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Paleolithic
Neolithic
Problem--Solution
Sumerian Achievements
Miscellaneous
100
The meaning of the word Paleolithic
What is "Old Stone Age"?
100
The meaning of the word Neolithic.
What is New Stone Age?
100
The first settlements were along this geographical region.
What is the Zagros Mountains?
100
This achievement was discovered by accident, it was originally used for making pottery
What is the wheel?
100
The two rivers in the new settlement are called
What is the Euphrates and Tigris rivers
200
People from the paleolithic time period had mainly one occupation that helped them survive
What is hunting and gathering food sources?
200
Neolithic people ______________ their own crops instead of gathering them
What is cultivated?
200
The first problem settlers in the mountains faced was this
What is lack of food supply?
200
The first system of writing, after picto graphs, was called
What is cuneiform?
200
The first city-state to emerge was called
What is Sumer?
300
Paleolithic people were ______________ meaning they migrated from one place to another constantly.
What is nomadic?
300
Neolithic people ____________ their own animals.
What is domesticated?
300
The solution to the first problem settlers in the Zagros Mtns encountered
What is to move to the plains
300
This system was needed to control the water supply in the Mesopotamian region
What is irrigation?
300
The region where Mesopotamia once existed is known today as
What is Iraq?
400
The types of tools paleolithic tribes used were made of this
What is stone?
400
Neolithic people had more time for other _______________ such as making jewelry, sewing, building, making tools, etc...
What is occupations?
400
The new settlement was called Mesopotamia, which means
What is the "land between two rivers?"
400
Two forms of Medicine practice used included
What is herbal healing and surgery?
400
The problem that led to neighboring attacks was when city-states blocked ________________
What is the water supply?
500
Paleolithic tribes seeked shelter here
What is caves?
500
One of the resources Neolithic traders most desired was
What is obsidian?
500
The problem Sumerians faced once they moved to the plains was
What is uncontrollable water supply?
500
This invention made it easier to farm.
What is the plow?
500
___________are pools of water that are stored for use.
What is a reservoir?