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15 Cards in this Set
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Hunters-Gatherers |
were nomadic men and women were equal in what their jobs their way of life ended because of agriculture |
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Ice Age |
time period where the world was coverded in ice time period that the hunter gatherers moved to the americas |
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irrigation |
the process of supplying water to crops in order for them to grow |
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Silt |
this is what is left behind after a river (Nile) floods that is very fertile (Plants can grow in it very easily) |
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surplus |
have an additional amount of something left after requirements have been met this lead people to specialize (become really good) in certain things |
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nomadic |
moving from place to place without staying in one place for a long time |
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bering strait |
located between Asia and North America The hunter-gatherers walked across this to move into the Americas |
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domestication |
how wild animals or plants are changed over many years in order to live with humans |
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Agriculture |
Ended the hunter-gatherers means farming |
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Architecture |
another word for buildings |
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Hung-He River Valley Civilizations |
located in china also called yellow river & river of sorrow writing similar to hieroglyphics and cuneiform |
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Sumerians |
located between Tigris-Euphrates rivers 1st to develop the plow |
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Pyramids |
buildings with square base and slope sides upward to a single point built by the Ancient Egyptians |
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Mesopotamia |
land around the tigris and euphrates rivers which has rich soil that is perfect for growing crops |
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Indus River |
also called Harappan civilizations |
