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Earliest humans to think

Earliest humans to think. Homo sapiens. taming of plants and animals. domestication. Inter-related groups which survived by following and finding food. Hunter-gatherers. The way in which people live (art, science, government, etc.). Culture. Wandering lifestyle following food and water.

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Earliest humans to think

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  1. Earliest humans to think Homo sapiens

  2. taming of plants and animals domestication

  3. Inter-related groups which survived by following and finding food Hunter-gatherers

  4. The way in which people live (art, science, government, etc.) Culture

  5. Wandering lifestyle following food and water Nomadic

  6. Items such as rocks or sticks used to accomplish work Simple Tools

  7. Inter-related groups of people Clans

  8. Communication which developed in the Paleolithic (OLD) age Oral language

  9. Living in one place and raising food Settled agriculture

  10. Tools which require reshaping or combining parts to work Complex tools

  11. Person who uses artifacts and fossils to determine past human events Archaeologist

  12. Animal and plant matter which has been preserved in nature Fossil

  13. Method of telling the approximate age of an artifact or fossil Carbon dating

  14. Giant circles of stone in England probably used for religious ceremonies Stonehenge

  15. Shift from hunting-gatherer societies to settled agriculture Neolithic Revolution

  16. Tool Age following the Stone Age Bronze Age

  17. “U” shaped area stretching from the eastern Mediterranean coast through Syria into Mesopotamia Fertile Crescent

  18. Area in between and around the Tigris and Euphrates River Valleys Mesopotamia

  19. Geographic term for the Indian sub-continent South Asia

  20. Geographic term for China East Asia

  21. Jewish people Hebrews

  22. phrase describing river valleys as the beginning of civilization Cradles of Civilization

  23. Passing of leadership from father to son (rule stays in the family) dynasty

  24. Independent cities and their surrounding lands (small kingdoms) City-state

  25. Moral law code of Christianity and Judaism Ten Commandments

  26. Early civil law code of Babylon Code of Hammurabi

  27. Working at or creating only one item or good in order to meet ones needs Specialization of labor

  28. Holy scriptures of Judaism Torah

  29. Banished from a land exiled

  30. Scattering of Jewish communities Diaspora

  31. Earliest form of writing by man pictograms

  32. Pictograms used in Egypt hieroglyphics

  33. Pictograms used in Sumeria cuneiform

  34. Symbols used to represent sounds created by the Phoenicians alphabet

  35. A political unit composed of the kingdom and all of its conquered lands empire

  36. Organization of people who complete the day to day tasks of government bureaucracy

  37. Early Persian religion with a belief in the forces of good and evil Zoroastrianism

  38. Race of people who controlled the Indian subcontinent with a caste system Aryan

  39. Period of time when a civilization enjoys a rapid advancement in culture Golden Age

  40. Rigid system of India which placed people in a particular social class from which they could not move Caste (Varna) System

  41. Movement of people from one location to another migration

  42. Belief that a person will return after their death in another form reincarnation

  43. Idea that one’s actions in life determines one’s destiny and future karma

  44. Religious scriptures for Hinduism Vedas

  45. Main ideas of the religious philosophy of Buddhism Four Noble Truths

  46. The course in Buddhism that would lead to freedom from the cycle of rebirth Eightfold Path to Enlightenment

  47. Fortified barrier constructed to protect East Asian people from attacks Great Wall of China

  48. Approval needed in order for Chinese rulers to hold power Mandate of Heaven

  49. Overland trade route that connected China to Western Europe Silk Road

  50. Professional government organization which required testing in order to work in government Civil Service

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