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The earliest humans lived:
A. By hunting and gathering B. as herders of sheep and other livestock C. alone or in pairs D. in farming villages along rivers and streams |
A. By hunting and gathering food.
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The development of farming brought all of the following changes to the lives of early humans except:
A. the first human made shelter B. a larger supply of food C. the construction of a permanent settlement D. new types of clothing |
D. new types of clothing
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This is a why of supplying water to a large area of land.
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Questions: What is irrigation?
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This is the religious practice of worshiping many gods.
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Question: What is polytheism.
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This is the religious practice or worshiping one god.
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Question: What is monotheism?
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This ancient group of people, who lived in the fertile crescent, invented the first system of writing, the wheel, and the plow.
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Question: Who were the Sumerians?
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Unlike earlier pictographs, this system of writing, developed by the Sumerians, used symbols to represent syllables and parts or words.
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Question: What is cuneiform?
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Mesopotamian farmer invented these to irrigate their fields.
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Question: What are canals?
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This ancient system of writing used symbols to represent different objects.
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Question: What is the pictograph system?
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This is a a part or imprint of something that was once alive, and can be used by researchers to learn more about ancient cultures.
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Question: What is a fossil?
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