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Unit1 Global Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Archaeologist | a specialist in the scientific study of prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts, inscriptions,monuments, etc |
| Artifact | a handmade object, as a tool, or the remains of one, as a shard of pottery, characteristic of an earlier time or cultural stage, especially such an object found at an archaeological excavation |
| Culture: | A people’s way of life. It includes such things as language, clothes, houses, family organization, religion, and rituals. |
| Paleolithic Age | Prehistoric period that lasted from about 2,500,000 to 8,000 BC, during which people made use of crude stone tools and weapons-also called the Old Stone Age. |
| Neolithic Revolution | the major change in human life caused by the beginnings of farming- that is, by people’s shift to food gathering to food producing. |
| Technology | ways of applying knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet one's needs. |
| Nomads | highly mobile people who moved from place to place foraging or searching for new sources of food |
| Hunters-Gatherer | nomadic groups whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods |
| Domestication | the taming of animals |
| Civilization | a form of culture characterized by cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and advanced technology |
| Cultural Diffusion | The spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another |
| Cuneiform | a system of writing with wedge shaped symbols, invented by Sumerians around 3000 BC |
| Ziggurat | pyramid-shaped monuments |
| Fertile Crescent | an arch of rich farmland in Southwest Asia, between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea |
| Monsoons | a wind that shifts the direction at certain times of the year |
| Polytheism | the belief in more than one god |
| Hammurabi’s Code | ruler of the Babylonian empire created a uniform set of laws for his empire |
| Theocracy | government controlled by religious leaders |
| Mandate of Heaven | in Chinese history, the divine approval thought to be the basis of royal authority |
| Dynastic cycle | the historical pattern of the rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties |
| Political Map | Map that shows Political boundaries: Countries, States, Cities |
| Physical Map | Map that shows landscapes and geographic features |
| Thematic Map | Map that shows specific topics for reference |
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