World History - Unit 1 Flashcards
Terms : Hide Images [1]
| 6204086819 | Hieroglyphics | Egyptian writing system |  | 0 |
| 6204097015 | ziggurat | a massive pyramidal steeped tower made of mud-bricks associated with religion |  | 1 |
| 6204119449 | cuneiform | Sumerian writing system |  | 2 |
| 6204125481 | polytheistic | a belief in many gods |  | 3 |
| 6204131440 | monotheistic | a belief in one God |  | 4 |
| 6204137538 | theocracy | a government controlled by religious leaders |  | 5 |
| 6204145002 | Nile River | the longest river in the world. It is 4,000 miles long |  | 6 |
| 6204159377 | Fertile Crescent | a geographical area of fertile land that stretches from the Nile River to the Tigris and Euphrates |  | 7 |
| 6204174266 | Indus River Valley | chronologically, the 3rd urban hearth, dating 2200 BCE |  | 8 |
| 6204181162 | Mesopotamia | a region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the 1st urban societies |  | 9 |
| 6204193373 | Nile River Valley | chronologically, the second urban hearth, dating 3200 BCE |  | 10 |
| 6204202266 | Huang He River Valley | known as the yellow river valley located in the earliest Chinese settlement |  | 11 |
| 6204210325 | patriarchal | male dominance |  | 12 |
| 6204215482 | matriarchal | female dominance |  | 13 |
| 6204229655 | Sanskrit | an Indo-European, Indic language, since 1200 bc |  | 14 |
| 6204273684 | prehistory | a period before writing |  | 15 |
| 6204279441 | fossils | rock-like remains of biological organisms |  | 16 |
| 6204285694 | Archaeology | study of artifacts and relics of early mankind |  | 17 |
| 6204292102 | Anthropology | study of human life and culture |  | 18 |
| 6204298724 | artifacts | objects made by humans |  | 19 |
| 6204305549 | hominid | human |  | 20 |
| 6204309156 | Homo sapiens sapiens | early modern humans means wise, wise human |  | 21 |
| 6204315244 | Australopithecus | southern ape |  | 22 |
| 6204323877 | Paleolithic Age | Old Stone Age. Humans used simple stone tools |  | 23 |
| 6204335354 | nomads | hunters and gatherers |  | 24 |
| 6204342975 | Catalhuyuk | an important neolithic site what is now Turkey |  | 25 |
| 6204349833 | Jericho | Oldest Neolithic community |  | 26 |
| 6204355195 | Neolithic Age | The beginning of systematic agriculture |  | 27 |
| 6204359248 | systematic agriculture | the organized growing of food on a regular basis |  | 28 |
| 6204364501 | domestication | the taming of plants and animals for human use |  | 29 |
| 6204377122 | artisans | skilled workers |  | 30 |
| 6204381116 | monarchs | kings or queens |  | 31 |
| 6204383774 | civilization | a complex culture in which large numbers of human beings share a number of common elements |  | 32 |
| 6204394718 | culture | way of life |  | 33 |
| 6204406237 | city-states | a city that has political and economic control over the surrounding countryside |  | 34 |
| 6204417898 | Sargon | Leader of the Akkadians |  | 35 |
| 6204424077 | Hammurabi Law Code | a strict ancient law code that enforced an eye for an eye and a tooth for a toothph |  | 36 |
| 6204440046 | pharaoh | Egyptian monarch meaning great house or palace |  | 37 |
| 6204448540 | mummification | a process of slowly drying a dead body |  | 38 |
| 6204465966 | Himalaya | the highest mountains in the world |  | 39 |