Early Humans
The way humans got food before farming.
What is hunting and gathering?
Just trying to survive.
How did early humans spend their time?
The study of the earth and its people.
What is geography?
A person who moves from place to place.
What is a nomad?
The period when humans developed farming.
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
Allowed villages to develop beyond hunting and gathering.
What is farming?
Climate
What word means "the weather patterns in a specific place over a long period of time?"
When writing was invented.
When did History begin?
The process of growing and caring for wild plants or animals over multiple generations.
What is domestication?
A person who writes official documents.
What is a scribe?
A mapmaker's attempt to flatten the globe.
What is projection?
Slash-and-burn
What do we call "the clearing land for farming by cutting and burning vegetation?"
Man-made methods for watering crops.
What is irrigation?
Having more of a good (food, water, clothes, etc.) that needed to survive.
What is a surplus?
Political, Physical, and Thematic
What are the three types of maps?
America's Birthday Not from class- bonus
What do we celebrate on July 4th?
Between 10,00 BC and 8,000 BC.
When did humans develop farming?
Focusing on one specific job instead of doing everything needed to survive.
What is specialization?
New Hampshire Not from class- bonus
What is Mr. Roman's favorite state?
How history was spread before writing was invented.