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global unit 2
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| civil law | body of law dealing eith private rights of indiviuals |
| civilization | complex ,highly organized social order |
| criminal law | branch of laws the deal with offenses from one against others such as robbery ,assault ,or murder |
| culture diffusion | spread of ideas customs and technologies from one people of another |
| cuneiform | wedge shaped writing of the ancient sumerians |
| hieroglyphics | from of pictures writing developed by the anceient |
| pharaoh | title of the rulers of ancient egypt |
| ziggurat | pyramid temple dedicated to the cheif god or godness of an acient sumerian city state |
| domesticate | tame animals and adapt crops for the purepose of cultivation |
| neolithic revolution | the changes from nomadic to settle farming life that unshered in the new stone age |
| technology | tools and skills people use to meet their basic needs |
| bible | the sacred scripture of christians rising the old testament and the testament |
| covenant | binding agreement |
| haji | one of the five pillars of islam, the pilgrimage to mecca that all muslims are expected to make at least once in their life times |
| hijra | muhammads flight from mecca to medina in 622 |
| messiah | savior sent by god |
| mosque | muslims house of worship |
| prophet | spirttual leader believed to be interpreting gods |
| quran/koran | the sacred book of islam that contains the word of god as revealed by muhammad |
| ten commandments | the ethical commandments if god given according to biblical accounts to moses |
| archeology | study of the past |
| artifact | object made by humans |