Before the ancient civilizations developed sometime around 3500 BCE, humans in those regions had lived as hunter/gatherer people. They had not lived in large communities, but rather had traveled around in smaller groups hunting and gathering, always in search of the next food source. Housing for the hunter/gatherer people was not long-lasting or in one place, but rather was temporary and established in each new place the people moved.

When humans developed farming skills, this allowed them to settle down because they no longer had to hunt/gather as much food. Instead, they grew food and stayed in one place. Larger communities developed, especially where land was good for farming (like in river valleys).

One of the characteristics of all early civilizations is that they all had some type of "government". This means that there were some people who made rules that the other people followed. We'll look more at the types of government and the different types of rules that were created, and how those affected citizens soon, but for this question:

PLEASE LIST TWO REASONS WHY YOU THINK GOVERNMENTS DID NOT DEVELOP WHILE HUMANS WERE HUNTERS/GATHERERS. (4 pts)
PLEASE LIST TWO REASONS WHY GOVERNMENTS WERE NEEDED AND DEVELOPED WHEN HUMANS BEGAN TO SETTLE DOWN AS FARMING COMMUNITIES. (4 pts)