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Unit 2 Prehistory
Question | Answer |
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What does the term Paleolithic mean? | Old Stone Age |
What event changed life from Paleolithic to Neolithic | Agricultural Revolution |
What does the term Neolithic mean? | New Stone Age |
Paleolithic civilizations got their food mostly from? | Hunting and Gathering |
Neolithic civilizations got their food mostly from? | Farming |
How did the Agricultural Revolution affect families? | Families grew because they had enough food. |
What does "Nomadic" mean? | People moved a lot - usually to stay with the herds of animals. |
How did the Agricultural Revolution affect food supply? | It gave people a reliable supply of food. |
What was the first area where people settled into cities? | Fertile Crescent |
Name any two of the first cities in Mesopotamia. | Sumer, Ur, Akkadia |
What is a surplus? | More than you need. |
How did the Agricultural Revolution affect the population of man? | They began to grow from villages to cities. |
What were homes like in the Paleolithic era? | Caves or temporary structures to stay warm for a short period of time. |
What is the fertile crescent? | Area between the Tigris & Euphrates rivers where first civilizations settled during Agricultural Revolution |
The Agricultural Revolution would never have happened without these | Irrigation systems |
How did the Egyptians keep society peaceful? | A strict social structure |
What was the Pharaoh? | The King of the Egyptians |
What was the job of the Scribes in Egypt? | To record the lives, laws, and words of the Pharaoh |
What social group was the largest in Ancient Egypt? | Peasants |
What was an Artisan? | A skilled worker. They would make statues, roads, buildings. |