Assignment: Review: Birth of Civilization

B7: World Geography and Civilizations, term 1-1
2013-10-21T16:39:29Z

Due:

1. Define: hominids, artifacts, culture, nomads, agriculture, domestication, hunter-gatherers

Prehistoric Peoples

2. Who is “Lucy” and why is she important?

3. What are the two main theories regarding the relationship between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens?

lesson 1 slides.pdf

4. What years do scientists believe neanderthal people and cro-magnon people lived on the earth? Where did they live? What were their major achievements?

Neanderthals

Cro Magnon

5. What was the neolithic agricultural revolution?

Neolithic Agricultural Revolution

6. What is a civilization and what are three main characteristics of a civilization? What two other characteristics may be shared by civilizations?

7. Define: irrigation, division of labor, artisans, cultural diffusion

8. Why did the first civilizations develop in river valleys?

Foundations Of Civilization

1. Define: hominids, artifacts, culture, nomads, agriculture, domestication, hunter-gatherers

Prehistoric Peoples

2. Who is “Lucy” and why is she important?

3. What are the two main theories regarding the relationship between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens?

lesson 1 slides.pdf

4. What years do scientists believe neanderthal people and cro-magnon people lived on the earth? Where did they live? What were their major achievements?

Neanderthals

Cro Magnon

5. What was the neolithic agricultural revolution?

Neolithic Agricultural Revolution

6. What is a civilization and what are three main characteristics of a civilization? What two other characteristics may be shared by civilizations?

7. Define: irrigation, division of labor, artisans, cultural diffusion

8. Why did the first civilizations develop in river valleys?

Foundations Of Civilization