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SS Unit 1 Vocab
Chpt 1, 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Long period of time before people developed systems of writing and written language | pre-history |
| The study of past cultures through the things that remain such as buildings, tools or pottery | archaeology |
| A scientist who uncovers evidence, or proof from the past | archaeologist |
| An object made by people long ago | artifact |
| To move from one place to another | migrate |
| A huge sheet of ice | glacier |
| A period of time when glaciers covered the great stretches of the land | Ice Age |
| To tame | domesticate |
| to gather | harvest |
| the raising of plants or animals for human use | agriculture |
| an extra supply | surplus |
| a person that travels from place to place without a permanent home | nomad |
| a group that does a certain type of work | social division |
| the average of weather conditions of a place over a long span of time | climate |
| the period of time when humans relied primarily on stone tools | stone age |
| the early, longer period of the stone age when little progress was made | old stone age |
| the late period of the stone age when humans made great improvement in technology | new stone age |
| the way in which individuls and groups react with their environment, including their technology, customs, beliefs, and art | culture |
| the study of the relationship between physical features, climate and people | geography |
| different | diverse |
| the way that humans produce items they use | technology |
| a site where archaeologists uncover artifacts | excavation site |
| a method of estimating the age of something after it has died | carbon dating |
| The Study of how people developed and live in cultural groups. | Anthrolopology. |
| A surface feature such as a Vally, Plains, Hills, and Mountains. | Landform |
| Groups of people who have complex and organized society within a culture. | Civilization |
| Rich soil and its curved shape. | Fertile and Fertile Crescent |
| An area of flat land bordered by two rivers called Tigris and Euphrates. | Plain |
| A land between two rivers. | Mesopotamian |
| An area of high flat fertile land. | Plateau |
| Bringing water to crops. | Irrigation |
| A city that is an individual unit, complete with its own form of government and traditions. | City-State |
| An area of earths common physical features. | Region |
| Pottery and weavers and craft makers. | Artisans |
| In the south. | Sumer |
| In the north. | Akkad |
| Was a large city Sumerian city-state. | Uruk |
| Consisted of a series of stacked rectangular plat forms that formed a huge pyramid-shaped structure. | Ziggurat |
| An organized community with established rules and traditions. | Society |
| The worship of many gods. | Polytheism |
| A professional writer. | Scribe |
| Wedged-shaped writing. | Cuneiform |
| Defeated | Conquered |
| A large community. | Empire |
| Ruling family. | Dynasty |
| An expanded territory. | Assyria |
| Defeat of another group. | Conquest |
| A city-state. | Babylon |
| An empire | Babylonia |
| A capital. | Nineveh |
| An agreement. | Covenant |
| The worship of only one god. | Monotheism |
| The practice of one person owning another. | Slavery |
| People that are born later in the same family. | Descendants |
| Jewish Houses of worship. | Synagogues |
| Exchange goods and services for others. | Bart |
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Joshua Brown
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