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Social Studies Final
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Absolute Power | complete control over something or someone |
| Afterlife | A life after death |
| Archaeologist | A scientist who studies objects such as bones and tools to learn about past people and cultures |
| Archipelago | A group or chain of many islands |
| Artisan | A skilled worker who practices trade, such as jewelry making,ceramics,or sculpture;in Aztec society, artisans were the third most important class, under the royal or religious leaders and warriors |
| Babylon | The capitol of Babylonia, a city of great wealth and luxury |
| Barbarian | A wild and uncivilized person |
| Bazaar | A market selling different kinds of goods |
| Caravan | A group of traders traveling together |
| Caste | A social class of people |
| Caste System | A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life |
| Cataract | A large waterfall or steep rapids |
| Citadel | A fortress in a city |
| City-State | A city that has its own independent government and often controls much of the surrounding land |
| Civilization | A society with cities, a writing system, a central government run by leaders,architecture,social classes,workers that specialize in different jobs,the arts, trade, and technology |
| Confucius | Chinese philosopher and teacher whose beliefs greatly influenced Chinese life |
| Cuneiform | a form of writing that uses groups of wedges and lines |
| Delta | a triangular plain formed at the mouth of a river |
| Dictator | A ruler who has total control over the government |
| Dike | a protective wall that controls or holds back water |
| Domesticate | to adapt wild plants or animals for human use |
| Dynasty | a series of rulers from the same family |
| Empire | many territories and people controlled by one government |
| Fertile | rich in the substances plants need to grow well |
| Fertile Crescent | A region in Southwest Asia where many civilizations started out |
| Hieroglyphics | A kind of picture writing in which some pictures stand for ideas or things and others stand for sounds |
| History | The written and other recorded events of people |
| Immortal | someone or something that lives forever |
| Import | to bring in goods from a foreign country |
| Irrigation | a method of supplying land with water through a network of canals |
| Isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas of land |
| Loess | a yellow-brown soil |
| Migrate | to move from one place to settle in another area |
| Monotheism | The belief of one god |
| Muhammad | The prophet and founder of Islam |
| Muslim | a follower of Islam |
| Myth | A traditional story that sometimes explains people's beliefs |
| Mummy | A dead body preserved in lifelike condition |
| Nomad | A person with no permanent home who moves from place to place in search of food, water, or pasture |
| Oral History | accounts of the past that people pass down through word of mouth |
| Oral Traditions | stories passed down through generations by word of mouth |
| Papyrus | An early form of paper made from a reed-like plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile delta |
| Pharaoh | a king of ancient Egypt |
| Polytheism | The belief of having many gods |
| Prehistory | the events of a period of time before writing was invented |
| Pyramid | a huge building with four sloping triangle-shaped sides |
| Reign | a period of rule |
| Savanna | an area of grassland with scattered trees and bushes |
| Scribe | in ancient civilizations, a specially trained person who knew how to read, write, and keep records |
| Siege | the surrounding or blockading of a town or city by an army intent on capturing it |
| Silk | a valuable cloth originally made in China from threads spun from caterpillars called silkworms |
| Silt | a fine soil found at the bottom of rivers |
| Social Class | a group or class that is made up of people with similar backgrounds, income, and ways of living |
| Song | A dynasty that ruled China after the Tang |
| Stone Age | A period of time during which people made lasting tools and weapons made of stone |
| Surplus | more of a thing or product than is needed |
| Tang | A dynasty that ruled China for almost 300 years |
| Terrorism | The deliberate use of violence to achieve political goals |
| Textiles | the woven or knitted cloths used to make clothing |
| Tribute | a regular payment made to a powerful state or nation by a weaker one |
| Tyrant | A ruler in ancient Greece who took power by force, with the support of the middle and working classes |
| Veto | The rejection of any planned action or rule by a person in power |
| Ziggurat | In ancient Sumeria, the site of the temple to the main god or goddess of a city |
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