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Q1 Exam Vocab
Q1 Exam Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A strong opinion for or against something | bias |
| Too dry to support plant life | arid |
| The ability to change to live in certain areas | adaptation |
| Active at night | nocturnal |
| Active during the cool hours in the morning and evening | crepuscular |
| The expansion of deserts | desertification |
| Land that is able to be lived on | habitable |
| Taking credit for someone else’s work or ideas | plagarism |
| Uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices | objective |
| Moisture from the sky such as rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog | precipitation |
| A place in a desert where underground water rises creating habitable land | oasis |
| A firsthand account written at or close to the time being recorded | primary source |
| An account of a person or event written later | secondary source |
| Period of time before written records | prehistory |
| Human made objects | artifacts |
| A way of life of a society which includes beliefs, values and practices | culture |
| Study of past cultures using material remains | archaeology |
| Study of humans, past and present | anthropology |
| “Old” Stone Age | paleolithic |
| "Middle" Stone Age | mesolithic |
| "New" Stone Age | neolithic |
| Wandering with no permanent home | nomadic |
| Settled in one place | sedentary |
| Growing crops and raising animals for food or resources | agriculture |
| Taming animals for human uses | domestication |
| Rich soil left behind after a river floods | silt |
| Moving from place to place | migration |
| Rich, watered land along the river valleys in Mesopotamia | fertile crescent |
| A developing culture which shows 5 key characteristics | civilization |
| A large city that functions independently as its own nation | city state |
| Extra food or other essentials | surplus |
| Bringing water from rivers to arid places to create farmland | irrigation |
| Belief in many gods | polytheism |
| Belief that spiritual beings inhabit natural objects | animism |
| System in which religious leaders also lead government | theocracy |
| Sumerian religious/ political ruler | ensi |
| Square stepped temple in the center of Sumerian city-states | ziggurat |
| Any system that helps organize or unite a society | institution |
| Worker skilled in hand-made goods | artisan |
| Wedge shaped Sumerian writing | cuneiform |
| Rule by a single family line over a period of time | dynasty |
| Behavior or treatment based on what is right, not necessarily what is “fair” | justice |
| To set down in writing | codify |
| Male founder of a group | patriarch |
| Special agreement between God and Abraham | covenant |
| The Jewish "Law" | torah |
| Belief in a single God | monotheism |
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