World History

When did history begin?

• At the beginning of time.

• Whenever I was born.

• When we start having written clues.

• When Mr. Atley says so

What do we consider to be the time period known as pre-history?

• The time before we were able to use electronic devices

• The time when dinosaurs walked the earth

• The time before written clues were left

• The last Ice Age.

What is the main feature that defines civilization?

• Organized Government

• Writing

• Cities/Urban Centers

• Social Classes

The New Stone Age began when early people learned to

• make weapons out of stone.

• use fire for cooking.

• use tools.

• farm.

What is the world's oldest known city?

• Jericho

• Jarmo

• Catalhuyuk

• Sumer

What does it mean to be "Nomadic?"

• Settle in a specific area

• Move from place to place to find food

• to change tribes or villages

• to be very religious

Most early civilizations developed near which major land feature?

• Mountain Ranges

• Plateau

• River Valley

• Ocean

Farming led to...

• Famine.

• a food surplus for villages.

• the development of a traditional economy.

• disease.

The Neolithic Revolution was:

• The shift from hunter-gatherers (nomads) to systematic agriculture

• The shift from the use of stone to the use of metal

• The shift from eating meat to eating only vegetables

• The shift from wartime to peace time

During the Neolithic Revolution

• Survival was all people worried about

• People no longer had to focus all their energy on survival, and could now focus their energy on other things

• People fished more than ever

• Women became the hunters, and men became the gatherers