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Streams chapters 3-4
Words and people from Streams of Civilization: Chapters 3 and 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Huaca Prieta | A village along the south coast of Peru |
| Folsom point | The place where an advanced spearhead made by the Llano men was found in Texas |
| Minos | The word the Minoans used for their king; similar to the Egyptian’s word pharaoh |
| Divine right of kings | The right to do anything the kings wanted to do because they thought they were representatives of the gods or God |
| Kohl | A black power used to make people’s eyes look bigger |
| Exodus | The flight of Moses and the Israelites from Egypt |
| Poverty point | An ancient civilization found in Louisiana |
| Llano men | Primitive hunters found in what is now called the Great Stakes Plains area of Texas |
| Dowry | The sum of money a woman would bring to her husband at marriage |
| Hapiru | Another name for the Hebrew people |
| Subsidies | Money given by the government to support a company or organization |
| Danger cave | A place in the desert in the Southwest United States where a culture lived |
| Acropolis | An Athenian citadel |
| Code of Hammurabi | A set of some 300 laws controlling every area of life developed by Hammurabi and his advisers |
| Heretic | A person who disagrees with the officially accepted religion of a country |
| Satellites | Newly conquered territories |
| Clovis point | The place where a spearhead was found that was developed so as to make it easier to hunt larger game |
| Citadels | A type of fortress built by the Mycenaeans |
| Irrigation | To supply an area of agriculture with water, especially in order to help crops to grow. |
| Theocracy | A way of governing where the people believed their rulers were guided by their gods in decision-making |
| Nationalism | The desire of political independence: A country wanting to be free of foreign influence and have the ability to rule themselves |
| Mount Olympus | A mountain in northern Greece where it was though that the gods and goddesses lived in splendid palaces |
| Murex | A shellfish that was crushed by the Phoenicians to get a purple dye for cloth |
| Colony | A country or area that is rules by another country |
| Myths | Stories of the lives and actions of the gods and goddesses |
| Yurt | A tentlike home of animal skins that was built on a large wagon bed mounted with large wheels |
| Homer | The greatest of the Greek poets who wrote the story of the Greek War |
| Great King of the Sun | The Hittite title for their king |
| Primogeniture | The practice that the oldest son inherited all of the property in a Greek home |
| Aristocracy | The upper classes of society |
| Steppes | Prairie land |
| First Horsemen | The Scythians |
| Chavin de Huantar | A place in Peru |
| Oracles | Places where the Greeks thought the gods spoke to them through the help of priestesses |
| Politics | A speech involving the discussion concerning government and important business |
| Compensation | Part of the Code of Hammurabi that involved a person being able to make a payment for injuring a person |
| Ten Commandments | The Law of God that He gave to the Hebrews at Mount Sinai |
| Magna Graecia | The southern part of Italy |
| Mythology | The study of myths |
| Agora | The marketplace |
| Mursilish I | The most famous Hittite king who conquered North Syria and parts of the Euphrates valley |
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