Paleolithic - Neolithic
The era of hunting and gathering.
What is Paleolithic?
The era of farming.
What is the neolithic era?
Mesopotamia is centered around two major rivers, the Tigris river and ...
What is the Euphrates River?
The belief in multiple Gods.
Objects of historical value made by human beings.
What are Artifacts?
The modern human started out in this Continent 200,000 years ago before migrating around the world.
What is Africa?
What is the word for extra supplies of goods or labor not needed for short term survival.
What is surplus?
This writing form was the first writing technique created.
What is Cuneiform?
The belief in one God.
What is Monotheism?
Metal created when mixing tin and copper.
What is Bronze?
This animal was the first to be domesticated by humans.
What are dogs?
The taming of wild animals in the Neolithic era is know as...
What is domestication?
This system of rules and laws, written on a large stone pillar, was the first attempt of a Judicial System in Mesopotamia.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
In Judaism, God gave Abraham the promised land in a religious agreement, what is the vocab name of this agreement?
What is Covenant?
We can trace our DNA to this single human ancestor from 200,000 years ago named...
What is Mitochondrial Eve?
Fire increased human brain size by helping break down the body's main source of energy from food, also known as.
What is a Civilization?
After Mesopotamia created divisions of labor, people were grouped into what type of classes - based on power and status (the vocab word).
What are social classes?
In Judaism, after leaving their homeland, jewish people had to build a new house of worship, this is called...
What is Synagogue?
A human made system that transports water from it's source, for farming purposes.
What is Irrigation?
What are Neanderthals?
This early civilization started out as a religious gathering site before humans began farming it.
What is Göbekli Tepe?
This Mesopotamian empire forced the migration of their enemies when conquering territory.
In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the great flood is described to have lasted this long.
What is six days and seven nights?
A land bridge that connected Siberia to Alaska during early human migration.
What is Beringia, or The Bering Land Bridge?