From Hunting and Gathering to Civilizations, 2.5 million-1000 B.C.E.: Origins
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| 5290910505 | Hunting and Gathering | Means of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization | 0 | |
| 5290910506 | Civilization | Societies with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups | 1 | |
| 5290910507 | Paleolithic | The Old Stone Age ending in 12,000 B.C.E.; typified by use of evolving stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence | 2 | |
| 5290910508 | Neolithic | The New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished | 3 | |
| 5290910509 | Nomads | Cattle- and sheep-herding societies normally found on the fringes of civilized societies; commonly referred to as "barbarian" by civilized societies | 4 | |
| 5290910510 | Culture | Combination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction | 5 | |
| 5290910511 | Homo sapiens | The species of humanity that emerged as most successful at the end of the Paleolithic | 6 | |
| 5290910512 | Agrarian revolution | Occurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture | 7 | |
| 5290910513 | Pastoralism | A nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies | 8 | |
| 5290910514 | Catal Huyuk | Early urban culture based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification | 9 | |
| 5290910515 | Bronze Age | From 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing | 10 | |
| 5290910516 | Mesopotamia | Literally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys | 11 | |
| 5290910517 | Potter's wheel | A technological advance in pottery making; invented circa 6000 B.C.E.; encouraged faster and higher-quality ceramic pottery products | 12 | |
| 5290910518 | Sumerians | People who migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 B.C.E.; created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states | 13 | |
| 5290910519 | Cuneiform | A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets | 14 | |
| 5290910520 | City-state | A form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king | 15 | |
| 5290910521 | Ziggurats | Massive towers usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections | 16 | |
| 5290910522 | Babylonian Empire | Unified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E. | 17 | |
| 5290910523 | Hammurabi | The most important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law | 18 | |
| 5290910524 | Pharaoh | The term used to denote the kings of ancient Egypt; the term, "great house" refers to the palace of the pharaohs | 19 | |
| 5290910525 | Pyramids | Monumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs | 20 | |
| 5290910526 | Hieroglyphs | Form of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuneiform | 21 | |
| 5290910527 | Kush | African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries | 22 | |
| 5290910528 | Monotheism | The exclusive worship of one god; introduced by Jews into Middle Eastern civilization | 23 | |
| 5290910529 | Phoenicians | Seafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean | 24 | |
| 5290910530 | Harappa and Mohenjo Daro | Major urban complexes of Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern | 25 | |
| 5290910531 | Aryans | Indo-European nomadic, warlike, pastorialists who replaced Harappan civilization | 26 | |
| 5290910532 | Huanghe (Yellow) River Basin | Site of the development of sedentary agriculture in China | 27 | |
| 5290910533 | Shang | 1st Chinese dynasty | 28 | |
| 5290910534 | Oracles | Shamans or priests in Chinese society who foretold the future through interpreting animal bones cracked by heat; inscriptions on bones led to Chinese writing | 29 | |
| 5290910535 | Ideographic writing | Pictograph characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing | 30 | |
| 5290910536 | Big Geography | A term that draws attention to the global nature of world history. | 31 | |
| 5290910537 | Paleolithic | The period that ended about 3,000 years after the end of the last Ice Age, it lasted until about 10,000 years ago. (Old Stone Age) The period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans. It predates the Neolithic period. | 32 | |
| 5290910538 | Path of migration for humans during Paleolithic era | From Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas | 33 | |
| 5290910539 | Egalitarian | Believing in the equality of all peoples | 34 | |
| 5290910540 | During the Paleolithic era, fire was used in new ways including ___ (list 3) | aid hunting and foraging protect against predators adapt to cold environments | 35 | |
| 5290910541 | Humans developed a wider range of ____ specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundra | tools | 36 | |
| 5290910542 | Neolithic Revolution | Global conversion to agriculture over hunter-gatherer lifestyles | 37 | |
| 5290910543 | Name the advantages of agriculture | more reliable and abundant food | 38 | |
| 5290910544 | name the disadvantages of agriculture | disease, malnutrition, crop reliance, etc. | 39 | |
| 5290910545 | _____ and _____ developed, giving elite men concentrated power over most of the other people in their societies. | Patriarchy Forced labor systems | 40 | |
| 5290910546 | Patriarchal | Male dominated | 41 | |
| 5290910547 | Permanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean, possibly as a response to what? | climatic change | 42 | |
| 5290910548 | had to work cooperatively to clear land and create water control systems needed for crop rotation. | Agricultural communities | 43 | |
| 5290910549 | Technological innovations led to ____ | improvements in agricultural production, trade, and transportation | 44 | |
| 5290910550 | name 5 improvements in agricultural production, trade, and transportation | Pottery Plows Woven Textiles Metallurgy | 45 | |
| 5290910551 | civilization | large societies with cities with powerful states | 46 | |
| 5290910552 | first urban societies developed ____ years ago or around _____. | 5000 years ago 3000 BC | 47 | |
| 5290910553 | identify 6 core foundational civilizations | Mesopotamia in the Tigris and Euphrates River Valleys Egypt in the Nile River Valley Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa in the Indus River Valley Shang in the Yellow River or Huang He Valley Olmecs in Mesoamerica Chavin in Andean South America | 48 | |
| 5290910554 | Pastoralists were often the developers and disseminators of of ____ and ___ that transformed warfare in agrarian civilizations | new weapons modes of transportation | 49 | |
| 5290910555 | name one mode of new transportation by the pastoralists | Chariots Horseback riding | 50 | |
| 5290910556 | Early civilizations developed ____ and ____ | monumental architecture urban planning | 51 | |
| 5290910557 | Elites, both political and religious, promoted ____ and ____ | arts artisanship | 52 | |
| 5290910558 | ____ arose independently arose independently in all early civilization and subsequently were diffused | systems of record keeping | 53 | |
| 5290910559 | the first legal code was ______, developed by _____ | Code of Hammurabi Hammurabi | 54 | |
| 5290910560 | _____ developed in this period continued to have strong influences in later periods | New religious beliefs | 55 | |
| 5290910561 | name 3 new religious beliefs | the Vedic religion Hebrew monotheism Zoroastrianism | 56 | |
| 5290910562 | trade expanded throughout this period from __ to __ and ___, with civilizations exchanging goods, cultural ideas, and technology. | from local to regional and transregional | 57 | |
| 5290910563 | name 2 examples of trade expansion | Between Egypt and Nubia Between Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley | 58 | |
| 5290910564 | ____ was also a reflection of culture | literature | 59 |
