Unit 2 Flashcards

1
Q

How old is life?

A

4 billion years

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2
Q

When were the dinosaurs around?

A

250 million - 65 million

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3
Q

Prehistory

A

Time until 3000 BCE

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4
Q

Ice Age

A

2.5 million - 20,000 BCE

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5
Q

How many cycles of warming and cooling?

A

Four

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6
Q

What does climate do?

A

Climate cools - more snow in the winter.

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7
Q

What are the four geographic impacts of the ice age?

A
  1. Land bridges form
  2. Valleys
  3. Fertile soil
  4. Plant life/ climate zones change.
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8
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What are the Three impacts on Human Development?

A
  1. Evolution
  2. Hunters followed herd
  3. Spread throughout North and South America, Indonesia, and Australia.
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9
Q

How was the time frame Stone Age?

A

2.5 million years -

3,000 BCE

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10
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Paleolithic Stone Age

A

Old Stone Age

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11
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Neolithic Stone Age

A

New Stone Age

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12
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Time period of the Old Stone Age

A

2.5 million years ago - 8,000 BCE

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13
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What was the time period of the New Stone Age

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8,000 BCE - 3,000 BCE

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14
Q

What is the difference between the Paleolithic Stone Age and the Neolithic Stone Age?

A

From a nomadic way of life to farming/ hunting and gathering for food

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15
Q

Agricultural Revolution

A

Farming leads to Permanent Settlements

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16
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Four impacts Agricultural Revolution has on people.

A
  1. Population Explosion
  2. Villages change culture
  3. Councils needed to make decisions
  4. Warriors to protect farms
17
Q

Civilization

A

Complex Society

18
Q

Complex Society

A

Civilization

19
Q

How old is the earth?

A

5 billion years

20
Q

What did Agricultural Revolution start?

A

The Neolithic Age

21
Q

Why was plow developed

A

To loosen soil

22
Q

What are 3 examples of agricultural revolution

A

Rivers
Water and Food
Fertile Soil

23
Q

3 parts of Agricultural Revolution

A

Different crops in different places
Plow
Irrigation systems

24
Q

What did Nomadic people do?

A

Settled down, farmed, built dwellings, and domesticated animals

25
Q

What did they make to store food?

A

Clay pots/jars

26
Q

What was created?

A

Villages

Religion

27
Q

What was the Bronze Age

A

When Bronze tools replaced stone tools

28
Q

When civilizations developed what happened?

A

Complex art, technology, legal, economic, and political systems formed

29
Q

Population explosion led to what

A

Development of cities

30
Q

Characteristics of cities

A

Concentrated population in cities(public buildings in center)
Complex government and religious systems closely linked

31
Q

Characteristics of cities continued

A

Specialization of jobs ( artisans farmers priests government officials)
Writing systems