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Chapter 1 test Flashcards

1
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men and women of the old Stone Age

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nomad

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2
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depends on hunting and collecting plant food

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hunter-gatherer

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3
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beginning of farming

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neolithic revolution

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4
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cut trees and grasses and burned them to clear a field

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slash and burn farming

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5
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taming of animals

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domestication

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6
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the development of skills in a specific kind of work

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specilization

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7
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skilled workers who make goods by hand

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artisan

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8
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a long pattern of organization in a community

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institution

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9
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professional record keepers

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scribe

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10
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Mesopotamian writing system

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cuniform

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11
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time when people used bronze rather than copper and stone

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bronze age

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12
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trading good services without money

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barter

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13
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pyramid shaped monument

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ziggurat

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14
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curved shape and the richness of it’s land

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Fertile Crescent

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15
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land between rivers

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Mesopotamia

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16
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each city and the surrounding land it controlled

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city-state

17
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a series of rulers from a single family

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dynasty

18
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this process in which a new idea or a product spreads from one culture to another

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cultural-diffusion

19
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the belief in more than one God

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polytheism

20
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brings together several peoples, nations, or previously independent states under the control of one leader

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empire

21
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a leader in the Babylonian empire

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Hammurabi

22
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in the lower region

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delta

23
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a king

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narmer

24
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god-king

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pharaoh

25
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type of government based on religious authority

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theocracy

26
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the resting place for a king after death

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pyramid

27
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royal and elite Egyptians bodies were preserved

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mummification

28
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Egyptian writing system

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hieroglyphics

29
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a better writing system

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papyrus

30
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the first empire builders

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Babylonian empire, Hammurabi’s code

31
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human made object

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artifact

32
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peoples unique way of life

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culture

33
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the first creatures to walk up right

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hominid

34
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old Stone Age

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Paleolithic age

35
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ways of applying knowledge to tools

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technology

36
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modern humans

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homo-sapeins

37
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why did papa New Guinea not advance as fast

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they were very focused on feeding themselves due to there lack of nutrients in there food

38
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the main animal in papa New Guinea

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pigs

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