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Neolithic Revolution
First Civilizations
Technological Innovations
Inequality
Wild Card
100
This era, characterized by hunting-and-gathering as a means of collecting food, preceded the Neolithic Revolution.
What is the Paleolithic Era?
100
This first civilization believed that life was fundamentally good, in large part due to the predictable flooding of their river.
What is ancient Egypt?
100
The controlled supply of water to land to facilitate the growth of crops.
What is irrigation?
100
In all early civilizations, this group of people was at the bottom of the social hierarchy.
Who are slaves?
100
The idea, first established in the Code of Hammurabi, that ones punishment should fit ones crime; Latin for "this for that".
What is quid pro quo?
200
Raising livestock for human consumption.
What is pastoralism?
200
This first civilization invented cuneiform, commonly considered the earliest example of written language.
What is Mesopotamia?
200
In addition to unifying society, Mesopotamian innovations also served this other purpose.
What is maintaining power in the hands of the powerful?
200
This major social consequence of the Neolithic Revolution was used to justify social inequalities and keep power in the hands of the powerful.
What is religion?
200
The belief that all people are equal and ought to have equal opportunity.
What is egalitarianism?
300
One of the major social impacts of the Neolithic Revolution, this is the development of many different jobs.
What is specialization?
300
Relatively little is known about this first civilization because their written language has still not been deciphered.
What is the Indus River Valley?
300
This military innovation from ancient Mesopotamia helped to keep power in the hands of the powerful.
What are metal weapons?
300
Essentially meaning 'an excess of supply', humans having this for the first time in history resulted in significant social inequality.
What is a surplus?
300
Written by the Mesopotamians, this text provides proof of their negative and pessimistic outlook on life.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
400
An oppressive system in which men are seen as superior to women in social, political, and economic arenas.
What is patriarchy?
400
Early set of laws written by the ancient Mesopotamian people.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
400
The development of public sewage systems and public bathrooms in ancient Mesopotamia both served this larger purpose.
What is unifying society?
400
As evidenced by their laws, this group of people treated slaves more kindly than other first civilizations.
Who are ancient Jewish settlers?
400
A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked above one another according to status or authority.
What is a hierarchy?
500
A major political consequence of the Neolithic Revolution, this term refers to states or governments funded by theft.
What is kleptocracy?
500
This large region of highly fertile land is where the first civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt developed.
What is the fertile crescent?
500
This first civilization developed new uses for their river, including the transport of grain.
What is the Yellow River Valley?
500
As evidenced by their artifacts, historians believe this first civilization may have had relatively MORE equality between men and women.
What is the Indus River Valley?
500
This civilization believed in a happy, joyous afterlife.
What is ancient Egypt?