Unit 1 Vocabulary

Question 0

A change that occured when people learned how to plant, grow crops and herd animals

Answer 0

Neolithic revolutions

Question 1

Worship of multiple gods

Answer 1

Polytheism

Question 2

The earlier written law that covered daily life, aimed to ensure justice, punished criminals harshly and treated nobles and commoners differently

Answer 2

Code of Hammurabi

Question 3

Political system governed by a religious leader

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Theocracy

Question 4

A political unit consisting of an independent city and the land surrounding it

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City-state

Question 5

Religion developed in India that believes in many gods and goddesses, reincarnation, and that a persons behavior in life determines his or her form or caste in the next life

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Hinduism

Question 6

A highly organized and complex society

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Civilization

Question 7

The spread of ideas, invasions other cultural elements, from one society to another

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Cultural diffusion

Question 8

A process in which the physical characteristics of plants and animals change as a result of human intervention

Answer 8

Domestication

Question 9

A ranking of groups of people according to their importance, status or power

Answer 9

Hierarchy

Question 10

People who move to place to place with no permanent home

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Nomads

Question 11

Monotheistic religion from the Middle East, founded by Abraham, developed a moral code, and then commandments

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Judaism

Question 12

People who settled or non-migratory

Answer 12

Sedentary

Question 13

A system of government in which political power is inherited

Answer 13

Monarchy

Question 14

A belief in one god

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Monotheism

Question 15

A succession of rulers descended from one family

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Dynasty

Question 16

According to Jewish tradition, these commandments are the second covenant, a commitment to a moral and ethical life for all Hebrew, later adopted by Christians

Answer 16

Ten Commandments

Question 17

A Chinese idea that the right to rule came from divine authors

Answer 17

Mandate of Heaven

Question 18

A blend of Greek, Indian, Persian, and Egyptian culture

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Hellenistic

Question 19

Government is controlled by its citizens

Answer 19

Democracy

Question 20

Rule by the few

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Oligarchy

Question 21

Rule through representatives who govern according to law

Answer 21

Republic