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Geography
study of people and the enviroment and the way they cople or adapt with it
culture
refers to a way of life of a society that is handed down from generation to generation
prehistory
refers to a time before written records
nomad
people who move from place to place to find food
civilization
complex, highly organized system of social order
polytheistic
belief in 2 or more gods
pictogram
simple drawings that looked like objects that they represent
city-state
political unit that included a city and it's surrounding lands and villages
dynasty
or ruling family
delta
triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers
hieroglyphics
picture writing
ziggurate
pyramid tower
barter economy
economy based on bartering
civil law
The body of laws of a state or nation dealing with the rights of private citizens.
The law of ancient Rome as embodied in the Justinian code, especially that which applied to private citizens.
A system of law having its origin in Roman law, as opposed to common law or canon law.
criminal law
Law that deals with crimes and their punishments
monothiesm
belief in the one TRUE God
plateau
A plateau is a area of high, flat, land
monsoon
A wind system that influences large climatic regions and reverses direction seasonally
caste
Any of the hereditary, endogamous social classes or subclasses
feudalism
A political and economic system of Europe from the 9th to about the 15th century, based on the holding of all land in fief or fee and the resulting relation of lord to vassal and characterized by homage, legal and military service of tenants, and forfeiture.
list the 5 themes of geography
location place human/enviroment interactions movement regions
list 3 differences between the paleolithic and the neolithic ages
1 nomads
2 some tried to tame animals
3 eastern hemisphere
what are the 8 basic features found in a civilization
1cities
2well-organized central government
3complex religions
4job specialization
5social classes
6arts and architecture
7public works
8writing
what are 4 of the "gifts" the nile gave to the nile civilazation
1 fertile soil
2 extra food
3 animals
4water