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Streams chapters 1-2
Words and people from Streams of Civilization: Chapters 1 and 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Uniformitarianism | The theory that geological processes are similar now to the way they always have been |
| Catastrophism | The theory that a worldwide catastrophe formed most rocks that we have today |
| Law of entropy | Every system tends to go down from order to disorder |
| Clan | Several families who are related and share a common need to work together |
| Civilization | A culture with advanced development in the arts and sciences of a culture. |
| Tell | A flat-topped hill covering the ruins of an ancient city |
| Culture | People that have developed distinct geographic, economic and political characteristics |
| Diplomacy | The management of communication and relationships between nations by members of each nation’s government |
| Second Law of Thermodynamics | The law of increasing entropy |
| Mesopotamia | An area of the Fertile Crescent |
| Dispersion | After the Flood, three culture streams migrated from the Ararat and Babylonian regions; the descendants of Shem, Ham and Japheth |
| Aristocrat | A class made up of officials and priests; the privileged or high class |
| Vedas | A form of literature written by the Sanskrit writers. The Vedas give their ideas on religion, life, death, philosophy, and music |
| Dynasty | The continuous rule of a country by the same family |
| Ziggurat | A temple tower with a platform built upon another platform, each a little smaller than the last |
| Polytheism | The worship of many gods |
| Cataract | A heavy downpour of rain or a great flood, or a series of river rapids and small waterfalls |
| Hieroglyphics | A system of writing which involved pictures to represent sounds and syllables |
| City-state | A city that is an independent state with its own ruler |
| Sargon | An Akkadian king who established the first empire in history, the Akkadian Empire |
| Sanskrit | A language developed by the Aryans of Asia after they destroyed the cities of India. Today it is considered the classical language of India |
| Etesian winds | Strong, cool breezes from the Mediterranean Sea. They made sailing easier for merchants |
| Cartouche | An oval area inscribed with the name of the country’s ruler |
| Cuneiform | A type of writing where the scribe would write by pressing a stylus into a soft clay tablet. The word means ‘wedge shaped’ |
| Exposure | The experience of coming into contact with an environmental condition or social influence that has a harmful or beneficial effect |
| Nomes | An early form of government. Each nome was responsible for water distribution and repair of the equipment for their district |
| Sphinx | A large statue made from limestone with a lion’s head and the pharaoh Chephren’s head |
| The fall of the Roman Empire in the West took place in what year? | 476 A.D. |
| The date which is often considered to be the end of the medieval period is what year? | 1492 |
| The medieval period covers approximately what years? | 500 A.D. and 1500 A.D. |
| The Cro-Magnon man was first discovered where? | In southern France |
| The Java man was discovered where? | In southeast Asia |
| The Peking man was discovered where? | Near Peking, China |
| The Piltdown man was discovered where? | Near Piltdown, England |
| Sequence dating is what method of dating? | The method of dating a civilization by studying its pottery. |
| The metric system was legalized in the United States on what date? | July 28th, 1866 |
| Name the three factors that have been shown to be able to cause the rapid appearance of new varieties in a species. | Rapidly changing environment, small population, and interbreeding |
| The Sumerians began to use pictograph in about what year? | 3300 B.C. |
| The Hyksos ruled Egypt from what year to what year? | 1785 to 1580 B.C |
| Fertile Crescent | A great curving plain in the Middle East; one of the few areas in the Middle East with enough water to allow successful farming |
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