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Side A ------ Side B
What are the periods of time of history in order? ------ Pre-history; Ancient History; Middle History; Modern
What is the break between Pre- & Ancient History? ------ use of writing (10,000 BC)
What is the break between Ancient & Middle History? ------ Fall of Rome (476 AD)
What is the break between Middle & Modern History? ------ Renaissance (1350 AD)
What is Pre-history? ------ period of time before writing was invented
Pre-historic people lived as what? ------ hunters & gatherers (foragers)
What is the study of people, their environment, & their resources? ------ geography
What were the impacts of geography on history? ------ location, barriers, environment, shapes interactions, & affects culture
What were the 3 parts of the Stone Age? ------ Paleolithic, Mesolithic, & Neolithic
What is the Paleolithic time known as? ------ Old Stone Age
Where was the 1st human existence 2.5 million years ago? ------ Africa
What were the 1st humans known as? ------ homonids
What was used 750,000 years ago? ------ fire & simple tools
What is the "Out of Africa Theory"? ------ life began in Africa & then spread out
What is a system of belief to explain environment & establish rules for social behavior? ------ culture
The Pleistocene is better known as what? ------ Great Ice Age
Greater domestication of animals led to what? ------ pastoral or herding societies
What was the gradual change during the Neolithic Revolution? ------ hunting & gathering to farming
What did farming societies allow? ------ permanent settlements
What was the impact of property becoming more important? ------ increased trade
What led to specialization & division of labor? ------ food surpluses
What is the increased exchange of ideas? ------ metallurgy
What are the characteristics of a civilization? ------ economic surplus, cities, division of labor, social hierarchy, formal political organization, writing, similar culture, language & or religion
Where were early civilizations found in? ------ river valleys
What created food surpluses? ------ rich silt deposits
What did food surpluses allow? ------ population growth
What did cities require? ------ organization 
Organization led to what? ------ governments
What were the 1st types of governments? ------ monarchies or theocracies
What is a theocracy? ------ led by a king
What were early religions? ------ polytheistic
The 1st economies were traditional otherwise known as what? ------ barter economies
How was culture spread? ------ warfare, trade, & migration

Side A ------ Side B
What are the periods of time of history in order? ------ Pre-history; Ancient History; Middle History; Modern
What is the break between Pre- & Ancient History? ------ use of writing (10,000 BC)
What is the break between Ancient & Middle History? ------ Fall of Rome (476 AD)
What is the break between Middle & Modern History? ------ Renaissance (1350 AD)
What is Pre-history? ------ period of time before writing was invented
Pre-historic people lived as what? ------ hunters & gatherers (foragers)
What is the study of people, their environment, & their resources? ------ geography
What were the impacts of geography on history? ------ location, barriers, environment, shapes interactions, & affects culture
What were the 3 parts of the Stone Age? ------ Paleolithic, Mesolithic, & Neolithic
What is the Paleolithic time known as? ------ Old Stone Age
Where was the 1st human existence 2.5 million years ago? ------ Africa
What were the 1st humans known as? ------ homonids
What was used 750,000 years ago? ------ fire & simple tools
What is the "Out of Africa Theory"? ------ life began in Africa & then spread out
What is a system of belief to explain environment & establish rules for social behavior? ------ culture
The Pleistocene is better known as what? ------ Great Ice Age
Greater domestication of animals led to what? ------ pastoral or herding societies
What was the gradual change during the Neolithic Revolution? ------ hunting & gathering to farming
What did farming societies allow? ------ permanent settlements
What was the impact of property becoming more important? ------ increased trade
What led to specialization & division of labor? ------ food surpluses
What is the increased exchange of ideas? ------ metallurgy
What are the characteristics of a civilization? ------ economic surplus, cities, division of labor, social hierarchy, formal political organization, writing, similar culture, language & or religion
Where were early civilizations found in? ------ river valleys
What created food surpluses? ------ rich silt deposits
What did food surpluses allow? ------ population growth
What did cities require? ------ organization 
Organization led to what? ------ governments
What were the 1st types of governments? ------ monarchies or theocracies
What is a theocracy? ------ led by a king
What were early religions? ------ polytheistic
The 1st economies were traditional otherwise known as what? ------ barter economies
How was culture spread? ------ warfare, trade, & migration