World History (Paleolithic and Neolithic age)

Artifacts play a key role in the study of…

how ancient people lived

What was one of the first Neolithic villages in modern-day Turkey

Catalhuyuk

The belief that spirits and other forces live in animals, objects, or dreams is called…

animism

Another name for Old Stone Age…

Paleolithic Period

During the _____, people learned to farm

Neolithic Period

A _____ moves from place to place in search of food

nomad

One of the greatest advances of Old Stone Age people was to…

develop spoken language

What is a clue about the religious beliefs of Old Stone Age people?

They buried the dead with great care

The Neolithic Revolution describes the transition from…

nomadic life to settled farming

Which important changes allowed people to invent new technologies.

the establishment of settled farming communities

During the Neolithic Period, people…

began to develop separate roles, such as warriors and elders

Some rulers of the early civilization conquered many cities and villages and created…

empires

Only special workers called _____ could read and write

scribes

Early writing systems often used _____, or simple drawings, to represent objects

pictographs

Skilled craftspeople, or _____, made pottery and woven goods

artisans

Most ancient people were ____, or believed in many gods

polytheistic

The earliest civilizations to develop were…

located near major rivers (Tigris and Euphrates; Nile)

Three basic features of civilization…

complex religions, social classes, and writing

In the cities, who usually occupied top level of society

priests and nobels

The spread of ideas, customs, and technology…

cultural diffusion

What led to the rise of the city-state?

rulers gained power and conquered areas outside their cities