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First Civilizations
Global 9, Unit I
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Social | people |
| Economic | getting wants & needs met → TRADE |
| Political | government |
| Primary Source | original source of information, created during the time period |
| Secondary Source | information created after an event or time period |
| Bias | prejudice for or against a subject |
| Paleolithic Age | time of hunters & gatherers |
| Nomads | moved around for food |
| Neolithic Age | start of farming & domestication of animals |
| Artifact | man-made objects |
| Archeologist | person who studies artifacts |
| Anthropologist | person who studies culture |
| Paleontologist | person who studies bones |
| Where did early civilizations begin? | on rivers |
| Mesopotamia | 1st civilization |
| Mesopotamian Rivers | Tigris & Euphrates |
| Fertile Crescent | rich farmland between the Tigris & Euphrates rivers |
| Cultural Diffusion | spread of ideas |
| City-State | city that has a ruler and controls surrounding area |
| Empire | 1 ruler controls lots of areas/cities |
| Polytheism | belief in many gods |
| Hammurabi's Code | 1st written laws |
| Monsoons | seasonal winds (wet & dry) |
| Himalayas Mountains | protection from invaders for India |
| Caste System | Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Shudras |
| Mandate of Heaven | God’s approval to rule |
| Dynastic Cycle | rise and fall of dynasties |
| Early Chinese Relgion | ancestor worship |