7264810284 | characteristics of civilization | cities as a administrative centers, a political system basked on control of a defined territory rather than kinship connections many people engaged in specialized, non-food- producing activities, status distunctions based largely on accumulations of substantial wealth by some groups, monumental building, a system for keeping permanent records long distance trade, and major advances in science and the arts | 0 | |
7264810285 | name and location of 6 foundational civilizations | egypt, mesopotamia-tigris and euphrates, mohenjo-daro&harappa, shang&zhou, olmec, chavín | 1 | |
7264810286 | other ancient peoples | nubia&kush, celts, minaon | 2 | |
7264810287 | major religious beliefs or ancient civilizations | polytheism-believe in more than one god monotheistic-only one god | 3 | |
7264810288 | Agricultural Revolution | a period in which humans began to grow crops instead of gathering plants;began 8000 BC; first happened in the middle east | 4 | |
7264810289 | patriarchal/matriarchal | patriarchal- male leader matriarchal- female leader; after the agricultural revolution bc women had less to do | 5 | |
7264810290 | Cultural Diffusion and spread of technology in ancient world | people becoming more advanced in science, art, and literature and inventing new technology such as the wheel and chariot | 6 | |
7264810291 | long distance trade--- overland vs water borne | land by chariot and water borne by ship | 7 | |
7264810292 | Code of Hammurabi | first set of laws compared to constitution | 8 | |
7264810293 | major philosophies that emerged in ancient china | confucianism, daoism, legalism | 9 | |
7264810294 | Diaspora | used to describe the communities of a given ethnic group living outside their normal homelands | 10 | |
7264810295 | primary vs secondary source | primary -was there (firsthand) secondary- not there | 11 |
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