Chapter 1 Terms
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| 279921543 | Paleolithic | Paleolithic refers to the time when homo erectus and homo sapiens appeared on earth and lasted uptil 14000 years ago. The people that lived during this time are most closest to modern humans in ancestry, and they were hunter-gatherers who made simple tools with stone and sticks. | 0 | |
| 279921544 | Neolithic | Neolithic refers to the time when agriculture and polished stone tools became common. In this era, people started metalworking, which assisted in the newly developed agriculture, which gave a steadier source of food, allowing populations to increase. | 1 | |
| 279921545 | Hunting-Gathering | Hunting-gathering societies are those who get their food mainly from hunting animals and gathering plants. Hnter-gatherer societies were most common in the Paleolithic Era, before the Nelolithic Revolution. | 2 | |
| 279921547 | Catal Huyuk | Catal Huyuk, located in modern day Turkey, is considered as the world's oldest civilation. It consisted of about 6000 Neolithic people living in mud-brick buildings, who were hunter-gatherers and farmers and serves as one of the best preserved examples of Neolithic life. | 3 | |
| 279921549 | Mesopotamia | Mesopotamia literally means "the land between the rivers" (Tigris and Euphrates) in southwest Asia. This land was inhabited by the Sumerians, whose most important accomplishment is the development of the first human language, cuneiform. | 4 | |
| 279921551 | Fertile Crescent | The fertile crescent is known as the land of fertile soil and rivers stretching in an arc from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates. It is here that agriculture first developed as one of the most important aspects vital to the development of mankind. | 5 | |
| 279921553 | Cuneiform | Cuneiform is the writing system created by the Sumerians and is considered to be one of the first human systems of writing. It served as the basis for many following systems. | 6 | |
| 279921555 | Hammurabi's Code | Hammurabi's Code is the code of laws created by the Babylonian ruler, Hammurabi. It serves as the basis for many later codes, inclding that of Justinian. | 7 | |
| 279921557 | Homo sapiens sapiens | Homo sapiens sapiens is a human subspecies that is also used to describe us. They serve as proof that there may have been no physical changes over the past _____years. | 8 | |
| 279921559 | Shang | The Shang Dynasty ruled the Huang He valley. They were known for building impressive tombs and palaces that still stand today. | 9 | |
| 279921560 | Huang He River | The Huang He river served as the source of food for the ancient Chinese civilization. It provided the flooding needed for the growth of crops. | 10 | |
| 279921562 | Indus River | The Indian civilization emerged around the Indus River valley. It provided flooding needed for the growth of crops. | 11 | |
| 279921564 | Phoenicians | The Phoenicians were traders near Greece. To make trade easier, they created their own written language that was based on sounds for symbols and is most similar to the modern English alphabet. | 12 | |
| 279921566 | Monotheism | A monotheism religion is one that recognizes only one god. Judaism is the first known monotheistic religion. | 13 | |
| 279921568 | Polytheism | A polytheistic religion is one that recognizes many gods. Almost all religions before Judaism were polytheistic. | 14 |
