197561409 | subspecies | a more specific version of a species, which has developed differently because of environmental factors | 0 | |
197561410 | transmission | the movement of disease from one group to another | 1 | |
197561411 | Mesolithic | a period from 12,000 to 8,000 BCE where the ability to create stone tools and implements improved vastly | 2 | |
197561412 | hunting and gathering system | a lifestyle defined by the hunting of game and the gathering of berries and small plants | 3 | |
197561413 | Kalahari Desert | the largest desert in southwest Africa; home of hunting groups such as the pygmies | 4 | |
197561414 | socioeconomic system | The structure of a community in regards to both social and economic factors | 5 | |
197561415 | agriculturalist | a person or group of people that believed in agriculture as a socioeconomic system | 6 | |
197561416 | Catal Hyuyk | an unusually large Neolithic village in southern Turkey that was founded around 7,000 BCE | 7 | |
197561417 | Indus River | the site of the third early center of civilization | 8 | |
197561418 | social class | a division in society, usually based on the amount of wealth | 9 | |
197561419 | subordinate | a person who takes orders from a person of higher authority | 10 | |
197561420 | reveneration | the respect towards elderly people in societies | 11 | |
197561421 | Scribe | a person in Sumerian culture who had mastered the Sumerian alphabet and would write | 12 | |
197561422 | patron god | a deity who was considered the ruler of a Sumerian city | 13 | |
197561423 | property rights | the rights a person had over property they owned | 14 | |
197561424 | Indo-European | a group of people who resided in eastern Europe | 15 | |
197561425 | Semitic | peoples who invaded the Middle East from the south | 16 | |
197561426 | P'an Ku | the mythic ancestor of the Chinese | 17 | |
197561427 | cosmopolitan | an urban-based culture | 18 | |
197561428 | special compact | the Jewish belief that they were God's chosen people | 19 | |
197561429 | diffusion | the spread of people, items, and ideas | 20 | |
197561430 | hinterland | the outskirts of a central region | 21 | |
197561431 | 5 distinct centers of civilization | Egyptians (Egypt), Sumerians (Mesopotamia), Huanghes (China), Harappans (India), Olmecs (Mexico) | 22 |
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