Social Studies Flashcards
Sometime around ___ to ___ BCE, the first anatomically modern humans (homo sapiens) appeared.
315,000 to 200,000
When did members begin to migrate?
110,000 to 100,000 BCE
When did humans begin to practice settled agriculture? And where?
10,000 years ago, In present-day Turkey
For how much of their history were hominids nomadic?
For 99% of their history
A system where nomadic people move their herds from place to place is called __
Pastoralism
Who developed an evolved system of pastoralism?
The Mongols
Did the concept of drought exist back then?
No, because there was always water available somewhere
The Mongol trading routes created what? Hint: It connected lands.
Silk road
What bacteria did the trading routes spread?
Yersinia Pestis
What was the infamous plague that spread because of the Silk Road?
The Black Death
What was the transition from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to settled agriculture called?
The Neolithic Revolution
In what locations did the Neolithic Revolution develop independently?
Southwest Asia, China, and Mesoamerica
Farmers work harder for their daily bread than hunter-gatherers do. True or False
True
Where did Southwest Asia get their water from?
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Where did the Chinese farm?
On elevated terraces above rivers
Was Mesoamerica well-watered
Yes
Large populations of ___ to ___ people sprang up
10,000 to 20,000
With irrigation came concentrated …
armies and military power
What happened to the Mesopotamia land?
A thick layer of salt began to form
What were the Mesopotamians forced to transition to?
Barley
Did Egypt have to store water as the Mesopotamians did?
No
Where did the Egyptians receive water from?
From the Nile river
There was an agricultural collapse in Egypt. True or false?
False
Signs of a complex and highly stratified society, with cities, public baths, granaries, and citadels, military and philosophically.
Indus River Civilization
Greece was a green and healthy land
False, it was a rocky and dry country
What kind of agriculture did the Greeks practice?
Dry agriculture
Could Greeks be allowed to take more water?
No, they were forbidden to take water that would decrease the width of the river
What water did the Greeks have to rely on?
Rainwater and small reservoirs
Irrigation was extremely common in Ancient Greece. True or False?
False, it was extremely rare
Greeks built some of the first aqueducts in the world. True or False?
True
Did the Greeks recognize the concept of holy water?
Yes, it was believed that spring water held healing properties
What were Roman’s successes as a civilization based on?
On aqueducts
What evolutionary leap occurred in the late
The industrial revolution
From 1700 to 1800, the global usage of water had more than doubled. True or False?
True
Los Angelos drained the water from what river?
The Owens Dry Lake
