Midterm Vocab Flashcards
the father of history
Herodotus
the belief is the center of the universe
Heliocentric
a direct democracy leader in Athens
Pericles
china dynasty that was overthrown by the Shang dynasty
Zhou Dynasty
social groups into which people are born and are changed
Castes
local military rulers
War Lords
a yellow soil
Loess
the leader of the Babylonian empire
Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon
Hammurabi
system of writing which pictures and objects and concepts and sounds
Hieroglyphics
era of prehistory (2million BC to about 9000 BC)
Also Stone Age
Paleolithic Period
final era of prehistory (Began around 9000 BC)
Called the New Stone Age
Neolithic period
the spreading of the Jews beyond their historic homeland
Diaspora
worlds first village (made in Modern-Day West Bank) it was built in the era 10,000 and 9,000 BC
Jericho
belief that spirits live in animals or objects
Animists
government headed by a privileged minority or upper class
Aristocracy
government in which a king or queen exercises central power
Monarchy
absorb or adopt a culture
Assimilate
economic system that has a set of goods or services that are exchanged for another
Barter Economy
the spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another
Cultural Diffusion
loosely organized system of government in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military service and other support to a greater lord
Feudalism
a war between Athens and Sparta
Peloponnesian War
ancient Greek city state
Polis
a temple for the Greek goddess Athena
Parthenon
a city-state in ancient Greece
Athens
group of families with a common ancestor
Clan
a rebellion in china
Mandate of Heaven
in Hindu belief, all the actions that affect a person’s fate in the next life
Karma
the ruler of Akkad
Sargon
in the ancient Middle East, a system of writing that used wedge-shaped marks
Cuneiform
Egyptian leader
Hatshepsut
a simple drawing that looks like the object it represents
Pictograph
amount of food needed
Food Surplus
the study of the origins and development of people and their societies
Anthropology
archeologists who dug bones in the Olduvai Gorge
Mary and Louis Leakey
found a skeleton of an early hominid
Donald Johanson
the period of time before writing was invented
Prehistory
believing in many gods
Polytheistic
Epic Greek poem, 10 year war between Mycenae and Troy
Trojan War
skills and tools people use to do basic needs
Technology
Promoted the idea of the “golden mean” wrote politics.
Aristotle
applied physics to make simple inventions
Archimedes
