HISTORICAL SOCIAL CHANGE REVIEW
Match the following items:
_____ Phenomena forced people to
start growing their own food
_____ This religious belief system
mirrors the political structure: “One
strong ruler, one strong God”
_____ Type of agriculture where
workers scorch the earth and use
the ashes to replace nutrients in the
soil
_____ Belief system: Spirits inhabit
everything -- all animals, plants,
rivers, etc.
_____ Era included feudalism
wherein strong leaders owned all the
wealth, leaving large masses of
impoverished peasants
_____ Hunters and gatherers
followed this herd into Norway about
14,000 years ago
_____ During this era, we find
evidence of a few matriarchal
societies (women as religious and
political leaders)
_____ In this era, find evidence of
greatest equality (egalitarian
societies)
_____ During this era, occupations
become differentiated (that is, large
numbers of people can perform work
other than food growing)
_____ During this era, see first
evidence of slavery
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.
Hunters and Gatherers
Pastoral/Horticultural Era
Agricultural Era
Animism
Polytheism
Monotheism
Buffalo
Reindeer
Neothermal Climate Change
Slash and Burn Technology
_____ During this era, some become
“chiefs”
_____ During this era, plow changes
everything about social life
_____ Live in small groups of 25-40
_____ The first literate society
_____ Throughout the world, women
lose their social position, a fact
supported by the religions of the
era: Christianity, Hinduism,
Confucianism
_____ This era could support only
one person on every 1.75 square miles
of land
_____ In this era, develop belief in
multiple gods (polytheism) who
oversee what’s important to survival:
gods of fertility, sun gods, etc.
_____ This era could support human
populations into the millions
_____ Part of this population
remained nomadic while others
settled semi-permanently
_____ This era formed great
militaries; warring became a fact of
life
_____ During this era, could now
support up to 25 humans per square
mile in Iraq
_____ During this era, family was
really the only institution: It
performed the functions of the
Economy, of Government, of
Education, etc.
_____ Because of this, glaciers
receded and people could, for the
first time, reliably grow their own
food
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.
Hunters and Gatherers
Pastoral/Horticultural Era
Agricultural Era
Animism
Polytheism
Monotheism
Buffalo
Reindeer
Neothermal Climate Change
Slash and Burn Technology