The Earliest Human Societies | Learning to Farm and Raise Animals | The First Communities | The First Communities Cont. |
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What is hunter-gatherers
Hunted animals and gathered food
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What is domesticated
Humans grow and raise either a plant or animal it becomes this
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What is economic surplus
The name of extra food that people stored often to sell
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What is government
This created order and provided leadership for communities
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What is nomads
People who move place to place
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What is agriculture
Planting seeds to raise crops
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What is specialization
Skill in one kind of work
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What is population
The main difference between a simple and complex village
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What is migration
Moving from one place and settling in another
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What is slash-and-burn
Cut and burn trees to make room for new crops
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What is surplus and specialization
Two reasons why village life became more complex
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What is artifacts
Objects of the past that are primary sources are called this
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What is language, religion, art
The types of culture early humans created (3)
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What is agricultural revoluion
This name was given to the shift from gathering food to food raising
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What is shaman
The name given to holy people in the early communities
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What is Catal Huyuk
Site of one of the earliest complex villages
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What is fire and tools
These two technologies improved early human life
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What is river valleys
Farming developed in these types of lands
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What is a social class
A group of people with similiar customs, backgrounds, training, income
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What is a city
Further development of a complex village would create this
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