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the hunter-gatherer way of life made it impossible for people to love where and how?
in one spot because they had to follow their food
the neolithic revolution refers to the time when early humans developed what?
agriculture
slash-and-burn farming refers to what?
cutting everything down and then burning the vegitation and using the ashes as fertolizer
"prehistoric" refers to any time in the past before...?
recorded history
"lucy" the skeleton discovered by donald johanson's team, was found where?
africa
the paeolithic age ended with the development of what?
agriculture/ farming
it is widely believed that life began where?
africa
what is a artifact?
evidence of the past
the period called the bronze age refers to the time when people began to fashion tools and weapons made out of what material?
bronz
what are the 5 elements of civilization?
advanced cities- trade
writing
specialized workers
complex institutions
technology
what contributed to making the fertile crescent suitable for farming?
the tigris and the euphrates river
farming along the nile river was easier than along many other major rivers because...?
the nile river was predictable
under chinese feudalism, the land legally belonged to whom?
government- king/ emperor
the natural boundaries most responsible for identifying the region of mesopotamia were...?
the tigris and the euphrates river
define dynasty
series of rulers from the same family
which civilization used mummification to preserve the dead?
egypt
which angient region has a name meaning "the land between two rivers"?
mesopotamia
what is the lowest level of samarian society?
slaves
the egyptian kings were known as...
pharos
which group was considered so lowly that it existed outside india's castle system?
untouchables
siddhartha guatauma was the founder of...?
buddism
the minoans and phoenicians are known chiefly for being...?
sea people
the religion of the early hebrews was unique because it...?
was monotheistic
what is the mahabharata?
epic poem
instead of praying to a god like most religions, how do buddhists practice their religion?
walk around a pole
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