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Final exam SS vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| An object made by someone in the past | artifact |
| A set of beliefs, behaviors and traits shared by a group of people; a "people's way of life" | culture |
| The use of skills and tools to meet practical human needs | technology |
| The ancient Egyptian system of writing that used symbols to stand for objects, ideas and sounds | hieroglyphics |
| A large, black stone found in AD 1799; it contained 3 passages that helped scholars to unlock the secrets of hieroglyphics. | Rosetta Stone |
| Written laws which make it possible for all people within a culture to follow the same set of laws; this makes it more fair to all in the culture, as laws cannot be changed randomly. | Codes of law |
| A large landmass that is connected to the rest of a continent. | subcontinent |
| Found in modern-day Pakistan along the Indus River, this is where the ancient culture of India first developed. | Indus River Valley |
| a first-hand account of an event; a diary, a photograph, an interview | primary source |
| an account from a source that did not have direct knowledge of an event | secondary source |
| the time period before written records | prehistory |
| the time period after writing systems began | history |
| the New Stone Age; a time period characterized by the domestication of animals and the development of agriculture | Neolithic Age |
| the Old Stone Age; this very long period in history was characterized by hunting and gathering, cave art and nomadic living | Paleolithic Age |
| a long period of dry weather | drought |
| to supply water to land for growth of crops or greater water supply, typically by means of channels | irrigation |
| to exchange goods without the use of money | barter |
| the art or practice of designing and constructing buildings | architecture |
| the ruler of ancient Egypt; this person was most often a man and was viewed not only as a leader but as a god | pharaoh |
| this ancient artifact helped archeologists to unlock the meaning of hieroglyphics | Rosetta Stone |
| this is an ancient Egyptian pharaoh whose primary legacy was the artifacts left behind in his tomb that was left unopened until the 1920s | Tutankhamun |
| an ancient Egyptian tomb, filled with goods that a pharaoh may need in the afterlife | pyramid |
| the world's first know written laws, developed by the people of ancient Mesopotamia | Code of Hammurabi |
| a Mesopotamian place of worship; each city-state had one of these where people would have gone to worship the gods | ziggurat |
| the belief in only one god | monotheism |
| the belief in more than one god or goddess | polytheism |
| a quarter-shaped area of land which was known for its rich soil; this area includes ancient Mesopotamia, as well as surrounding lands | Fertile Crescent |
| an large area of land that is part of a larger continent | subcontinent |
| This natural landform creates a barrier between the people of India and its surrounding cultures | Himalayan Mountains |
| The Indus River Valley runs through this country; it was once a part of India, but became its own country in the 1940s. | Pakistan |
| Known to many as the "Buddha," this man was the founder of the Buddhist religion | Siddhartha Gautama |
| This man developed a philosophy in which the key idea was that moral leadership would bring people peace, unity and order | Confucius |
| This is the primary language used in China; characters, rather than an alphabet, are used. | Mandarin |
| These were cattle or turtle bones that were used in ancient China to predict the future; once heated over a fire, the cracks would help to predict events | oracle bones |
| This leader of ancient China helped to unify the empire by setting up a single system of writing and money for all to use | Shihuangdi |
| A belief of both Hindus and Buddhists that once a person dies, the person's soul is reborn into a new life form | reincarnation |
| this type of government is ruled by a small group of rich, powerful men | oligarchy |
| this city-state of ancient Greece was especially concerned with the strength of the body; it was ruled by an oligarchy | Sparta |
| this city-state of ancient Greece was especially concerned with the strength of the mind; it was ruled by a direct democracy | Athens |
| long poems, such as Homer's The Iliad and the Odyssey, are an example of this type of writing | epics |
| Originally from Macedonia, the Greek ruler spread Greek culture by blending it with the cultures of those that he invaded | Alexander the Great |
| political corruption, increased taxes, disease, invasion, overexpansion | Reasons for the fall of Rome |
| a group of citizens who are chosen to hear evidence in legal cases and then determine guilt or innocence | jury |
| a Greek philosopher who taught Alexander the Great to love philosophy and Greek ways | Aristotle |
| Because the United States elects people to represent its citizens, it is considered to have this type of government | representative democracy |
