During the Old Stone Age why did men follow herds of animals?
to find food.
100
True or false--During the Neolithic Revolution men changed from hunting and gathering to herding and farming.
What is true.
100
The Nile river was part of which early river civilization?
Egypt
100
What country settled along the Huang He river?
What is China.
100
What is the fertile cresent?
What is the area of fertile soil in the desert Middle East--from Sumer to the Mediterranean Sea.
200
While men hunted women gathered what for food?
What is nuts, berries, and roots, etc.
200
True or false. The new roles of herding and farming less people were needed to produce food. Therefore some people took on entirely new roles as craftspeople and artisans.
What is true.
200
What were the other rivers where civilizations were formed near?
What is the Tigris/ Euphrates, the Huang He (yellow) and the Indus River.
200
What was Sumer's writing system called?
What is Cunieform
200
This was the first written laws in history.
What is Hammurabi's Code--based on "an eye for an eye" principle
300
Where did the earliest people live?
What is Africa.
300
Name one tool developed during this time period.
What is the wheel. Because less people were needed to produce food some people had time to develop new tools and new ideas to meet their needs.
300
What is the word for water for crops and controlling water?
What is irrigation.
300
India settled along this river.
What is Indus. "I" for India and Indus.
300
What is cuneiform?
What is a writing system used in Sumer--wedge shaped symbols.
400
Native Americans migrated across a land bridge from where to where?
What is from Asia to North America.
400
True or False- During this time people went from nomadic lifestyles to villages?
True
400
Annual flooding supplied what for crops each year?
What is fertile soil.
400
Who settled along the Tigris Euphrates?
What is the Sumerians. (Mesopotamia)
400
What was the writing system in Egypt called?
What is Hieroglyphic, They were picture symbols.
500
As people migrated and settled together their ideas mixed. What is this called?
What is cultural diffusion. Trade also caused cultural diffusion.
500
Name four aspects of a civilization.
What is a writing system, an organized economy, an organized government (including laws) and urban areas (cities).
500
Name two other reasons why River Valleys were a good place to start civilizations.
What is 1. food supply (fish and other animals because they came to the river to drink) 2. Transportation--allowed for trade (and thus cultural diffusion)
500
Name each civilization and which river they settled near.
What is Egypt and the Nile.
What is the Sumerians (Mesopotamia) and the Tigris Euphrates.
What is India and the Indus.
What is China and the Huang He.