1st vocab quiz Flashcards
aspect of history: individual/political means of survival. the barter system. how people and countries survive day-to-day.
Economic Strand
aspect of history: daily life in a society. class structure, slavery, art, and technology.
Social Strand
aspect of history: allows man to: explain the unexplainable in religion, rituals, traditions, and institutions.
Religious Strand
aspect of history: leadership/government (military/law making) who is in charge and how they got there.
Political Strand
how typography and climate affect the 4 strands
Geographic Determinism
system of government that includes citizens voting for a representative on political decisions
Democracy
old stone age, longest period of human history. the appearance of bone and stone tools
750,000 BCE-10,000 BCE
Paleolithic
middle stone age, early prehistory. the appearance of bows, arrows, and cutting tools.
15,000 BCE-10,000 BCE
Mesolithic
social organization, including a number of families/clans—common ancestry, culture, or leadership
Tribe
title for a king in egypt
Pharoah
period of early history: characterized by the developments of agriculture
10,000 BCE
New Stone Age
system of characters—representing sounds. the first modern alphabet was developed by the Phoenicians
Alphabet
the division of a tribe, where all the members trace their ancestry—common ancestors (interrelated families)
Clan
state governed on the principles of militarism, power of the individual—directly proportional to the property someone owns
Timocracy
a central state: dominates other territories/states with political, military, or economic means for the good of the central state
Empire