Development of Societies

Match the following

• All the living and nonliving things in a person’s surroundings

• Environment

• An extra amount; more than is needed

• Surplus

• To train or adapt an animal or plant to live in a human environment, making it more useful to humans

• Domestic

• The science, art, and business of raising animals and plants to supply food for humans; farming

• Agriculture

Match the following

• Complex society, stable food supply, specialization of labor, a government, highly developed culture

• Shrine

• A widespread shortage of food that threatens death from starvation

• Civilization

• The act of supplying dry lands with water by means of canals, ditches, pipes, and streams

• Famine

• A sacred place where people worship

• Irrigation

• Being able to provide for oneself without depending on others

• Self-sufficient

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Reorder the following

• Settling down

• Domesticating

  Plants and Animals

• Farming

Which of the following are features of a city?

• Social levels

• Division of Labor

• Trade near/far

• Organized structure

• Large skyscrapers

True or False: Despite being surrounded by plenty of food hunter-gatherers didn't get attached to one place, nor did they begin to build longer lasting homes.

• True

• False

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Structures at Ain Mallaha give clues to the changing lifestyles of hunter-gatherers, such as:

• Circular pit homes, dug below ground level

• Stones that covered dirt walls

• Roofs made of reeds

• musical instruments

• Fire pits in the center of floors

True or False: Mortars and storage bins provided good reasons to stay permanently in one place. As well, people feared intruders stealing their precious surplus of food, if they wandered too far.

• True

• False

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True or False: As hunter-gatherers began to settle down they noticed conditions that allowed grains to thrive, and they also learned more about the habits of the animals they hunted.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.7.2

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Among the first domesticated animals were....

• Dogs

• Sheep

• messenger pigeons

• goats

• horses

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

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Domestication causes important changes, such as: (select all that apply)

• Physical changes, such as becoming smaller

• Heightened senses, such as smell and tastes

• They rely on humans for survival, and it's survival skills fade

• Trick question. No major changes happen

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

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