World History Vocab 1-3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 prehistory | long period of time before people invented writing |
| anthropology | story of learning about origins and development of people and their living |
| culture | the way of life or society. Includes; practices, beliefs, and values |
| archaeology | study of people from the past and their culture, and cultural remains |
| Mark Leakey | an anthropologist, searched for clues of the human past in deep canyon in Tanaznia |
| Olduvai Gorge | dates back to 1.7 and 2.1 million years age. Leakeys searched here for human past |
| Donald Johnson | an anthropologist. Found hominids in 1974. Named one of the hominids he found "Lucy" after a Beatles song |
| nomad | early, modern people who move from place to place to find food |
| animism | what many scholars thought our ancestors believe the world was like and full of |
| neolithic revolution | the transformation from nomadic to farming life. during this revolution people created new technology, and came up with new skills |
| domesticate | to raise something in a controlled way, that makes them more suitable for human life |
| catalhuyuk | one of the first Neolithic villages (located in modern day Turkey) |
| traditional economy | an economy that relies on habit, ritual, and custom things that do not change |
| steppe | less fertile land. only dry grasslands, nomadic herders tend cattle and sheep |
| polytheistic | religion most ancient people were. believing in many gods |
| pictograph | an object that represents |
| scribe | a specially trained person who can read and write |
| cultural diffusion | spreading of ideas, customs, and technology from one person to another |
| empire | group of states or territories controlled by one ruler |
| fertile crescent | region of the middle east, known for rich soil and golden wheat fields |
| mesopotamia | land that lies between the fertile crescent |
| sumer | place where worlds civilization developed |
| ziggurat | large stepped platform |
| cuneiform | earliest know writing system |
| Hammurabi | king of babylon. controlled down most of mesopotamia |
| civil law | branch of law that has private rights and matters |
| Nebuchadnezzar | aggressive and ruthless second king |
| barter economy | exchanged goods or services for another good or service |
| Zoroaster | religious Persian thinker |
| delta | triangular area of land formed by deposits or silt and other materials at the mouth of the river |
| bureaucracy | system of government that includes departments and ideas of authority |
| vizier | pharaohs chief master |
| amon | great lord of the gods |
| osiris | the god most egyptians related to |
| akenhaten | devoted his life to the worship of aton. |
| rosetta stone | black tablet that presents the same passage in hieroglyphics |
| abraham | man that lived near mesopotamia |
| david | the strong wise second king of isreal |
| solomon | davids son |
| patriarchal | isrealite society |
| diaspora | the spreading of jews |
| subcontinent | large landmark that comes out of another continent |
| monsoon | seasonal wind that regularly blows from a certain direction for a part of the year |
| harappa | city that archaeologists found in the 1920's |
| veneration | of/or special regard for cattle |
| acculturation | blending of two or more cultures |
| vedas | collection of gyms,chants, rituals, and instructions |
| rajan | someone who is the most skilled war leader |
| indra | a god that many people related more to. weapon is the thunderbolt |
| brahman | single religious or spiritual power that exists beyond many gods |
| mystics | practiced meditation |
| atman | an essential self |
| animsa | nonviolence |
| castes | social group or groups of people |
| sect | group |
| dissent | ideas that are opposed those of the government |
| loess | fine windblown yellow soil |
| dynastic cycle | rise or fall of dynasties |
| feudalism | system of government |
| confucius | chinese thinker. his teachings were very popular and spread across asia |
| laozi | chinese thinker, put forward ideas on how to change social order |
| Shi Huangdi | founder of the Qin dynasty and China's first emperor |
| Wudi | Chinese emperor who brought the Han dynasty to its greatest strength |
| expansionism | expanding a country's territory |
| civil servants | officials in the government |
| warlords | regional learders with their own armies who control areas |
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