Unit 1 Test Review Flashcards
What is a form of a culture characterized by cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and advanced technology?
Civilization
What is the development of skills in a particular kind of work, such as trading or record keeping?
Specialization
What is a skilled worker, such as a weaver or a potter, who makes goods by hand?
Artisan
What is a long lasting pattern of organization in a community?
Institution
What is one of the professional record keepers in the early civilizations?
Scribes
What is one of the systems of writing with wedge shaped symbols, invented by the Sumerians around 3000 BC
Cuneiform
What is the period in human history, beginning around 3000 BC in some areas, during which people began using bronze, rather than copper or stone, to fashion tools and weapons?
Bronze Age
What is the form of trade in which people exchange goods and services without the use of money?
Barter
What is the tiered, pyramid shaped structure that formed part of the Sumerian temple?
Ziggurat
What is an arc of rich farmland in Southwest Asia, between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea?
Fertile Crescent
What is the greek word meaning “land between the rivers”?
Mesopotamia
What is a city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit?
City State
What is a series of rulers from a single family?
Dynasty
What is the spreading of ideas of products from one culture to another?
Cultural Diffusion
What is the belief in many gods?
Polytheism
What is the political unit in which a number of people or countries are controlled by a single ruler?
Empire
Who was the empire that set the code of laws?
Hammurabi
Who is a member of a group that has no permanent home, wandering from place to place in search of food and water?
Nomad
What is a farming method in which people clear fields by cutting and burning trees and grasses, the ashes of which serve to fertilize the soil?
Slash and Burn Farming
What is a member of a nomadic group whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods?
Hunter Gatherer
What is a member of a biological group including human beings and related species that walk upright?
Hominid
What is the way in which people apply knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet their needs?
Technology
