Summer assignment vocab quiz Flashcards
time before written records
Prehistory
Time when humans lived in cavers and hunted for food
Paleolithic age
Species of human found in Neander Vally, merged with humans?
Neanderthal
representing a change from finding food to producing it
Neolithic revolution
earlier form of agriculture using only simple tools
horticulture
early domestication of animals
pastoralism
metallurgy
textiles
a neolithic city older & larger, southern turkey,
Catal Huyuk
Semitic languages
afroasiatic ;arabic group of languages belonging to a subfamily – middle east area
Sumerians
of mesopotamia? built the first civilizations
Sargon the Great
founder of the Akkadian Empire
theocracy
gov’t run by priests
Hittites
ancient group that conquered mesopotamia, nomadic, modern day turkey,
Assyrians
established empire in mesopotamia after Hittites, known warrior people
New Babylonians
conquered mesopotamia after assyrians, dominated mesopotamia again, chaldean empire
Hammurabi’s code
1st written law codes (old Babylonians king)
cuneiform
A way of writing using a wedge shaped stick
The Epic of Gilgamesh
noahs arch
Ziggurats
Mesopotamian temple devoted to a god
Nile River
major river important to ancient Egyptians
cataracts
An area in water too rockey for boats to pass
hyksos
a group of people who invaded egypt
pharaoh
egyptian king thought of as a god
social mobility
ability to change your social status
hatshepsut
female ruler of ancient Egypt, famous expedition
catal huyuk
ancient city, well preserved, very old
created many culture stuff ( trading ,housing ,r religions
social hierarchy
ranking based on status
olmec
the people that lived in Mesoamerica
chavin
People who had a civilization in south america
papyrus
material used as a writing surface
The Book of the Dead
collection of incantations used by the egyptians
Mohenjo-Daro
indus river valley civilization,ancient city in pakistan
Dravidian
family of languages south asia, india
Aryans
nomads from Europe and Asia, settled in India
Harappa
A city located in the Indus Valley civilization, smaller than mohenjo
Rosetta stone
stone with three languages on it, decoded egyptian
systems failure
failure of the systems supporting a nation
Xia
A dynasty mentioned in Chinese legend (never proven)
Shang
An early dynasty with distinct culture, bronze casting,
tribute
something given to a ruler to show respect/support
Zhou Dynasty
the longest lived dynasty that overthrew the Shang dynasty
oracle bones
ox scapula & turtle plastron (bones)
confucianism
belief based on respect, balance, kindness
-ensure stable gov’t
- restore order
The Analects
Collection of sayings and ideas based on confusianism
The Book of Songs
An old book of Ancient Chinese history
divination
practice of attempting to communicate with higher powers for insight
