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2922838818FireMade cooked food, made it easy to digest, easy to be stored and preserved, frightened predatory animals away, hardened weapons and tools, and warmed the human body.0
2922850785ToolsSharp Knives, bows and arrows, spears, helped humans build huts, made humans began to weave cloth, and invented and sustained agriculture.1
2922864722Economic StructureDescribes the changing balance of output, trade, incomes, and employment drawn from different economic sectors.2
2922879423Neolithic RevolutionThe changeover from food gathering to food producing that serves as a "marker event" that transformed human society and the natural environment.3
2922891980People settled down, division of labor, social inequality, gender inequality, the importance of surplus and religious change.What factors helped cause the Neolithic Revolution?4
292290457110,000 B.C. in the middle eastern region of Mesopotamia.Where did the Neolithic begin, generally and specifically?5
2922913052Different places have different things.How did the Neolithic Revolution differ from region to region?6
2923008998AgriculturalistFarmers, cultivate animals, plants (raise crops), fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, bio fuel, drugs and other products.7
2923010524PastoralistsOne branch of agriculture, raising of livestock, animal husbandry, the care, tending animals like camels and goats, and desert nomads.8
2923025009Agriculturalists and PastoralistsDomesticated animals and plants to feed themselves.9
2923040162AgriculturalistDue to close nature of society, the demographic of farmers was less diverse than of the demographic pastoralists, less varieties of food, and deforstation.10
2923054139PastoralistsMostly mated within their population.11
2923066281Paleolithic EraWork to stay alive and traveled in small groups, males hunted and females gathered, both genders worked as a team, and tools and weapons.12
2923072961Neolithic EraFarmed to get more food with a lot of people doing it, males took care of both animals and plants, females did domestic chores, only males ruled while females were sidelined, and farming.13
2923100811PotteryPots, dishes, and other articles made of earthenware or baked clay.14
2923104565PlowsA large farming implement with one or more blades fixed in a frame.15
2923119273Woven TextilesFormed by weaving, it is produced on a loom, and made of many threads woven on a warp and a weft.16
2923127990MetallurgyThe branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals and their production and purification.17
2923131336Wheels and Wheeled VehiclesA circular object that revolves on an axle is fixed below a vehicle or other object to enable it to move easily over the ground.18
2923148210Tigris and Euphrates RiversRivers in Mesopotamia.19
2923156296Nile RiverRiver in Egypt.20
2923162603Indus River ValleyRiver valley in India.21
2923165101Yellow RiverRiver in China.22
2923171045OlmecsCivilization in Central America.23
2923177615ChavinsCivilization in South America.24
2923188540Characteristics of a CivilizationFood surpluses, specialization, advanced cities, complex institutions, clear social distinctions, standard writing system, and long-distance trade.25
2923199951Mobilized surplus labor and resources26

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