World History: Patterns of Interaction Chapter 1 - 2 Vocabulary
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reysquared1012 on September 26, 2011
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Vocabulary words from Chapters 1 - 2 in the book World History: Patterns of Interaction by McDougal Littell. Definitions found in the book's glossary.
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HISTORY, Clinical Reading - Ms. Cook 2012-2013
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 city-state | a city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit |
| artifact | a human-made object, such as jewelry, tool, or weapon |
| polytheism | a belief in many gods |
| culture | a people's unique way of life, as shown by its tools, customs, arts, and ideas |
| Neolithic Revolution | the major change in human life caused by the beginnings of farming |
| technology | the ways in which people apply knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet their needs |
| cultural diffusion | the spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another |
| artisan | a skilled worker, such as a weaver or a potter, who makes goods by hand |
| domesticate | to tame animals for human use |
| barter | a form of trade in which people exchange goods and services without the use of money |
| nomad | a member of a group that has no permanent home, wandering from place to place in search of food and water |
| dynasty | a series of rulers from a single family |
| Bronze Age | a period in human history, beginning around 3000 BC in some areas, during which people began using bronze |
| cuneiform | a system of writing with wedge-shaped symbols, invented by the Sumerians around 3000 BC |
| civilization | a form of culture characterized by cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and advanced technology |
| specialization | the development of skills in a particular kind of work, such as trading or record-keeping |
| institution | a long-lasting pattern of organization in a community |
| ziggurat | a tiered, pyramid-shaped structure that formed part of a Sumerian temple |
| scribe | one of the professional record keepers in early civilizations |
| bay | part of an ocean or lake extending into land |
| cape | a point of land which projects out into a body of water |
| peninsula | a piece of land jutting out from a mainland and almost surrounded by water |
| tributary | stream that flows into a larger stream or a part of a body of water |
| harbor | a sheltered area of water where ships can anchor safely |
| desert | a region with sparse vegetation due to little or no rainfall |
| delta | a more or less triangular deposit of sand and soil that collects at the mouth of some rivers |
| island | a body of land smaller than a continent and completely surrounded by water |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land with water on both sides, connecting two larger bodies of land |
| Fertile Crescent | an arc of rich farmland in Southwest Asia, between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea |
| Mesopotamia | an ancient region of Southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| Tigris River | a river in Southwest Asia rising in eastern Turkey; encircled Mesopotamia |
| Euphrates River | a river in Southwest Asia from central turkey through Syria and into Iraq |
| Sumer | an ancient country in southern Mesopotamia in present-day southern Iraq |
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