Chapter 1 Flashcards

208574060	Erosion	condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind	0
208574061	Foraging	the act of searching for food and provisions	1
208574062	Hammurabi's Code	A legal code developed by King Hammurabi of Mesopotamia. The code was influential in the establishment of Hebrew and Islamic law and in the U.S. judiciary system. It specified crimes and punishments to help judges impose penalties.	2
208574063	Hieroglyphic	a writing system using picture symbols	3
208574064	Hittities	a group of indo-european speakers who occupied Anatolia by about 2000 B.C.	4
209769109	Indo-European	the language almost all other languages came from	5
209769110	Karma	In Hindu belief, all the actions that affect a person's fate in the next life	6
209769111	Loess	yellow-brown soil	7
209769112	Maize	tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears	8
209769113	Mandate of Heaven	a political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source	9
209769114	Matriarchal	relating to a social system in which the mother is head of the family	10
209769115	Mercenary	a person hired to fight for another country than their own	11
209769116	Metallurgy	the science and technology of metals	12
209769117	Moksha	The Hindu concept of the spirit's 'liberation' from the endless cycle of rebirths.	13
209769118	Monotheism	belief in one god	14
209769119	Neolithic	latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle east (but later elsewhere)	15
209769120	Nomad	a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons	16