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Dewey WorldHis Voc09
Dewey World History Vocab 09
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Civilization | highly organized society |
| Radiocarbon dating | scientific techniques that measure the rate of decay in organic matter |
| Glacier | large , slow moving mass of snow and ice |
| Nomad | wanderer who travels from place to place in search of food |
| History | record of events since people first developed writing |
| Culture | what humans develops through living together |
| Anthropologist | one who studies the skeletal remains |
| Artifact | human-made material objects; weapon, tool, coin |
| Hieroglyphics | method of Egyptian writing that uses pictures and symbols |
| Empire | a form of government that unites different territories and people under one ruler |
| Monarchy | form of government headed by a king or queen |
| Mercenary | professional soldier paid to serve in a foreign army |
| Empire | form of government that unifies different territories and people under one ruler |
| Polytheism | many gods |
| Pharaoh | Egyptian ruler’s |
| Barter | exchange of one good or service for another good or service |
| Monotheism | belief in one god |
| Cuneiform | Sumerian method of writing using a reed |
| Brahman | Indian priest |
| Citadel | strong central fortress |
| Monsoon | seasonal wind named for the direction in which it blows or the season in which it occurs |
| Karma | Hindu belief that the present condition of a person’s life reflects a previous life |
| Caste system | Indian social organization composed of four classes |
| Acupuncture | Chinese medical practice that involves needles into the body to release energy |
| Calligraphy | artful form of writing originated by the Chinese |
| Mediterranean | the region linked to China by the Silk Route |
| Silt | fertile soil carried as sediment in river water |
| Democracy | government in which all citizens take part and limit the power of rulers |
| Rhetoric | study of oratory or public speaking |
| Terracing | creating small flat plots of land by building low walls around the hillside |
| Mandate of Heaven | right to rule that ancient Chinese rulers were believed to have received from the gods |
| Aristocracy | city-state in ancient Greece governed by nobles; today a privileged social class |
| Polis | term that in Greece originally meant a fort, but later included the surrounding city |
| Tyrant | in ancient Greece, someone who seized power by force rather that inheriting it |
| Philip of Macedon | Conqueror of Greece and father of Alexander the Great |
| Hippocrates | Father of Medicine who taught that all disease comes from natural causes |
| Plato | Greek philosopher who wrote the Republic |
| Sophocles | Author of the Greek tragedy Oedipus the Tyrant |
| Socrates | A Great teacher who was sentenced to death for criticizing Greek democracy and leadership |
| Euclid | A mathematician who developed geometry into a system and wrote the textbook Elements |
| Philosophy | study of the most fundamental questions of reality and human existence |
| Checks and balances | a system that prevents any one part of a government from becoming too powerful |
| Julius Caesar | Rome’s greatest military leader |
| Ortavian Constantine | Considered the first emperor of Rome |
| Cleopatra | Queen of Egypt |
| Republic | form of government in which voters elect their leaders |
| Plebeian | citizen in Rome not of the aristocratic class |
| Veto | to refuse to approve a measure |
| Inflation | rise in the prices caused by a decrease in the value of the exchange medium |
| Anarchy | absence of any government at all |
| Purdah | The seclusion of women |
| Janissnry | the sultans body guard or troop |
| Sultan | Muslim ruler |
| Mosque | a place for Islamic worship |
| Caliph | an Islamic community |
| Qur’an | Holly book of Islam |
| Imam | a person who is the intermediary between God and believers |
| Caliphate | is the political leadership of the Muslim ummah in classical and medieval Islamic history |
| Hijra | migration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medine |
| Millet | a community of religious minorities within the Ottoman Empire |
| Dower | groom’s marriage gift to his bride |
| Neanderthal people religious beliefs | they buried their dead |
| Neolithic | developed agriculture |
| Neolithic Revolution | shift from flood hunting to food production |
| Division of labor | when different people do different jobs |
| Written language | first step was to write pictures |
| Prehistoric time ended | with written language |
| The Ice Age | four cold weather periods, each lasting 10,000 – 50,000 years |
| First metal tools | made out of copper |
| Euphrates | one of the two important rivers the flow from Armenia to the Persian Gulf |
| Nile | river in Egypt |
| Tigris River | one of the two important rivers the flow from Armenia to the Persian Gulf |
| Moses | lead the Hebrew people out of slavery |
| Judaism | a system of laws and religious faith developed by Hebrews |
| The Code of Hammurabi | controlled all aspects of life in Babylonia |
| Hieroglyphics | system of writing developed by the Egyptians |
| Monarchy | a form of government that units different territories and people under one ruler |
| Untouchables | a group of people in Indian Society that considered impure |
| Chinese written language | based upon a system of symbols, each standing for a separate word in the language |
| Age of Pericles | a period of great power and prosperity in Athens |
| Homer | a writer whose works included two great epics about the Age of Kings |
| Island of Crete | near the Greek civilization of Minoans |
| The Illiad | written by Homer |
| The Odysses | written by Homer |
| The Parthenon | stands on the top of the Acropolis |
| Alexander the great conquered | territory as far east as the Indus River, |
| Latins | the people who settled on the Italian peninsula about 1000BC |
| Anthony’s and Cleopatra’s | fleet was defeated at Actium by Octavian |
| The Punic Wars | were caused by competition for Rome and control of the Mediterranean Sea |
| First Triumvirate | one of the two important rivers the flow from Armenia to the Persian Gulf |
| Senate | the most important and powerful of the three governing bodies is the Senate |
| Twelve Tables | people could read these to learn about the laws |
| Muhammad | began preaching the religion of Isam during the 600’s |
| Mecca | one obligation of a Muslim is to make at least one pilgrimage |
| Sunni faith | |
| Sikh faith | an attempt by Nanak to combine Hinduism and Islam |
| Moors | The Muslims in Spain were called this |
| The battle of Tours | ended further Muslim expansion into Europe |
| Harsh’s | After Harsh’s death northern India split into small states and were ruled over by the Rajputs |
| Mogul Leader | Tamerlan was the Mogul leader who captured Delhi in 1398 |
| The Mogul Empire was | founded by Babur the Tiger |
| The Taj Mahal | The construction of the Taj Mahal was one of the greatest accomplishments of Shah Jahan |
| The prophet of Islam was | Muhammad |
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