Paleolithic Age
This term refers to the "Old Stone Age," which began around 2.5 million years ago and lasted until about 10,000 BCE.
What is the Paleolithic Age?
A surplus
What was the first example of laws to be written down?
Hammurabi's Code
The Neolithic Revolution marked the transition from this type of society to an agricultural one.
What is a hunter-gatherer society?
The ziggurats in Mesopotamia were primarily used as:
Religious temples
These early human groups were primarily hunter-gatherers, moving from place to place in search of food.
Who are nomads?
Sumerian
Mesopotamia, meaning "land between the rivers," refers to the region between these two rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
a system used to water crops
Irrigation
What does AD stand for?
Anno Domini
The primary economic activity during the Paleolithic Era, where humans hunted wild animals and foraged for plants, was known as this.
What is hunting and gathering?
A person who moves from place to place, often in search of food or resources
Nomad
These bones were used in ancient China for divination and are the earliest examples of Chinese writing.
What are oracle bones?
This region, often called the "Cradle of Civilization," saw some of the earliest agricultural practices.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Which civilization first developed a civil service system, invented gunpowder, and manufactured porcelain?
Chinese
This important environmental event, which occurred at the end of the Paleolithic period, led to the Ice Age's end and the Holocene epoch's beginning.
What is the end of the Ice Age?
an event that leads to lasting change
Turning point/revolution
The Rosetta Stone helped scholars decipher this ancient writing system.
What is hieroglyphics?
The Neolithic Revolution led to the rise of this hierarchical system, with leaders and elites at the top.
What is social stratification?
What is a secondary source?
a document or piece of information that analyzes, or evaluates primary sources.
The transition from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic era, which occurred about 10,000 BCE, marked the beginning of permanent settlements and the rise of agriculture.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
Belief in only one god
Monotheism
This is the modern-day country where most of the Indus Valley Civilization was located.
Pakistan
The Neolithic Revolution set the stage for the development of these early organized societies.
Early Civilizations
What innovations are attributed to early civilizations?