Global Midterm Review

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Prehistory

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Long period of time before people invented systems of writing.

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Archaeology

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study of ways of life of early peoples through the examination of their physical remains.

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Artifact

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Objects made by early people which is later studied by archaeologists.

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Technology

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skills and tools people use to meet their basic needs.

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Historian

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people who study how people lived in the past.

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Geography

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study of people, their environments and the resources available to them.

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Latitude

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Measures the distance north or south of the equator.

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Longitude

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measures the distance east and west of the prime meridian.

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Nomad

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Paleolithic people who move from one place to another as they followed game animals and ripening fruit.

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Glacier

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Thick sheets of ice spread across parts of Asia, Europe and north America.

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Bureaucracy

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system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials.

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Polytheistic

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Belief in more than one god.

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Artisan

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Skilled craft workers, who made pottery or finely carved or woven goods.

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Pictogram

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simple drawings to show the words represented

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Scribe

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trained people learned to read and write. Were called scribe.

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City state

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A political unit that included a city and its surrounding lands and villages.

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Empire

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Group of states or territories controlled by one ruler.

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Steppe

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dry grasslands where nomadic herders tended cattle , sheep, goats or other animals.

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Cultural diffusion

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the spread of ideas, customs and technologies from one people to another.

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Silt

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Rich soil

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Cataract

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waterfall of the Nile northward 100 miles of the Mediterranean.

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Delta

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a triangular area of marshland formed by the deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers

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Dynasty

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ruling family to another, but the land generally remained united.

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Pharaoh

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Egyptian rulers

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Vizier

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chief minister to supervise the business of the government.

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Mummification

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The preservation of the dead.

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Hieroglyphics

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Egyptian form of picture writing. Used to keep important records.

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Demotic

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a simpler form of writing for everyday use developed by scribes.

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Papyrus

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a plant that grows the banks of the Nile.

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Ziggurat

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Pyramid temples that soared toward the heavens.

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Hierarchy

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Samaritan city-state system of ranks.

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Cuneiform

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Writing invented by Samaritans. Earliest form of writing known. Came from the Latin word cuneus for “wedge”.

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Civil law

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Hammurabi’s code listed these laws.

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Satrap

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Province

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Barter economy

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exchanging one set of goods or services for another.

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Colony

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a territory settled and ruled by people from a distant land.

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Monotheistic

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Belief in one god.

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Covenant

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binding agreement.

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Prophet

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spiritual leaders emerged to interpret god’s will.

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Ethics

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moral standards of behavior.

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Diaspora

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scattering of people sent Jews to different parts of the world.

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Subcontinent

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a large landmass that juts out from a continent.

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Monsoon

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Seasonal wind.

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Caste

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social groups into which people are born and from which they cannot change.

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Brahman

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spirit that resided in all things

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Mystic

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people who devote their lives to seeking spiritual and bodily discipline.

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Rajah

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Aryan tribes led by them.

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Culture

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The man made part of the environment

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Survival

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act of remaining alive

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Habitat

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the natural part of an environment

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environment

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the setting in which a man lives

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values

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the rules of conduct of a group

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climate

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the weather of an area over a period of time

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species

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a group of plants or animals whose members are very nearly alike

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race

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groups divided according to physical characters

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communication

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the act of talking; the exchange of ideas

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community

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a group of people living in the same place under the same rulers