Paleolithic Age
What was the climate of the earth like during the Paleolithic Age?
Most of the earth was frozen.
How did the climate of the earth change?
The earth warmed up and the ice melted.
Whose job was it to farm?
Men
This characteristic helped motivate and guide people to live a good life.
Religion
What innovation did the ancient Egyptians create and why did they create it?
They developed canal irrigation systems to move water from the river to their farms.
What does the term "nomad" or "nomadic" mean?
to move or wander
How did the way that early humans obtained food change?
They learned agriculture (to grow food) and to raise animals for food.
Whose job was it to cook?
Women
Cities
What innovation did the ancient Chinese create and why did they create it?
They developed terrace farming so they would have the water and flat areas they needed to grow crops on hills and mountains.
Why were Paleolithic humans nomadic?
They were always moving to hunt and gather food.
What did Neolithic humans spend their time doing after they learned farm and settle down in villages and cities?
They learned new jobs and skills.
Whose job was it to build homes?
Men
This characteristic helped provide people with a stable food supply.
Farming/Agriculture
What were two things that ancient river valley civilizations used the rivers for?
Travel, trade, to grow crops, to clean themselves and other things
Why was the natural environment so important to Paleolithic humans?
They used it for almost everything like food, clothing, temporary shelters, tools, and weapons.
How did villages and cities evolve or change as time went on?
They developed into larger and more advanced civilizations.
Whose job was it to take make clothes and blankets?
Women
This is a term used to describe jobs in which people learn and master a specific skill.
Specialized Jobs
What were the names of four early river valley civilizations?
Sumer, Indus Valley, Egypt, China
What were the names of the five rivers that the early river valley civilizations settled near?
Sumer: Tigress and Euphrates Rivers
Egyptians: Nile River
China: Huang He (Yellow) River
Indus Valley: Indus River