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| 7354452655 | Bantu Migration | 1. The movement of the Bantu peoples southward throughout Africa, 2. spreading their language and culture, 3. 500 b.c. to around A.D. 1000 | 0 | |
| 7354469098 | Chiefdom | 1. Form of political organization with rule by a hereditary leader who held power over a collection of villages and towns. 2. Less powerful than kingdom and empire, 3. they were based on gift giving and commercial links. | 1 | |
| 7354485955 | Civilization | 1. Additional and somewhat controversial term to describe an urbanized 2. society with written language, complex social political, and religious institutions. | 2 | |
| 7354497831 | Culture Diffusion | the spread of ideas, custom, and technologies from one people to another. | 3 | |
| 7354503557 | Egypt | 1. Society was ruled by a Pharaoh 2. considered the incarnation of the sun god who 3. controlled access to the Nile 4. they had hieroglyphs (type of writing) 5. the 365-day calendar 6. they were polytheistic (many gods) 7. Worshiped the dead | 4 | |
| 7354529218 | Fertile Crescent | 1. A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East 2. stretching in a broad semicircle (1/2 circle) from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates | 5 | |
| 7354546120 | Harappa | 1. A large ancient city of the Indus civilization, 2. created in present day Pakistan | 6 | |
| 7354566878 | Independent Innovation | E.G.: plant of domestication occurred at the same time several places around the world | 7 | |
| 7354572668 | Indus Valley civilization | 1. Also known as Harappan civilization 2. located in India along the Indus River, near the Thar Desert and the Himalayas Mountains. | 8 | |
| 7354584707 | Neolithic | 1. The period of the Stone Age 2. associated with the ancient Agricultural revolution 3. It follows the Paleolithic period. | 9 | |
| 7354598721 | Norte Chico | 1. Andes Mountains region, 2. c 3000 B.C.E-1800 B.C.E. | 10 | |
| 7354608855 | Nubia | 1. A civilization to the south of Egypt in the Nile Valley, 2. noted for development of an alphabetic writing system and a major iron working industry by 500 B.C.E. | 11 | |
| 7354633374 | Olmec Civilization | 1. Located along the Gulf Coast now known as Southern Mexico, 2. most people were commoner, 3. had a writing system using glyphs. | 12 | |
| 7354645592 | Paleolithic | 1. The period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans. 2. It predates the Neolithic period | 13 | |
| 7354652405 | Pastoral Societies | Societies whose subsistence derives from the rearing of domesticated animals. | 14 | |
| 7354660011 | Patriarchy | A form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line | 15 | |
| 7354665859 | Prehistory | A period of time that refers to events or objects that date before the written record existed. | 16 | |
| 7354675053 | Shamans | Religious specialist who possessed supernatural powers, communicated with the gods and nature spirits, invoked divine aid on behalf of their communities, and informed their companions of their gods' will | 17 | |
| 7354699821 | Social Inequality | A condition in which members of society have differing amounts of wealth, prestige, or power | 18 | |
| 7354705142 | Sumer | 1. The world's first civilization 2.founded in Mesopotamia, 3. which existed for over 3,000 years. | 19 |
