assyrians, and Chaldeans are examples of these communities created of conquered people.
What are empires.
500
These were massive pyramid shaped temples
What are ziggurats.
500
This is the part of social studies that focuses on the advance in knowledge, skills, tools and use of materials.
What is technology.