social studies midterm
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 prehistory | history before written records |
| Neolithic Age | the new Stone Age |
| Paleolithic Age | the old Stone Age. used stone tools |
| Hunters and Gatherers | hunted for meat and fish with sticks, stones and bare hands. Gathered fruits, nuts, berries and eggs. |
| Homo Sapiens | "thinking man." Two kinds, Cro- Magnon and Neanderthal |
| Australopithecus Afarensis | Lucy. Fossils found in Ethiopia. 1974 |
| Homo Habilis | "skilled man" |
| Homo Erectus | "walks upright" |
| Neanderthal | lived in Paleolithic Age. Discovered in Germany. First to bury their dead. Named after a river. (Sloped forehead, bigger nose bone, larger skull, muzzle shaped mouth.) |
| Cro- Magnon Man | Made tools. Discovered in France. Played music. (shorter nose bone, opposite of Neanderthals.) |
| Neolithic/ Agriculture Revolution | Happened in the New Stone Age. shift in human history from food gathering to food producing. |
| Nomadic | people who travel to follow food from season to season. |
| Sedentary | staying in one place. |
| Cultivate | prepare for crops. |
| Hominids | early humans. |
| Paleoanthropologist | study the biological and cultural development of humans. study remains of hominids. |
| Archeologist | study the remains of ancient human societies and cultures. |
| Hammurabi's Code | set of laws put together by King Hammurabi. |
| "The Land Between the Rivers" | mesopotamia |
| Six characteristics of civilization | System of government, Food supply, Special different jobs, Classes, Culture, Religion. |
| Sumer | earliest known civilization. Sumerians were the first city builders in Mespotamia. |
| Levees | controlled flood waters and irrigated crops. |
| Irrigation | a way of supplying water to an area of land. |
| Reign | royal authority. monarchy. |
| City- State | a city an surrounding territory which also has its own independent government. |
| Ziggurat | a Sumerian temple which means "mountain god". They served as city centers. |
| Iraq | present day Mesopotamia. |
| Ur | City- State in Iraq |
| Sumerian Gods | personified forces of nature. Wind, rain, sky, sun, moon. |
| Sumerian Priests | Spiritual leaders who lead most of the very early civilizations. |
| Priest-Kings | earliest rulers of Sumerian city-states. |
| Tablet Houses | Sumerian schools. |
| Cuneiform | Sumerian writing made of hundred of markings shaped like wedges. |
| Cradle of Civilization | Area around the Tigris River and Euphrates River, and Mesopotamia. Also known as the Fertile Crescent. |
| Scribes | A student that graduated from school. Also known as a writer. Worked for Temples, the palace, the government or army. |
| Hereditary | Passed from parent to child. |
| Sumerian Assembly | ... |
| Gilgamesh | Epic story of King Gilgamesh, who searched for immortality/ a Sumerian legend. Believed to be the first story. |
| Enkidu | Character in the story of Gilgamesh. |
| Empire | a group of countries under a single authority. Emperor or Empress. |
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