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Unit 3 River Civil.
The where, then when, the why civilizations started
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The Indus River Valley | One of the Big 4, located in present-day India |
| The Yellow River Valley | One of the Big 4, located in present-day China |
| The Nile River Valley | One of the Big 4, located in Northeastern Africa |
| The Tigris and Euphrates River Valley | One of the Big 4, located in present-day Iraq |
| The Fertile Crescent | Another name for the area surrounding the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; shaped like a partial moon |
| Mesopotamia | Another name for the area surrounding the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; it was the first civilization to form |
| Geographic luck | There are advantages when you have plants and animals to domesticate, and the right climate for growing an abundance of crops |
| civilization | a complex community that had advanced social institutions, dense population, and specialization |
| social hierarchy | the ranking of individuals based on wealth, power, blood lines, or influence |
| scribe | One who specializes in writing down documents |
| specialization | in a civilization when people adopt different jobs like artisan or priest that don’t involve growing or gathering food |
| laborer | one who worked as a farmer, builder, or general worker in Era 2. |
| elite | a group of people considered to be the best in their society based on wealth, power, talent, or other characteristic |
| polytheistic | the practice of believing in more than one god; Egypt and Sumer both had this characteristic |
| pharaoh | a living god according to the Egyptians |
| primary source | This comes from an eyewitness to an event usually written shortly after the event has taken place |
| secondary source | This does not come from an eyewitness, and it could be a blending of a number of different sources gathered over a long period of time. |
| SOAP memory device | Remember to look for these elements in a document: Speaker, Occasion, Audience, and Purpose |
| RAFT memory device | Remember to look for these elements in a document: Role (Writer), Audience, Format, and Topic |
| river valley civilizations | a type of civilization that developed near or around a major river and considered the earliest known large human civilizations (around 4000 BCE to 1000 BCE) |
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