4.1 - 5.6 social studies terms Flashcards
A human made object, such as a tool, weapon or a piece of jewelry.
Artifact
A member of a nomadic group who’s food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods.
Hunter-gatherer
A major change in human life cause by the beginnings of farming that is, by peoples shift from food gathering to food producing.
Neolithic revolution
A farming method in which people clear fields by cutting and burning trees and grasses, the ashes of which swerve to fertilize the soil.
Slash and burn
The taming of animals for human use.
Domestication
An agricultural village in south-central turkey, discovered in 1858, which peaked around 8,000 years ago. At this time it was home to around 5,000 and 6,000 people, making it one of the largest permanent settlements of the er.
Catal Huyuk
A renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievement.
Humanism
A member or a protestant church founded on the teachings of martin Luther.
Lutheran
To be kicked out of a church
excommunicated
A member of a group that has no permanent home, wandering from place to place in search of food and water.
Nomad
A body of officials who perform religious services, such as priests, ministers, or rabbis.
Clergy
One of the christian ceremonies in which God’s grace is transmitted to people.
Sacrament
the body of laws governing the religious practices of a christian church.
Canon law
The appointment of religious officials by kings or nobles.
Lay investiture
A period of European history, lasting from about 1300 to 1600, during which renewed interest in classical culture led to far-reaching changes in art, learning and views of the world.
Renaissance
