| Key Terms | Prehistory | Farming | The Beginnings of Civilizations | More on Civilizations |
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What is prehistory?
The time before history; the time before writing was invented
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What are nomads?
People who have no settled home
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What are women?
These people gathered the plants for their society
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What is a civilization?
A society that has cities, a central government run by official leaders, and workers who specialize in various jobs.
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What is The Bronze Age?
An era where melting a certain rock at high temperatures would separate the metal from the rock
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What are oral traditions?
Stories passed down by word of mouth
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What is farming?
Those who practiced this began the New Stone Age
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What is fertile?
soil rich in the substance that plants need to grow
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What is an artisan
A worker who is especially skilled in crafting items by hand
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What are the wheel and axle?
Trade goods could be loaded into carts and pushed through the city to market because of this invention
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What is geography?
The study of Earth's surface and the processes that shape it.
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What is the Stone Age?
A period of time during which early humans made lasting tools and weapons mainly from stone.
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What is domesticate?
Adapt wild plants and animals for human use
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What is an irrigation system?
One of the first construction jobs- supplying land with water from another place using a network of canals
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What is a social class?
A groups of people having similar backgrounds, incomes, and ways of living
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What is history?
The written and other recorded events of people
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What is fire?
With this great advance, people could move to areas with colder climates
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What is the New Stone Age?
The practice of farming marked the beginning of this era.
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What are the Tigris, Euphrates, Huang, and Indus Rivers?
Rivers where some of the earliest cities grew up- name 2
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What is bronze?
Used to make weapons, shields, helmets, and tools more durable
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What are archaeologists?
Scientists who examine objects to learn about past peoples and cultures
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What are hunter-gatherers?
People who survive by hunting animals and gathering wild plants
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What are pastoral nomads?
These people raised livestock and traveled from place to place in search of grazing areas for their animals.
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What is the government?
Kept order in society and provided services, settled disputes, and managed public building and irrigation projects
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What is king, priests/ nobles (military officers/government officials),artisans/traders/merchants, common workers/ farmers, slaves?
The order of social class status from high to low
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