Study Guide: Early Humans through River Valleys

Exam: Early Humans, Neolithic Revolution, River Valleys

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Exam Format:

30 Multiple Choice Questions
2 Short Answer Questions

Materials to Study:

• Notes Packets:
• Early Humans
• Neolithic Revolution
• River Valley Presentation Handouts
• Homework Notes from:
• Chapter 2, Sections 1-4
• Aims from each class (the short answer questions will come from the aims)

Vocabulary Words to know:

Social Scientists

Primary/Secondary Sources

Darwin's Theory of Evolution

Lucy/Iceman

Great Rift Valley

Pre-historic

Carbon Dating

Paleolithic Age

Nomads

Hunter-Gatherers

Neolithic Age

Neolithic Revolution

Irrigation

Settled/Permanent Civilization

Domestication

Specialization

Slash and Burn Farming

Subsistence Agriculture

Traditional Economy

Surplus

River Valleys

Mesopotamia/Tigris & Euphrates River Valley

Egypt/Nile River Valley

Indus River Valley

Yellow River Valley (Huang He)

Silt

Cuneiform

Hieroglyphics

Code of Hammurabi

For Practice Questions from Regents Prep, click here