World History - Unit 1

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artifact

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human-made object, such as tools, weapons, and jewelry

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culture

Back 2

a people's unique way of life as shown by its tools, and inventions to meet their needs

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technology

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the ways in which people apply knowledge, tools, and invetions to meet their needs

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homo-sapiens

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the biological species to which modern human beings belong

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nomad

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member of a group that has no permanent home, wandering form place to place in search of food and water

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hunter-gatherer

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member of nomadic group whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods

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domestication

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the taming of animals for human use

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civilization

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a form of culture charaterized by cities

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specialization

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development of skills in a particular kind of work, such as trading or record keeping

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irrigation

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the bringing of water to crop fields by means of canals and ditches

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city-state

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a city and its surrounding lands functioning as an indepenedent political unit

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cultural diffusion

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the spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another

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delta

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a marshy region formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of a river

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papyrus

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a tall reed that grows in the Nile delta

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artisan

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a skilled worker, such as a weaver or potter, who makes goods by hand

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dynasty

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a series of rulers from a single family

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polyheism

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a belief in many gods

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pharoh

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a king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader

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theocracy

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a government in which the ruler is viewed as a divine leader

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subcontinent

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a large landmass that forms a distinct part of a continent

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monsoon

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a wind that shifts in direnction at certain times of each year

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hieroglyphics

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ancient egyptian writing syster in which pictures were used to reperesent ideas and sounds

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feudalism

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a political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king

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migration

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the act of moving from one place to settle in another

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caste

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one of the four classes of people in the social system of the Aryans who settled in India

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steppes

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dry, grass-covered plains

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phoenicians

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a seafaring people of Southwest Asia

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torah

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the first five books of the Hebrew Bible

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monotheism

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a belief in a single god

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covenant

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a mutual promise or agreement

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tribute

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a payment made by by a weaker power to a stronger power to obtain an assurance of peace and security

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bureacracy

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a system of departments and agencies formed to carry out the work of governemtn

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Autocracy

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a government in which the ruler has unlimited power and uses it in an arbitrary manner

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Daoism

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a philosophy based on the ideas of the Cinese thinker Laozi

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Siddhartha Gautama

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religious founder of Buddhism

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Abraham

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"father", or first, of the Hebrew people

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Confucious

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China's most influential scholar

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Moses

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the man who led the Hebrews out of slavery