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12 Cards in this Set
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Why is the Agricultural Revolution important?
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-Stationary community, farming = job specialization
-Beginning of trade -Gender roles change (male dominant) -Population increase |
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Name and Describe the three types of societies that existed at the beginning of the Agricultural Revolution.
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Foraging: Travel in order to find food.
Pastoral: Domesticated animals, but traveled also (followed animals). Agricultural: Farmed |
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Foraging Characteristics?
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-At mercy of environment
-Not many personal items -One event could wipe them all out |
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Pastoral Characteristics?
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-Lived off animals
-Male Dominate -Status based on herd -Eventually win over agricultural societies. |
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Agricultural Characteristics?
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-Started independently
-Women First Farmers -Started around same time due to starvation. - |
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What are the 6 characteristics of civilization?
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-Advances in art and science
-Social Distinctions -Monumental Building -Trade -Specialized Workers -Government (record keeping) ****Sometimes Religion can be included . |
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Disadvantages of civilization?
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-Disadvantage
- Creates oppression (gender/class distinction) -Harms environment - Increased Outside Attacks - Increased pollution, disease, etc. |
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Advantages of civilization?
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-Specialized skills
- Planned Cities (economical/political) - Improved life quality |
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Common River Valley Civilizations Characteristics
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-Location at river valleys
-Complex irrigation systems -Laws/Legal systems -Form of money/exchange -Art and science advancements -Scientific, numerical, calender info -Social inequality |
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Big Picture: Mesopotamia
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-Rivers flooded randomly (violent)
-No barriers -Rivers = trade -Polytheistic. -Ziggurats (temples to their gods) -Independent City States -United sometimes -Written laws (Hammurabi) |
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Egypt differs from Mesopotamia how?
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-Natural Barriers
-Unified - Pharaoh = GOD -Pharaoh makes own laws -Natural Resources (Self-sufficient) |
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Nile River unlike Tigris and Euphrates in what ways?
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-Needed no dams
-Did not flood randomly |
