Global Week 12 Flashcards
Neolithic
The change that occurs when people learn to plant and grow crops and domesticate animals.
Change in human life
humans shift from hunters to gatherers- to produce food through farming and herding
no longer need to wander for food
established permanent settlements
family structure changed
matriarchal society
women rule or dominate
patriarchal society
men rule or dominate
economics
how people make the most out of their limited resources to produce, distribute and consume goods and services
political
of or relating to government
in the first economic systems, what 3 things placed you at the top of the new society
personal goods, farmland , animals
what is the difference between Paleolithic age and Neolithic age
From a food gathering economy to a food producing economy
Paleolithic men were hunters
Neolithic men became farmers and herdsmen
state one advance that occurred as the Mesopotamian culture developed
writing system
food production
farming
animal domestication/ reproduction
name 2 effects of the Neolithic Revolution
stable housing growing plants animal domestication/ reproduction food surplus new ways to cook
civilization
a form of culture characterized by cites, specialized workers and complex institutions, record keeping and advance technology
name a culture that has an advance civilization
Maya
Culture
a people’s unique way of life as shown by its tools, customs, arts and ideas
culture is when?
people share common things, like languages or religious belief
Cultural Diffusion
the spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another
