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KEY TERMS
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KEY CONCEPTS PART II
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Farmers prefer to grow crops in _________ soil because it contains substances that plants need in order to grow well.
What is fertile
100
Scientists studied the Iceman's clothing, tools, and body to learn _________.
What is more about his life.
100
What are two similarities between the way people lived in the Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age?
What is 1. use of stone tools 2. use of weapons 3. hunting of wild animals 4. cooperative behavior - hunting in groups/trade in the New Stone Age.
100
What was Earth's human population around the year 7000 B.C.?
What is 66 million.
100
To tame animals and breed them for human use.
What is domesticate.
200
The period of time in the past before writing was invented is called _________.
What is prehistory.
200
The people in the Old Stone Age got their food by hunting animals ___________.
What is and gathering wild plants.
200
What are two differences in the way people lived in the Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age?
What is 1. the development and spread of farming in the New Stone Age, which led to a settled rather than a nomadic life 2. an increase in population 3. the development of villages and cities 4. the domestication of animals 5. the development of social classes.
200
What are two events that happened around 3500 B.C.?
What is 1. people in Southwest Asia and Africa develop writing 2. Some civilizations develop the wheel and axle.
200
In the ancient world, who would have been most likely to help spread new ideas and tools from one civilization to another?
What is a trader.
300
People who pass stories by word of mouth from generation to generation have a(n) _________.
What is oral tradition.
300
In the New Stone Age, for the first time, people began to
What is farm the land.
300
Explain how the presence of surplus food caused the growth of early cities. What was the effect of the food supply on population growth?
What is surplus food let people stay in one location all year and it lead to the rapid growth of the population.
300
When did the New Stone Age begin?
What is 9000 B.C.
300
Which of the following is one characteristic of a civilization of the ancient world? a. a system of hunting. b. small, rural towns. c. gatherers. d. social classes.
What is social classes.
400
To find out about the past, you can study ________, which is the recorded events of people.
What is history.
400
During the period of prehistory, people developed the ability to ______.
What is use fire.
400
What was the effect of the food supply on the size of the settlements and the variety of jobs?
What is the growth of settlements into cities and the development of many jobs. Trade also developed between farmers and artisans.
400
When did farming begin in China?
What is 5000 B.C.
400
During the New Stone Age, what did farming settlements need in order to develop into cities?
What is a dependable source of water.
500
People in the ancient world sometimes used a(n) __________ system to water their crops during the dry summer months.
What is irrigation.
500
What happened as a result of having surplus food during the New Stone Age?
What is rapid population growth.
500
A worker who is especially skilled at crafting items by hand.
What is artisan.
500
About how many years before the beginning of the Copper Age did people start farming?
What is 2,400 years.
500
Surplus food during the New Stone Age allowed more people to become ________.
What is artisans.