| these events were originally held to honor the Greek god, Zeus. All fighting amongst city states would pause at this time. | Olympics |
| This was an Athenian philosopher was killed for questioning laws, customs and religion | Socrates |
| these were the wealthy land-owning citizens of ancient Rome | patricians |
| These were the "common" citizens of ancient Rome. However, they were still allowed to take part in government. | plebeians |
| A Roman senator who was assassinated for declaring himself dictator and threatening the stability of the Roman Republic | Julius Caesar |
| A type of government in which citizens get to choose their representatives | republic |
| the son of God; Christians believe this to be Jesus Christ, Jews believe this person has yet to come | Messiah |
| a self-sufficient community on which peasants, serfs, clergy and nobles would have lived | manor |
| a lower class in the Middle Ages; these people were bound to the land and could not leave without the lord's permission | serf |
| this stands for Anno Domini, which translates to In the Year of Our Lord | AD |
| Before Christ | BC |
| Before Common Era; another term for BC | BCE |
| Common Era; another term for Anno Domini | CE |
| This water way was a key trade route for the people of Europe, Asia and Africa | Mediterranean Sea |
| This was a key trade route linking China with the western countries of the ancient Eastern Hemisphere; goods and ideas were exchanged, but China maintained knowledge of how to produce its key export | Silk Road |
| a good or service coming into a country from another | import |
| a good or service going out of a country to another | export |
| having an extra supply or amount of a good or product | surplus |
| a long-lasting impact left by a particular person or culture | legacy |
| an advanced stage of human social and cultural development and organization | civilization |
| the act of training for a particular/specific job | specialization |
| to adapt an animal to live with humans for the advantage of the humans | domestication |
| a king of Mesopotamia who is responsible for the world's first known code of law | Hammurabi |
| the most important prophet in the Islamic faith | Muhammad |
| a human who is believed to be able to speak directly to God | prophet |
| fertile soil that helps to produce better crops | silt |
| this man-made barrier was built to keep the Huns and other invaders out of China | Great Wall of China |
| This is a natural barrier that runs through modern day Pakistan | Hindu Kush Mountains |
| One of the world's first true civilizations; this one emerged along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers | Ancient Sumer |
| A major world religion that first began in ancient India; it developed from the ancient Aryans, who brought the Vedas to the region; belief in caste was a central idea of this religion until the 1940s. | Hinduism |
| A major world religion that first began in ancient India; it developed from the ideas of Siddhartha Gautama, who opposed the caste system and believed that all people had potential to reach Nirvana | Buddhism |
| This major world religion is one of the three Abrahamic religions; Muhammad is seen as the key prophet, and the Five Pillars are observed. | Islam |
| This major world religion is one of the three Abrahamic religions; Jesus Christ is believed to be the Messiah, and the Old and New Testaments are the scared text. | Christianity |
| This major world religion is one of the three Abrahamic religions; in this faith, the Messiah has not yet come, and the Torah is the sacred text (which shares similarities to the Old Testament of the Christian Bible) | Judaism |
| a term meaning "around" or "about;" this term is often used in regards to timelines when dates are not exactly known | circa |
| the weather patterns of an area over a long period of time | climate |
| a person who travels from place to place in order to follow a food source | nomad |
| a belief in both Hinduism and Buddhism that good or bad deeds come back to a person | karma |
| the writing system of the early Mesopotamians; this was done using sharpened reeds on clay tablets | cuneiform |
| a person trained to write | scribe |
| another term for money | currency |
| another word for farming | agriculture |
| a portion of land surrounded by water on three sides | peninsula |
| a special type of silt found along the Huang (Yellow) River | loess |
| a line of rulers from one family | dynasty |
| The ancient Egyptians wrote their hieroglyphics on this; it was made from pressed reeds. | papyrus |
| preserving an animal's or human's corpse by either chemical or natural means | mummification |
| A series of Holy Wars between Muslims and Christians to try to maintain control of Jerusalem | Crusades |
| An epidemic that occurred throughout Asia and Europe during the 1300's. It is thought to have killed between a third and a half of that region's population. | Bubonic Plague |
| a social system in which nobles governed and protected people and provided land in return for services | Feudalism |
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