1. Chapter 1, 2, 3
Team History

2. Why did language develop?

3. Why did language develop?
For hunting purposes
The distribution of food would be easier
They could form new relationships
Why did language develop?

4. What were the basic resources used by early humans?

5. What were the basic resources used by early humans?
Water
Animals
Fertile land
What were the basic resources used by early humans?

6. How did the invention of tools impact early humans?

7. How did the invention of tools impact early humans?
Increased their chances of survival.
How did the invention of tools impact early humans?

8. Describe a historian’s work.

9. Describe a historian’s work.
A historian’s work includes, teaching and learning about culture and identity, studying and interpreting the past, and making predictions about the future.
Describe a historian’s work.

10. How did early humans migrate?

11. How did early humans migrate?
Ice Age –
lower water levels
exposed land bridges
weather forced early humans to move to new environments
First humans found in East Africa
How did early humans migrate?

12. Define Region. Give an Example.

13. Define Region. Give an Example.
A region is an area with one or more features that make it different than the surrounding area.
Example: an area where people practice the same religion, an are where people speak the same language, and an area with shared customs, an area with many rivers or lakes, an area that is primarily desert surrounded by other landforms, etc.
Define Region. Give an Example.

14. How did early humans adapt to new environments?

15. How did early humans adapt to new environments?
New tools and technologies
Shelter
Clothing
Moved to colder environments and needed more protection to survive.
Used animal skin, sheep/goat wool, and/or plant fibers
How did early humans adapt to new environments?

16. What is a Primary Source?

17. What is a Primary Source?
A primary source is an account of an event by someone who took part in or witnessed the event.
Example: journal entry
What is a Primary Source?

18. Put the following in order: Neolithic, Paleolithic, Ice Age, Mesolithic

19. Paleolithic – Old Stone Age
Hunter Gatherer Societies – had art, fire, and tools
Ice Age – Period of Freezing
Mesolithic – Middle Stone Age
People made advances allowing them to adapt to new environments
Neolithic – New Stone Age
Developed farming
Put the following in order: Neolithic, Paleolithic, Ice Age, Mesolithic

20. What does an archaeologist study? Give an example.

21. What does an archaeologist study? Give an example.
Studies history based on things people left behind.
Example: site of an ancient battle
What does an archaeologist study? Give an example.

22. What does it mean to study geography?

23. What does it mean to study geography?
The study of geography provides clues
resources in a particular area
the climate of a region
helps to explain why cities develop where they are
What does it mean to study geography?

24. What impact did the domestication of animals have in the new stone age?

25. Animals were used for food
Animals were used for clothes
Animals were used for carrying loads
What impact did the domestication of animals have in the new stone age?

26. Describe what we know about the religions of early people.

27. Describe what we know about the religions of early people.
People performed religious ceremonies around megaliths (huge stones used as monuments) – example – Stonehenge
Likely to believe in gods and goddesses associated with air, fire, water, and earth (or animals) – based their religion on nature and environments.
Describe what we know about the religions of early people.

28. Define Culture

29. Culture is the beliefs, customs, values, traditions, and art of a group of people.
Define Culture

30. Describe the impact of the Neolithic Revolution.

31. Describe the impact of the Neolithic Revolution.
People learn they can plant seeds to grow crops
Neolithic Revolution – shift from food gathering to food growing
Survival more certain – able to focus on activities other than finding food.
People make clothing – begin to specialize in other things
People began to build permanent settlements
Raising crops and animals – need to stay in one place
Able to control food production.
Population grows
People performed religious ceremonies
Describe the impact of the Neolithic Revolution.

32. What does Mesopotamia mean and where it is located?

33. What does Mesopotamia mean and where it is located?
Mesopotamia means the “land between the rivers”
Mesopotamia is located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What does Mesopotamia mean and where it is located?

34. Why are the rivers important to civilization in Mesopotamia
Why are the rivers important to civilization in Mesopotamia? How they were controlled?

35. Rivers were important to civilization in Mesopotamia because they needed water for their crops.
Rivers were controlled through irrigation.
Why are the rivers important to civilization in Mesopotamia? How they were controlled?

36. What was the world’s first empire?

37. What was the world’s first empire?
The Akkadian Empire
What was the world’s first empire?

38. What is the world’s first system of writing?

39. Cuneiform created by the Sumerians
Scribes were important in Sumerian society because they could read and write.
What is the world’s first system of writing? Why are scribes important?

40. What is at the center of Sumerian city-states?

41. What is at the center of Sumerian city-states?
The Ziggurat was at the center of every Sumerian City-State.
What is at the center of Sumerian city-states?