Hunting & Gathering
What is a nomad and what is another term for them?
What is a person who moves from place to place in search of food and hunter-gatherers
How long is a decade? How long is a century?
10 years, 100 years
This means to have an extra amount of something
Surplus
How does writing help civilizations? And what are the men that write called?
You can document recordings; scribes
What does Paleolithic mean? What does Neolithic mean?
Old Stone; New Stone
This type of stone was used to make tools and weapons
Flint.
About; when we don't know the exact date for an event
What is a monarchy?
A form of government led by a king or a queen
What is copper+tin=bronze
Give 3 reasons why fire was such an important invention.
Place these dates in chronological order: 56 CE, 3 BC, 234 BCE, 90 AD
234 BCE, 3 BC, 56 CE, 90 AD
What invention were created to help bring water to fields and what did they help lead to?
What are irrigation canals and food surpluses
What is a barter economy?
Where you trade for items
In early Neolithic communities, we begin to see evidence of religions with shrines. What are shrines and what word do we use to describe the religions?
A place to worship gods/ Polytheistic
What were the jobs of the men? Women?
Men did the hunting/trapping animals
Women did the gathering/raising the kids
What does BC stand for? What does AD stand for? (Both definitions!)
BC: Before Christ
AD: "anno domini" In the Year of Our Lord
What does Systemic Agriculture mean?
Farming on a yearly/annual basis
What are the 4 river-valley civilizations? And explain why they are called river-valley civilizations.
China, India, Egypt, Mesopotamia. They were formed near a river.
Who was Otzi the Iceman and why do we care so much about him?
He was a Neolithic man and the stuff we found with him has shown us a glimpse into the life of the Neolithic Era
Explain the lives of Hunter-Gatherers:
Tools, Shelter, Language and Art
Used basic weapons like bows and spears
Caves, non-permanent homes
Grunts, physical gestures, cave paintings
Draw a map labeling all the continents and the 5 main oceans. List a continent in the Western and Eastern Hemispheres.
Answers will vary
What is happening to the population during the Agricultural Revolution? Why?
The population is increasing because of the food surpluses
What are the 7 characteristics of a civilization?
Food surpluses, writing, religion, technology, culture, government, social structure
List 3 things we are doing in the Neolithic Revolution that we were not doing in the Paleolithic.
Answers will vary but: farming, permanent settlements, language, domestication, etc.