Unit 3 Vocabulary

Match the following

• farming

• agriculture

• to stay in one place

• domesticate

• to tame animals

• sedentary

A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes is known as a ​ (a)   .

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• civilization
• Empire
• Mesopotamia

The ​ (a)   is the period during the Stone Age, after the Paleolithic Period, when humans first developed agriculture.

• Neolithic
• Paleolithic
• Mesopotamia
• Hierarchy

What is a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.

• Mesopotamia

• Hierarchy

• Empire

• Civilization

The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering.

• Neolithic Revolution
• Technological Revolution
• Industrial Revolution
• Agricultural Revolution

What is the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers where the first civilizations developed?

• Yellow River Valley
• Mesopotamia
• Nile Valley
• Indus Valley

What is a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler?

• kingdom
• empire
• province
• colony