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world studies mid te
mid terms world studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Latitude | degrees on a map that tell you the location of something going across the map |
| longitude | degrees on a map that tell you the location of something going down the map |
| nomad | a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply. |
| polytheism | more then one god |
| monotheism | many gods |
| artisan | a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson. |
| empire | a government under an emperor or empress. |
| cultural diffusion | in anthropology, the process by which a cultural trait, material object, idea, or behavior pattern is spread from one society to another; also called diffusion |
| delta | the fertile mouth of a river |
| pharoah | the leader of an egyption civilization |
| silt | land carried by moving water and deposited as sediment |
| mummification | the process of preserving the dead(by the Egyptians) |
| papyrus | the first paper |
| hieroglyphics | picture writing evented by the egyptions |
| ziggurat | temple |
| cuneiform | a type of writing wedge chipped |
| barter economy | economy soly based on trading |
| colony | a group of people living together |
| prophet | spiritual leader |
| diaspora | scattering of people |
| monsoon | the season of wind and rain |
| caste | network of social classes high an low |
| scribe | a writer |
| glacier | giant block of ice that moves through land |
| shaduf | tool used to move water |
| torah | Jewish bible |
| reincarnation | the belief that the soul, upon death of the body, comes back to earth in another body or form. |
| trickle down economy | an economy based upon the belife that wat the higher class dose will eventually leak down into the lower, (There money or wat they put that into) |
| zionism | a worldwide Jewish movement that resulted in the establishment and development of the state of Israel. |
| nirvana | a state of peace and bliss, union with the universe |
| electoral college | a body of electors chosen by the voters in each state to elect the President and Vice President of the U.S. |
| karma | the good or bad emanations felt to be generated by someone or something. |
| 5 themes of geography(with examples for each) | lucky people have more reces. location: relative location, absolute location place: human chaacteristic, envornmental characteristics human effect on environment: how they adapt to the environment, how they modify it, depend on it movement: region: |
| election 2008 why do u think more americans voted for obama? | electoral colledge decided votes, weigh each state by population, and what every one votes for as a whole can |
| recession | banks giving out bad loans, housing crashing and stock market crashing |
| globalization-india, china, wal mart, pro/con | globalization with india and china has changed there cultures and presented them with the ability to gain money. |
| obesity/fast food | cars, then roads, allowing us to live farther away from work, witch makes us into a commuter economy, making us have to eat fast food. paleolithic age(programmed to eat as much as we can to survive famine.) |
| isael-palestine | |
| consumerism | music creates atmosphere, country of consumers. relates to recesion people stop buying leads to downward economy. compare to Hindu and Buddhist believes, of not buying a lot, not being material bound. |
| pirates | Somalians, hijacking ships, coast of africa |
| agricultual evolution neolithic age | |
| agricultural evolution paleolithic age | |
| agricultural evolution impact | |
| agricultural revolution differences | |
| middle east first civilizations-who what where how egypt: pyamids | |
| middle east first civilizations-who what where how Mesopotamia fertile crescent | |
| middle east first civilizations-who what where how features of civilization 8features-what are they (What examples to the civilizations have?) | |
| hebrews ancient land Judaism u.n partition six day war | |
| Asia china i.silk road | allowed china to become more aquanted with the world, letting them trade and hear news about the rest of the world. |
| Asia India i. caste system | indias belife in a caste system to maintain order. no one can mary outside of it, and there are levels for every one. |
| Asia hinduism/ buddhism i. founding i.beliefs i.gods i.afterlife | founding: by meditation and fasting beliefs:non materialistic, karma, many gods. afterlife: karma, what you do in life leads back to in death. |
| Asia i. chinease schools of thought i.confuciasnism i. leagalism i. daoism | daoyism confusionism, Confucianism is a complex system of moral, social, political, philosophical, legalism:dose not ask questions about higher power, just |
| Americas mayan i.where i.beliefs i.world tree i.pok-ol-pok i.collapse | nothern central american region. there is no real reason fo the colapse, or no agreed apon reason, but its belived that it colapsed because of erosion, over farming, war. |
| Americas i.Inca | |
| Americas Aztec | |
| What role did geography play in the coming of civilization | |
| what impact has eligion had on the various civilizations we have seen? why is religion a key element of civilization? | |
| What key advancements wee made during the time periods we have looked at? | religions have been made calendars modified silk road made for trading |
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