Chapter 1 test Flashcards
men and women of the old Stone Age
nomad
depends on hunting and collecting plant food
hunter-gatherer
beginning of farming
neolithic revolution
cut trees and grasses and burned them to clear a field
slash and burn farming
taming of animals
domestication
the development of skills in a specific kind of work
specilization
skilled workers who make goods by hand
artisan
a long pattern of organization in a community
institution
professional record keepers
scribe
Mesopotamian writing system
cuniform
time when people used bronze rather than copper and stone
bronze age
trading good services without money
barter
pyramid shaped monument
ziggurat
curved shape and the richness of it’s land
Fertile Crescent
land between rivers
Mesopotamia
each city and the surrounding land it controlled
city-state
a series of rulers from a single family
dynasty
this process in which a new idea or a product spreads from one culture to another
cultural-diffusion
the belief in more than one God
polytheism
brings together several peoples, nations, or previously independent states under the control of one leader
empire
a leader in the Babylonian empire
Hammurabi
in the lower region
delta
a king
narmer
god-king
pharaoh
type of government based on religious authority
theocracy
the resting place for a king after death
pyramid
royal and elite Egyptians bodies were preserved
mummification
Egyptian writing system
hieroglyphics
a better writing system
papyrus
the first empire builders
Babylonian empire, Hammurabi’s code
human made object
artifact
peoples unique way of life
culture
the first creatures to walk up right
hominid
old Stone Age
Paleolithic age
ways of applying knowledge to tools
technology
modern humans
homo-sapeins
why did papa New Guinea not advance as fast
they were very focused on feeding themselves due to there lack of nutrients in there food
the main animal in papa New Guinea
pigs
