Chapter One -world before time Flashcards
1
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Neolithic Revolution
A
Farming, Fertile Crescent
2
Q
Monotheism
A
The belief in one God
3
Q
Cultural diffusion
A
The spread of culture
4
Q
Polytheism
A
The belief in many gods
5
Q
Syncretism
A
The blending of two cultures
6
Q
Animism
A
The religious beliefs of many nomadic people’s
7
Q
Egalitarian
A
Everyone in a society is equal
8
Q
Asceticism
A
Person denying themselves physical pleasure to get spiritual understandings
9
Q
What did the development of writing lead to?
A
It led to centralize government
10
Q
What makes a society is civilization?
A
Cities
11
Q
Stone tools versus metal tool
A
Metal tools are much stronger and made of bronze and iron
12
Q
Civilization
A
Are made of cities
