study Guide
Key Concept 1.1 Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth
What is the evidence that explains the earliest history of humans and the planet?
What are the theories that interpret this evidence?
Where did humans first appear on Earth, and what were their society, technology, and culture?
Describe earliest humans’ technology & tools
What were the earliest humans’ religious beliefs and practices?
How did the earliest humans’ society help them procure enough supplies to survive?
Key Concept 1.2 The Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies
What were the long-term demographic, social, political, and economic effects of the Neolithic
Revolution?
How did pastoral societies resemble or differ from early agricultural societies?
Where did pastoralism persist even after the Neolithic Revolution?
How did the Neolithic Revolution affect human societies economically & socially?
Why did the Neolithic Revolution start (at all)?
Where did the Neolithic Revolution first transform human populations? (Plural answer)
Where did pastoralism persist even after the Neolithic Revolution?
What various crops & animals were developed or domesticated during the Neolithic Revolution?
What labor adjustments did humans make in order to facilitate the Neolithic Revolution?
What were the environmental effects of the Neolithic Revolution?
What effects did pastoralism & agriculture have on the food supply?
What were the social effects of the increased food supply caused by increase of agriculture?
What technological innovations are associated with the growth of agriculture?
Key Concept 1.3 The Development and Interactions of Early Agricultural,
Pastoral, and Urban Societies
What is a ‘civilization,’ and what are the defining characteristics of a civilization?
How did civilizations develop and grow more complex before 600 BCE?
What were the effects of this increasing complexity?
Where did the earliest civilizations develop, and why did they develop in those
What is the evidence that explains the earliest history of humans and the planet?
What are the theories that interpret this evidence?
Where did humans first appear on Earth, and what were their society, technology, and culture?
Describe earliest humans’ technology & tools
What were the earliest humans’ religious beliefs and practices?
How did the earliest humans’ society help them procure enough supplies to survive?
Key Concept 1.2 The Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies
What were the long-term demographic, social, political, and economic effects of the Neolithic
Revolution?
How did pastoral societies resemble or differ from early agricultural societies?
Where did pastoralism persist even after the Neolithic Revolution?
How did the Neolithic Revolution affect human societies economically & socially?
Why did the Neolithic Revolution start (at all)?
Where did the Neolithic Revolution first transform human populations? (Plural answer)
Where did pastoralism persist even after the Neolithic Revolution?
What various crops & animals were developed or domesticated during the Neolithic Revolution?
What labor adjustments did humans make in order to facilitate the Neolithic Revolution?
What were the environmental effects of the Neolithic Revolution?
What effects did pastoralism & agriculture have on the food supply?
What were the social effects of the increased food supply caused by increase of agriculture?
What technological innovations are associated with the growth of agriculture?
Key Concept 1.3 The Development and Interactions of Early Agricultural,
Pastoral, and Urban Societies
What is a ‘civilization,’ and what are the defining characteristics of a civilization?
How did civilizations develop and grow more complex before 600 BCE?
What were the effects of this increasing complexity?
Where did the earliest civilizations develop, and why did they develop in those