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30 Cards in this Set
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Archaeologist
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scientist who studies the lives of early people through examintaion of their remains
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Artifact
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object made by human being
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Technology
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tools and skills people use to meet their basic needs
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Cultural Diffusion
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Spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one person to another.
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River Valley Civilization
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were successful because of favorable farming conditions, large animal populations, and transportation
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Louis and Mary Leakey
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first archaeologists that found the oldest most complete skeleton
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Primary Sources
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primary sources include letter, diary, newspaper, photograph, audio and video recordings AN ORIGINAL object from the time
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secondary sources
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A magazine article or interview done by someone else.
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Paleolithic and Neolithic similarities
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Dependent on Natural Resources
Paleolithic: Moved with food supply. Neolithic: Water and good soil for crops. Neolithic: Barter system. Social Men hunted; women gathered / farmed. Technology Paleolithic: Stone tools Neolithic: Farming, baking and firing pottery, specialized tools, bronze tools and weapons |
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Paleolithic and Neolithic Differences
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main difference between the paleolithic and neolithic periods was in the method people used to acquire food. .
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Neolithic Revolution
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The Neolithic Revolution is the first agricultural revolution—the change from hunting and gathering to agriculture and settlement
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Signifigance of the NIle River
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Trade, Transprotation, irrigation
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Hieroglyphics
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Form of picture writing of the ancient Egyptians
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Cuneiform
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writing of the ancient Sumerian and other ancient peoples
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Pharoah
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title of the rules of ancient Egypt
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Pyramid
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monument of ancient Egypt having a rectangular base , a crypt or tomb.
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Mummification
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practice of preserving the bodies of the dead
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Fertile Crescent
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Mesopotamia..where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers empty into the Persian Gulf.
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Ziggurat
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•a rectangular tiered temple erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
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Code of Hammurabi
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First set of laws
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Monotheistic
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Belief in one god
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Religion of the Hebrews
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monotheistic, bible,
Abraham was the first Hebrew. |
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Harappa & Mohenjo Daro
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first cities, streets were layed out like on a grid.
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Aryan Caste System
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Brahmins- priests
Kshatriyas-warriors Vaisays- herders cant change class when your born into it |
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Moksha
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Reincarnation
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Siddhartha Gautama
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Buddha enlightened one
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Four Noble Truths
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teachings of Buddha
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Eight Fold Path
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Buddhism beliefs middle way between a life devoted to pleasure and one basd on harsh self-denial
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Karma
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refers to all the actions of a persons life that affect his or her fate in the next life
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Nirvana
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ultimate life
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