| A | B |
|---|
| Four early settlements | Nile River, Tigris and Euphrates, Indus, and Huang |
| Characteristics of civilizations | produce surplus food, estblish large towns or cities with government,people perform different jobs |
| division of labor | different people perform different jobs |
| Egypt | Nile River Valley |
| Sumer | Tigris and Euphrates |
| Indus River | Indus Valley |
| China | Huang River |
| other accomplishments of civilizations | calendar and some form of writing |
| hunter-gatherers | early people who lived by hunting animals and gathering plants for food |
| Neolithic agricultural revolution | the move from food gathering to food producing |
| civilization | a complex culture with basic characteristics |
| agriculture | raising of crops for food |
| nomads | people who wander from place to place in search of food |
| domestication | taming of animals like sheep |
| hominids | humans and human-like creatures |
| artifacts | objects made and used by early hominids |
| archeologists | scientist who dig in early settlements for artifacts |
