Global 9 Midterm Review

Why are primary sources such an important part of history?

• They are old and may not last much longer

• Their views are always accurate & unbiased

• Their analysis & interpretation is essential to understanding history

• They are written by historians centuries after the event took place

Focus of this social science is the connection between places, where people settle, and the location of populations.

• Economics

• Political Science

• Anthropology

• Geography

Turning point when humans were no longer solely hunting-gathering, and now focused on becoming settled farmers & domesticating plants and animals.

• Neolithic Revolution

• French Revolution

• Paleolithic Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

What was a benefit of living during the Neolithic Age vs. the Paleolithic Age?

• Dangers of wild animals

• Exercise while following herds of animals

• More consistent food supply

• Eating only seasonal vegetation

Once humans lived began to settle down & become farmers, ___________ developed.

• Factories

• Cities & Governments

• Paleolithic Man

• Gunpowder

River Valleys where Neolithic Man first settled down and began farming include...

• Nile River

• Tigris & Euphrates Rivers

• Indus River

• Huang He River

Systems used by farmers to bring water from rivers to their crops

• Hierarchy

• Papyrus

• Domestication

• Irrigation

First written law code of the ancient world. Demonstrated that not all social classes were treated equally.

• 12 Tables

• Code of Hammurabi

• Justinian code

• Mayflower Compact

Social class system of this River Valley civilization

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

• Indus

• Huang He

Seasonal winds that create a rainy season in India & was used by traders traveling between Africa & India

• Typhoons

• Monsoons

• Tsunami