Section 2: History & Government Flashcards
1
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Domesticate
A
Animals and plants taken from the wilderness and made useful to people.
2
Q
Culture Hearth
A
Centers where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward.
3
Q
Cuneiform
A
Wedge- shaped symbols written on wet clay tablets that were then baked to harden them.
4
Q
Hieroglyphics
A
A from of picture writings.
5
Q
Qanat
A
Underground canals, used to bring water from the mountains across the desert to farmlands.
6
Q
Monotheism
A
The belief in one God.
7
Q
Prophet
A
Messengers
8
Q
Mosque
A
9
Q
Nationalism
A
A belief in the right of an ethnic group to have its own independent country.
10
Q
Nationalize
A
Placed under government control.
11
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Embargo
A
A ban on trade.
