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World History - Unit 1 Flashcards

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10518743649HieroglyphicsEgyptian writing system0
10518743650ziggurata massive pyramidal steeped tower made of mud-bricks associated with religion1
10518743651cuneiformSumerian writing system2
10518743652polytheistica belief in many gods3
10518743653monotheistica belief in one God4
10518743654theocracya government controlled by religious leaders5
10518743655Nile Riverthe longest river in the world. It is 4,000 miles long6
10518743656Fertile Crescenta geographical area of fertile land that stretches from the Nile River to the Tigris and Euphrates7
10518743657Indus River Valleychronologically, the 3rd urban hearth, dating 2200 BCE8
10518743658Mesopotamiaa region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the 1st urban societies9
10518743659Nile River Valleychronologically, the second urban hearth, dating 3200 BCE10
10518743660Huang He River Valleyknown as the yellow river valley located in the earliest Chinese settlement11
10518743661patriarchalmale dominance12
10518743662matriarchalfemale dominance13
10518743663Sanskritan Indo-European, Indic language, since 1200 bc14
10518743664prehistorya period before writing15
10518743665fossilsrock-like remains of biological organisms16
10518743666Archaeologystudy of artifacts and relics of early mankind17
10518743667Anthropologystudy of human life and culture18
10518743668artifactsobjects made by humans19
10518743669hominidhuman20
10518743670Homo sapiens sapiensearly modern humans means wise, wise human21
10518743671Australopithecussouthern ape22
10518743672Paleolithic AgeOld Stone Age. Humans used simple stone tools23
10518743673nomadshunters and gatherers24
10518743674Catalhuyukan important neolithic site what is now Turkey25
10518743675JerichoOldest Neolithic community26
10518743676Neolithic AgeThe beginning of systematic agriculture27
10518743677systematic agriculturethe organized growing of food on a regular basis28
10518743678domesticationthe taming of plants and animals for human use29
10518743679artisansskilled workers30
10518743680monarchskings or queens31
10518743681civilizationa complex culture in which large numbers of human beings share a number of common elements32
10518743682cultureway of life33
10518743683city-statesa city that has political and economic control over the surrounding countryside34
10518743684SargonLeader of the Akkadians35
10518743685Hammurabi Law Codea strict ancient law code that enforced an eye for an eye and a tooth for a toothph36
10518743686pharaohEgyptian monarch meaning great house or palace37
10518743687mummificationa process of slowly drying a dead body38
10518743688Himalayathe highest mountains in the world39

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