UNIT 1 TEST Flashcards
DEFINITIONS
HUMAN MADE OBJECTS SUCH AS TOOLS AND JEWELRY
ARTIFACTS
PEOPLE’S UNIQUE WAY OF LIFE
CULTURE
CREATURES THAT WALK UPRIGHT SUCH AS AUSTRALOPITHECINES
HOMINIDS
OLD STONE AGE
PALEOLITHIC AGE
NEW STONE AGE
NEOLITHIC AGE
WAYS OF APPLYING KNOWLEDGE, TOOLS, AND INVENTIONS TO MEET THEIR NEEDS
TECHNOLOGY
HIGHLY MOBILE PEOPLE WHO MOVED FROM PLACE TO PLACE SEARCHING FOR NEW SOURCES OF FOOD
NOMADS
GROUPS WHO FOOD SUPPLY DEPENDED ON HUNTING ANIMALS AND COLLECTING PLANTS
HUNTER GATHERERS
AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION
CUT DOWN TREES AND GRASS TO BURN FIELDS
SLASH AND BURNING FARMING
TAMING OF ANIMALS
DOMESTICATION
COMPLEX CULTURE WITH 5 CHARACTERISTICS
CIVILIZATION
DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS IN A SPECIFIC KIND OF WORK
SPECIALIZATION
SKILLED WORKERS WHO MADE GOODS BY HAND
ARTISANS
A LONG LASTING PATTERN OF ORGANIZATION IN A COMMUNITY
INSTITUTION
PROFESSIONAL RECORD KEEPERS
SCRIBES
SYSTEM OF WRITING, WEDGE SHAPED
CUNEIFORM
TIME WHEN PEOPLE BEGAN USING BRONZE
BRONZE AGE
TRADING GOODS AND SERVICES WITHOUT MONEY
BARTER
PYRAMID SHAPED MONUMENT
ZIGGURAT
CURVED SHAPE AND THE RICHNESS OF ITS LAND
FERTILE CRESCENT
LAND BETWEEN THE RIVERS
MESOPOTAMIA
CITY AND SURROUNDING LAND IS CONTROLLED FORMED
CITY STATE
SERIES OF RULERS FROM A SINGLE FAMILY
DYNASTY
A NEW IDEA OR PRODUCT SPREADS FROM ONE CULTURE TO ANOTHER
CULTURAL DIFFUSION
BELIEF IN ONE OR MORE GOD
POLYTHEISM
BRINGS TOGETHER SEVERAL P[EOPLE, NATIONS AND INDEPENDENT STATES UNDER THE CONTROL OF ONE RULER
EMPIRE
CODE OF FIRST LAWS
HAMMURABI
KING
NARMER
EGYPTIAN KING GODS
PHARAOHS
RULE IS BASED ON RELIGIOUS AUTHORITIES
THEOCRACY
PLACED AFTER DEATH IN AN IMMENSE STRUCTURE
PYRAMID
EMBALMING AND DRYING THE CORPSE TO PREVENT FROM DECAYING
MUMMIFICATION
SACRED CARVING
HIEROGLYPHICS
BETTER WRITING SURFACE, REEDS
PAPYRUS