1. Test Review: Neolithic revolution & River Valley Civilizations
Test is Friday 9/15/17

2. #1 What were nomads?
People who have no permanent home – they follow the food supply

3. #2 What was the Neolithic revolution?
Change from food gathering to food producing

4. #3 What developed during the Neolithic revolution?
Agriculture (farming)

5. Domestication of animals Communities & villages emerged
#4 What were 6 changes or effects that the Neolithic revolution caused?
Domestication of animals
Systematic farming
Better diet & Shelter
Food
surplus
Rise in Population
Communities & villages emerged

6. #5 How did the Neolithic revolution affect the nomadic lifestyle?
Many Humans stop living as nomads &settle down in cities

7. #6 What are the 5 characteristics of civilization?
Advanced cities
Record
keeping
Advanced technology
Specialized workers
Complex institutions

8. #7 What are the two types of complex institutions?
Government & religion

9. #8 What are some examples of record keeping?
Court records, official government documents, poetry, letters, drawings…

10. #9 What makes a city advanced?
It is a Center of trade

11. Anything that makes Life better or easier
#10 What is technology?
Anything that makes Life better or easier

12. #11 Where were the early centers of civilization?
In the 4 River Valleys

13. #12 What are the advantages /disadvantages to living near a river ?
Transportation/trade
Fertile soil/ irrigation
Water to drink
Disadvantages:
Unpredictable Flooding
lose Homes/lives/crops

14. #13 What are the geographic characteristics of the early river valleys ?
Fertile land
farming – wheat,
barley, cotton
Flooded sometimes
unpredictably
Natural Barriers May protect from invasion

15. #14 What is subsistence agriculture?
Growing just enough crops for your family

16. #15 What is the practice of trading goods/services for other goods/services called?
Barter

17. #16 What is a primary source? a secondary source?
Primary Source: created by a person present at the event
Secondary source:
Created by someone later who was not present at the event

18. #17 In which river valley did Mesopotamia begin?
Tigris River & Euphrates river

19. #18 What do we call the area near these rivers? Why?
Fertile crescent
Fertile = good farming land
crescent = shape

20. #19 Why did Hammurabi create a code of laws?
To unite his large empire under written laws

21. #20 What was the writing of the Mesopotamians called?
cuneiform

22. #21 What achievement of architecture in sumeria shows the importance of religion to them?
ziggurat

23. #22 What were technology items or achievements that Mesopotamians created?
Wheel
Plow
Tools
Weapons
Writing
architecture

24. #23 what IS A GOVERNMENT WHERE THE RULER IS SEEN AS A GOD (DIVINE)?
THEOCRACY

25. #24 Which river was the Indus river valley centered around?

26. #25 What kind of religion was practiced in the Indus valley?
Polytheism = many gods

27. #26 What were some of the achievements of the indus?
Planned cities - grids
Citadels (Fort)
Sewage & plumbing systems

28. #27 Around which rivers did early Chinese civilizations form?
Yellow (Huang He) River
Yangtze River

29. #28 what are some examples of Chinese record keeping?
Court records
Pictographs
Oracle bones

30. #29 what was the Egyptian writing called?
Hieroglyphics

31. #30 What are some of the achievements of the Egyptians?
Pyramids
sphinx
Medicine/anatomy
Accurate calendar

32. #31 Why would an accurate calendar be important in early civilization?
To know the planting & harvesting seasons