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social studies final
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| paleolithic age | the early stone age, hunters and gatherers, and simple tools |
| neolithic age | new stone age, more advanced tools, settled, fire, and agriculture |
| agriculture | farming, raising animals, and food surplus |
| domestication | raising animals, used for food- tames the wild animals |
| compress rose | tells North, east, west and south |
| cuneiform | mesopotamians 1st writing system |
| peninsula | a area of land with water on 3 sides |
| monotheistic | believing in 1 god |
| polytheistic | believing in multiple gods |
| job specialization | when there are different jobs then people focus on 1 to get really good at |
| prehistory | before written records |
| paleolithic age | the early stone age, hunter and gatherer and simple teachers |
| neolithic age | new stone age, more advanced tools, settled, fire, and agriculture |
| agriculture | farming, raising animals, and food surplus |
| old stone age | paleolithic age |
| new stone age | neolithic age |
| fuedilism | social system where people worked and fought for nobles to exchange land for protection |
| golden age | time of great achievements for civilizations |
| geographic features | natural or human made characteristics of Earth's surface |
| isolation | being separated or cut off from others |
| Crusades | a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims to fight for the holy land during the middle ages |
| mandate of heaven | an ancient Chinese belief that rulers had the right to rule bc of divine approval |
| fertile crescent | land shaped as a crescent with fertile soil and silt |
| nomad | follows animals and migrates for food |
| aqueducts | ancient Roman structures that carry water |
| arches | curved structures that supports the weight often used in ancient rome |
| job specialization | when there are different jobs but each person focuses on one thing so people could get really good at that one thing |
| peasant | largest social class during the middle ages |
| most tools during the paleolithic age where made of | stone |
| in the paleolithic age people lived in | huts and caves |
| nickname for mesopotamia is | land between the rivers |
| important rivers for mesopotamia are the | Tigres and euphratesr |
| first writing system | cuniform |
| Indus valley important rivers | Indus River and haraka river |
| Indus valley location | Afghanistan, Pakistan and india |
| mystery of Indus valley | we don't know their religion |
| Qin shi haung Di's leadership | legalism- belief that a strong leader and legal system for control |
| important citys in ancient Greece | Athens and sparta |
| sparta | an ancient Greek city that was military focused |
| athens | an ancient greek city that was more education focused |
| what were the qualities of people allowed to vote in democracy | male, over 18, free status, born in Athens, and a father with citizenship |
| contents that the ancient Roman empire was near or on | europe, Africa and asia |
| The famous structure from Rome is still famous today | the colosseum |
| largest social class in the middle ages | peasents/serfs |
| smallest social class in the middle ages | noble |
| 5 major religons | Buddhism, Christianity, hinduism, Islam, judahism |