Paleolithic
Early humans moved from place to place. What is the name of people who moved from place to place?
Early humans migrated out of _________ and then to ______________.
Migrated out of AFRICA
Then to Southwest Asia and Europe and to the rest of the world!
G fro Geography:
What geographical feature was common to the earliest civilizations?
rivers
Not everyone had to farm so they were able to
specialize
Nomads lived in what types of homes?
temporary homes
Warm weather near water to find food
E for Economics:
Early civilizations did not have money.. How did they exchange goods and services?
Bartered
What was it called when they took all the work a civilization needed done and divided it up between groups of people?
Division of Labor
Early Humans lived in temporary homes with materials they could find around them. Why was it important for them to find/ build a temporary home?
To protect themselves from the weather and animals.
How did early humans/ hunter gatherers use their physical environment to create/ make their achievements?
create tools to help them get food
A for Achievements:
What was the shared written language used in Mesopotamia?
cuneiform
What is specialization and what are some examples?
Not everyone had to farm so they can specialize/ get really good at certain jobs
some people built roads
some people were merchants
What would a hunter gatherer most likely do if all of the local supply of wildlife was killed for food?
Most likely would move to an area with more wildlife to make sure that he had a steady food supply.
Why was it important for humans to domesticate plants?
Domesticating plants allowed humans to develop reliable sources of food.
A for Achievements:
What is infrastructure?
What a city needs to run
roads, bridges, irrigation, etc
If someone in this society plays a harp.. What does this tell us about their civilization?
They specialize
What was a benefit of agricultural societies in comparison to hunter gatherers?
Hunter gatherers had to fend for themselves and live in small groups.
Agricultural societies could support a large population.
What advancement in technology allowed farmers to practice agriculture where water was scarce?
irrigation
What characteristic was needed to help rule over people when societies got too big?
P for Politics
They needed an organized GOVERNMENT
Explain two ways division of labor affected people in early civilizations.
They could specialize in different jobs ex: merchants, craftspeople, farmers
They could live together in larger groups
They have more advances in technology