Vocab 2

Question 1

Monumental architecture

Answer 1

Characteristic of civilization, often religious monuments

Question 2

Neolithic revolution

Answer 2

Shift from hunting and gathering to growing food

Question 3

Nomadic

Answer 3

Groups of ppl tending to travel frequently

Question 4

Oracle bones

Answer 4

Animal bones carved with written characters used for telling the future

Question 5

Pastoralism

Answer 5

Agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry

Question 6

Patriarchy

Answer 6

Social organization where a male is the family head

Question 7

Pictorgraphs

Answer 7

Pictures that stand for words and ideas

Question 8

Polytheism

Answer 8

Belief in multiple gods

Question 9

Pyramids

Answer 9

Monumental architecture typical of old kingdom egypt

Question 10

Quipu

Answer 10

An arrangement of knotted strings for record keeping

Question 11

Reg veda

Answer 11

The first scripture in hinduism

Question 12

sedentary

Answer 12

Not migratory, settled

Question 13

Social stratification

Answer 13

Condition of being in social strata or classes within a group

Question 14

Specialized labor

Answer 14

Each person is responsible for a specific, specialized set of tasks

Question 15

The State

Answer 15

A seperate part of an empire with individual govt

Question 16

Urban planning

Answer 16

Determining and drawing up plans for the community

Question 17

Vedic religion

Answer 17

Symbiosis of gods and humans because humans could only prosper in

Question 18

Ziggurats

Answer 18

Sumerian temples made of sun dried brick

Question 19

Zoroastrianism

Answer 19

Dual gods of equal power to form early monotheism; persian

Question 20

Domestication

Answer 20

The taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food