Transcript Humans Try to Control Nature Development of new technology, artistic skills, and agriculture Early Advances • ____________: people who moved from place to place in search of.

Humans Try to Control
Nature
Development of new
technology, artistic skills, and
agriculture
Early Advances
• ____________: people who
moved from place to place in
search of _______
• _________________: people
who depend on _______ and
collecting plants for food
• _____: stone, ___, and wood for
knives, fish hooks and chisels.
Art
• Made necklaces, carved
sculptures and created _____
paintings-mostly of ______
• Made paint from charcoal,
mud, and _________
Agriculture
• _________________ or
Agricultural Revolution-changes
resulting in the beginnings of
_____.
• One of the greatest
__________ in history.
How and why….
• Mostly likely due to ________
changes- as temps rose it provided
better ________ seasons
• As__________ grew- huntergatherers were under more pressure
to find _____…______ became a
good idea
• Farming gave a ______ food source
Early Farming Methods
• ____________: cut trees or
grasses and burned them to clear
the field. The _____ fertilize the
soil. After a few years of plantingthe method is _____.
• ____________ animals to help
with farming-sheep,
goats, camels
Villages Grow and Prosper
• Farming developed in _____ places –
river valleys
• Africa- ________
• China- Huang He (yellow river)
• Mexico and Central America- corn,
beans, and _____
• ______- Central Andes- tomatoes,
white potatoes
Civilization
• Villages grow into _____-invention of new
tools made farming easier-yielded more
______
• ________________: developed irrigation
systems, the wheel, sailboats
• ____________: special groups of workers
formed, social classes developed, religion
more organized ( many gods, centered on
nature, animal spirits, and afterlife)
Civilization
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Sumer: believed to be the 1st
5 characteristics:
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Specialized workers
______________
Record keeping
_______________
Advanced Cities
• A ______ is a center of trade for a
larger area, not just a large
population of _______
• Farmers, _________, and
traders, brought goods to the
market in the city.
Specialized Workers
• ____________: development of
skills in a specific work
• __________: skilled workers who
make goods by hand
• Examples: ______, pottery,
jewelry, weaponry
Complex Institutions
• Est. _________ to maintain
order
• _________: build temples and
had priests
• _________: food and trade
centers
Record Keeping
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Tax collections
_____
Religious events
_____ and payments
Developed a system of writing- used
______(pro record keepers)
• ______: system of writing using
symbols
Technology
• ___ drawn plows
• Irrigation systems
• _____ wheels for jugs,
plates, bowls
• ______: melted copper and tin to
fashion tools and weapons-known as
the ____________