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280703152Paleolithic Age (Art and Religion)Art: Cave paintings Religion: Goddesses, rituals to lessen the fear of death0
280703153Mesolithic AgeImproved tools; animal domestication; population growth; wars1
280703154What moved human species towards more elaborate institutions?invention of agriculture2
280703155What are two reasons for deliberate planting?Population increase (more food needed) and end of the ice age (new animals)3
280703156Why did civilizations develop writing?So they could organize a more elaborate political structure (send messages, keep records, and tax)4
280703157Social differences between civilizations and hunter gather societies?Wealth increased; caste divisions; inequality between men and women; hunter-gather had more regulation5
280703158Tigris-Euphrates R.C. (political)formal codes of law; organized city-states; king (military leader); regulate religion6
280703159Indus R.C. (political)invasions (destruction)7
280703160Egypt "Nile" R.C. (political)less open to invasion; King/Pharaoh8
280703161China "Huang He/Yellow" R.C. (political)Kings (tombs and palaces)9
280703162Tigris- Euphrates R.C. (economic)Use of money; Trading; Agriculture; Buying and Selling10
280703163Indus R.C. (economic)Trading11
280703164Egypt R.C. (economic)Trade12
280703165China "Huang He/Yellow" R.C. (economic)Some overland trading contract13
281648810Tigris- Euphrates R.C. (religious)Made statues to adore gods; Each city had a patron god; ziggurats; Polytheistic14
281648811Egypt R.C. (religious)Pharaohs were god-like; Tombs were pyramids; Belief in afterlife; Polytheistic15
281648812China "Huang He/Yellow" R.C. (religious)Praised god-like kings16
281648813Tigris- Euphrates R.C. (social)Advanced; educated people17
281648814Indus R.C. (social)Supported large cities; Houses had running water18
281648815Egypt R.C. (social)Technological Influence; Ind. business class19
281648816China "Huang He/Yellow" R.C. (social)Isolation; Regulated irrigation; Mud Houses20
281648817Tigris- Euphrates R.C. (Int. Arts)Writing; Architecture; Invented the wheel; Pottery21
281648818Indus R.C. (int. arts)Alphabet22
281648819Egypt R.C. (int. arts)Pyramids; Alphabet; Math was advanced; Lively art23
281648820China "Huang He/Yellow" R.C. (int. arts)Began record of early kings; Advanced tech.; Horse riding; Pottery24

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