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16 Cards in this Set
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Historical Thinking Concepts |
-Establish Historical Thinking Significance -Primary Source Evidence -Identify Continuity and Change -Analyze Cause and Consequence -Take Historical Perspectives -Understanding The Ethical Dimension Of Historical Interpretation |
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Collective Learning |
Using the knowledge of others to further your own knowledge |
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Civilization |
A group/settlement of individuals that are civilized and have technology that is more advanced than the technology from the civilizations before then. |
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Belief |
The things that a person holds to be true or important, even if objectively they aren't |
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Values |
Things or concepts a person believes to have worth or meaning |
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Customs |
Actions or events that traditionally occur or are done |
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Hominids |
Primal ancestors to humans |
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Technology |
Any advancement that improves the quality of life for people with access to that technology |
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Neolithic/Agricultural Revolution |
When humans went from a farming, undeveloped life way to a more advanced way of life. |
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Domestication |
To make a wild animal (or a species of wild animals) obedient to humans |
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Primary Source Artifact |
An item that is directly from a period of time that you are trying to represent |
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Ur in Sumer |
Important Mesopotamian city-state |
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Cuneiform |
An ancient form of writing developed by the Mesopotamians to track grain/beer/bread distribution |
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Hammurabi's Code of Laws |
A set of laws that show what things are punishable and what the punishment for those things are |
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Ziggurat |
A rectangular stepped tower, similar to a pyramid but rectangular. |
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5 Characteristics of Civilization |
-Advanced Technologies -Advanced Cities -Record Keeping -Complex Institutions -Specialized Workers |