Blue Sheet Chapter 1

Question 1

The growth of towns and cities

Answer 1

Farms> villages > towns> cities

Jericho ( Jordan River ) and catal huyuk ( southern turkey) = some of first cities TRADED W EACH OTHER ( 7000 BCE)

Question 2

Neolithic revolution as marker event

Effects

Answer 2

• people settled down (private property now a thing)

Division of labor- specialization of jobs

Social inequality- some ppl own more land than others , some jobs respected more than others

Gender inequality - men took care of both animals and plants w agriculture women sidelined to domestic chores

Food surplus- improved health - population growth - need for gov- ( to control food source irrigation )

Religious changes ( spirits - polytheism)

Question 3

The domestication of animals Neolithic

Answer 3

Areas at a disadvantage - mesoamerica and sub Saharan Africa ( FEW domesticable animals

Question 4

Neolithic revolution GIST

Answer 4

The invention of agriculture and domestication of animals led to the rise of civilization , more complex culture, and increased populations

Question 5

Neo rev

Answer 5

Not a single revolution - gradual change

Agriculture first developed to supplement hunting/gathering

Question 6

Horticulture - pastoralism

Answer 6

Horticulture - agriculture but w only hand tools (early vision of agriculture - first to settle down)

Pastoralism - semi- nomadic (followed herds of animals)

Question 7

The domestication of grains

Answer 7

Availability of grains and domesticable animals > development of agriculture

Cultural diffusion - from the Middle East > grains and other plants spread

Agriculture arose thanks to INDEPENDENT INVENTION ( people around the world all figured it out on their own

Question 8

Three craft industries neo

Answer 8

Pottery

Metallurgy

Textiles

Question 9

Demography

Answer 9

Study of populations

Question 10

Migrations

Answer 10

Permanent moves to new locations

Question 11

Push factor and pull factor

Answer 11

Push factor - emigration

Pull factor - immigration

Question 12

Intervening obstacles

Answer 12

Physical features that stop/slow migrations

Question 13

What did migrations lead to

Answer 13

Cultural diffusion ( spreading of culture)

Question 14

GIST tech and environmental transformations

Answer 14

Geography played the biggest role in where civilizations developed and how people moved and spread their culture

Question 15

Agriculture development and early agricultural communities GIST

Answer 15

The invention of agriculture led to civilization - people settled down. Populations grew . And people became unequal

Question 16

Human life before 8000 BCE

Bipedalism

Primary sources
Definitions

Answer 16

Bipedalism - walking on two legs ( distinguishes humans from other mammals )

Primary sources- original evidence from the time period ( early - not written ( objects , artifacts , skeletons, etc)

Question 17

Paleolithic age (old Stone Age) GIST

Answer 17

The Paleolithic age was characterized by nomadic communities of hunters and gatherers who used simple tools

Question 18

Paleolithic

The importance of tools

Answer 18

Hunt

Build homes

Weave clothes

Eventually invent agriculture

Question 19

Paleolithic culture

Answer 19

Few artifacts

Cave paintings

Well developed religions (ritualistic burials )

Less time working (3-5 hrs a day) but less stability/security than later

Question 20

Fun facts Paleolithic

Answer 20

70,000-8000 BCE

Used refined stone tools

Developed larger brains

Hunting and gathering

• small groups
• nomadic
• men= hunters women= gatherers( but both sexes equal)