World History - Unit 1 Flashcards
Terms : Hide Images [1]
| 10518743649 | Hieroglyphics | Egyptian writing system |  | 0 |
| 10518743650 | ziggurat | a massive pyramidal steeped tower made of mud-bricks associated with religion |  | 1 |
| 10518743651 | cuneiform | Sumerian writing system |  | 2 |
| 10518743652 | polytheistic | a belief in many gods |  | 3 |
| 10518743653 | monotheistic | a belief in one God |  | 4 |
| 10518743654 | theocracy | a government controlled by religious leaders |  | 5 |
| 10518743655 | Nile River | the longest river in the world. It is 4,000 miles long |  | 6 |
| 10518743656 | Fertile Crescent | a geographical area of fertile land that stretches from the Nile River to the Tigris and Euphrates |  | 7 |
| 10518743657 | Indus River Valley | chronologically, the 3rd urban hearth, dating 2200 BCE |  | 8 |
| 10518743658 | Mesopotamia | a region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the 1st urban societies |  | 9 |
| 10518743659 | Nile River Valley | chronologically, the second urban hearth, dating 3200 BCE |  | 10 |
| 10518743660 | Huang He River Valley | known as the yellow river valley located in the earliest Chinese settlement |  | 11 |
| 10518743661 | patriarchal | male dominance |  | 12 |
| 10518743662 | matriarchal | female dominance |  | 13 |
| 10518743663 | Sanskrit | an Indo-European, Indic language, since 1200 bc |  | 14 |
| 10518743664 | prehistory | a period before writing |  | 15 |
| 10518743665 | fossils | rock-like remains of biological organisms |  | 16 |
| 10518743666 | Archaeology | study of artifacts and relics of early mankind |  | 17 |
| 10518743667 | Anthropology | study of human life and culture |  | 18 |
| 10518743668 | artifacts | objects made by humans |  | 19 |
| 10518743669 | hominid | human |  | 20 |
| 10518743670 | Homo sapiens sapiens | early modern humans means wise, wise human |  | 21 |
| 10518743671 | Australopithecus | southern ape |  | 22 |
| 10518743672 | Paleolithic Age | Old Stone Age. Humans used simple stone tools |  | 23 |
| 10518743673 | nomads | hunters and gatherers |  | 24 |
| 10518743674 | Catalhuyuk | an important neolithic site what is now Turkey |  | 25 |
| 10518743675 | Jericho | Oldest Neolithic community |  | 26 |
| 10518743676 | Neolithic Age | The beginning of systematic agriculture |  | 27 |
| 10518743677 | systematic agriculture | the organized growing of food on a regular basis |  | 28 |
| 10518743678 | domestication | the taming of plants and animals for human use |  | 29 |
| 10518743679 | artisans | skilled workers |  | 30 |
| 10518743680 | monarchs | kings or queens |  | 31 |
| 10518743681 | civilization | a complex culture in which large numbers of human beings share a number of common elements |  | 32 |
| 10518743682 | culture | way of life |  | 33 |
| 10518743683 | city-states | a city that has political and economic control over the surrounding countryside |  | 34 |
| 10518743684 | Sargon | Leader of the Akkadians |  | 35 |
| 10518743685 | Hammurabi Law Code | a strict ancient law code that enforced an eye for an eye and a tooth for a toothph |  | 36 |
| 10518743686 | pharaoh | Egyptian monarch meaning great house or palace |  | 37 |
| 10518743687 | mummification | a process of slowly drying a dead body |  | 38 |
| 10518743688 | Himalaya | the highest mountains in the world |  | 39 |