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History
Mid-term vocab history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anthropology | is the study of how human beings behave how they act together where they came from and what makes one group of people different from another. |
| Archaeologist | study human life in the past by examining the things that people left behind. |
| Prehistory | the time before written records. |
| Fossil | are hardened remains of imprints of living things that existed long ago such as |
| Geologist | scientists who study the physical materials of earth itself such as soil and rocks |
| Evidence | something that can be used as proof |
| Conclude | to decide as a result of thinking or reasoning |
| Migration | when people leave their homeland to live somewhere else |
| Environment | surroundings |
| Adapt | change their way of life to suit their new environment |
| Complex | having many related parts not simple |
| Network | closely interconnected group of people or things |
| Populate | become inhabitant of almost every land area of the world |
| Animism | the belief that natural world was filled with spirits |
| Domesticate | to change the growth of plants or behavior of animals in ways that are useful for humans |
| Revolution | is a complete change in ways or thinking or working or living |
| Nomad | people who move from place to place with their herds |
| Potential | possibly to grow and change in the future |
| Reliable | dependable, steady, not risky |
| Surplus | more than what they needed |
| Specialization | when people spend most of their time working at a single job or craft |
| Economy | is the system that a community uses to produce and distribute goods and services |
| Benefit | gain favorable result |
| Accumulate | collect or obtain a large amount of something |
| Paleolithic | the early Stone Age. |
| Nomads | people who move from place to place with their herds |
| Technology | tools techniques, and a system humans create to solve problems and extend capabilities |
| Ice Age | a long cold period of earths history, characterized by the expansion of glaciers and polar ice caps |
| Domesticate | to change the growth of plants or behavior of animals in ways that are useful for humans |
| Neolithic Age | new Stone Age |
| Systematic Agriculture | the shift from nomadic Hunter gathers to the organization of regular cultivation of crops and this domestication of animals for stable food supply |
| Specialization | when people spend most of their time working at a single job or craft |
| Bronze Age | defined by the use of bronze for tools, weapons, and other objects |
| Fertile Crescent | is a region of the Middle East that stretches in a large crescent shaped curve from the Persian goals to the Mediterranean Sea |
| Mesopotamia | land between the rivers |
| Irrigate | supply of water |
| City state | is an independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory |
| Barter | is a trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money |
| Polytheism | the belief in more than one God |
| Ziggurat | temples that were primarily shaped brick towers |
| Cuneiform | a system of writing that uses triangular shaped symbols to stand for words, ideas or sounds |
| Distinct | separate different |
| Prosper | to gain in wealth |
| Ally | is an independent state that works with other states to achieve a shared military or political goal |
| Cultural trait- | is an idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture |
| Hammurabi’s Code- | a set of laws that govern life and Babylonian empire |
| Rule of law | -or the idea that all members of a society must obey the law |
| Abundant | plentiful |
| Govern | to control or strongly influence |
| Calvary | soldiers who fight while riding horses |
| Standing army | is a permanent army of professional soldiers |
| Tribute | a payment made to show loyalty to a stronger power |
| Elite | representing the best |
| Reform | to improve |
| Monotheism | the belief that there is only one God |
| Ethics | Ideas of right and wrong |
| Torah | consists of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible |
| Covenant | binding agreement |
| Exodus | The escape of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt |
| Commandment | is an older to do something |
| Eventually | after a time |
| Compel | force |
| Prophet | is a person who believed to be chosen by God as a messenger |
| Rabbi | religious teachers |
| Talmud | is a collection of oral teachings and commentaries about the Hebrew Bible and Jewish law |
| Righteousness | acting or living in a way that is ethically right and obeyed God |
| Justice | fairness or fair treatment |
| Sabbath | a weekly day of rest |
| Commentary | a set of comments or record discussions about something |
| Individual | having to do with a single person or thing |
| Judge | a leader who rallied the Israelites to defend their land |
| Exile | separation from one's homeland |
| Diaspora | communities of Jews, living outside of their ancient homeland |
| Synagogue | a meeting place |
| Commission | the great first temple in Jerusalem |
| Reject | to decide against to turn away |
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