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6-1.1 Why were most hunter
gatherer communities nomadic?
Answers
They moved from place to place following
their food source.
6-1.1 What were some ways huntergatherers adapted to their
environment?
6-1.2 What was the main effect of
agriculture on early communities?
Ex: shelters; food sources such as fishing
or large game; clothing
6-1.2 What is the process of
supplying water to crops?
irrigation
6-1.2 What is the term for taming
wild plants and animals by humans?
What were some early animals?
Domestication;
Llamas, goats, cattle, pigs
6-1.3 What four river systems did
early civilizations form near?
Nile, Tigris-Euphrates, Huang He, and
Indus
6-1.3 Describe the lives of
Sumerians?
Invented the plow; bronze tools and
weapons; lived in temple communities
controlled by priests; cuneiform writing,
etc.
Egyptians
6-1.4 What people were the first
along the Nile?
They no longer had to move from place to
place to find food.
6-1.4 What was the writing of the
Egyptians called?
hieroglyphics
6-1.4 How did the Harappans lay out
their towns along the Indus River?
In grids
6-1.4 Why was the uniform system of Accurate measurement was needed for
selling and trading
weights and measures invented by
the Harappans important?
6-1.4 Describe the early life of the
Chinese along the Huang He.
Farmed and raised cattle; known for their pottery; used
silk; made bronze from tin and copper; ruled by kings,
etc.
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6-1.5 What is the science of the
production, distribution, and
consumption of goods and services?
economics
6-1.5 How did early trade lead to
specialization?
Artisans worked with one set of resources
and traded their product for something
someone else worked well with.
6-1.5 What is the technique of
planting crops on the same land in
sequence?
6-1.5 What crops do farmers today
still intercrop?
Multiple cropping
6-1.4 What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land between two rivers (Tigris and
Euphrates)
6-2.1 What is monotheism?
Polytheism? Religion? Philosophy?
M=belief in one god
P=belief in many gods
R=set of beliefs based on a spiritual
teaching
P=study of logic and reason in nature and
society
Abraham; Torah
6-2.1 Who was the father of the
Jewish people? What was their holy
book?
6-2.1 On whose life is Christianity
based? What is the holy book of the
Christians?
6-2.1 Who is the founder of Islam?
What is their holy book?
Pumpkins and corn
Jesus; the Bible
Muhammad; Qur’an or Koran
6-2.1 Who is the most important
Hindu God?
Brahman, their god of creation
6-2.1 What is the Hindu belief in
rebirth after death called?
reincarnation