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World History - Unit 1 Flashcards

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6204086819HieroglyphicsEgyptian writing system0
6204097015ziggurata massive pyramidal steeped tower made of mud-bricks associated with religion1
6204119449cuneiformSumerian writing system2
6204125481polytheistica belief in many gods3
6204131440monotheistica belief in one God4
6204137538theocracya government controlled by religious leaders5
6204145002Nile Riverthe longest river in the world. It is 4,000 miles long6
6204159377Fertile Crescenta geographical area of fertile land that stretches from the Nile River to the Tigris and Euphrates7
6204174266Indus River Valleychronologically, the 3rd urban hearth, dating 2200 BCE8
6204181162Mesopotamiaa region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the 1st urban societies9
6204193373Nile River Valleychronologically, the second urban hearth, dating 3200 BCE10
6204202266Huang He River Valleyknown as the yellow river valley located in the earliest Chinese settlement11
6204210325patriarchalmale dominance12
6204215482matriarchalfemale dominance13
6204229655Sanskritan Indo-European, Indic language, since 1200 bc14
6204273684prehistorya period before writing15
6204279441fossilsrock-like remains of biological organisms16
6204285694Archaeologystudy of artifacts and relics of early mankind17
6204292102Anthropologystudy of human life and culture18
6204298724artifactsobjects made by humans19
6204305549hominidhuman20
6204309156Homo sapiens sapiensearly modern humans means wise, wise human21
6204315244Australopithecussouthern ape22
6204323877Paleolithic AgeOld Stone Age. Humans used simple stone tools23
6204335354nomadshunters and gatherers24
6204342975Catalhuyukan important neolithic site what is now Turkey25
6204349833JerichoOldest Neolithic community26
6204355195Neolithic AgeThe beginning of systematic agriculture27
6204359248systematic agriculturethe organized growing of food on a regular basis28
6204364501domesticationthe taming of plants and animals for human use29
6204377122artisansskilled workers30
6204381116monarchskings or queens31
6204383774civilizationa complex culture in which large numbers of human beings share a number of common elements32
6204394718cultureway of life33
6204406237city-statesa city that has political and economic control over the surrounding countryside34
6204417898SargonLeader of the Akkadians35
6204424077Hammurabi Law Codea strict ancient law code that enforced an eye for an eye and a tooth for a toothph36
6204440046pharaohEgyptian monarch meaning great house or palace37
6204448540mummificationa process of slowly drying a dead body38
6204465966Himalayathe highest mountains in the world39

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