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The Beginnings of Civilization Test
anthropologist
studies early human beings, culture and organization
artisan
a worker who makes goods with his hands
cuneiform
a form of Sumerian writing
empire
a state that has conquered and rules mother lands
covenant
a promise
irrigation
bring water to crop fields
karma
behavior in this life determines next life
Taoism
oneness with nature
scribe
a professional writer
Fertile Crescent Rivers
Euphrates and Tigris
artifacts
clue to early life
India
is viewed as a subcontinent.
The Paleolithic Period
is also called the Stone Age.
Sub-Saharan
describes Africa to the south of Saharan Desert.
Prehistory
is before writing
pueblos
where built in Southwestern Americas (Modern US)
Israel
is an ancient civilization known for its belief in one god.
dynasty
a series of rulers all from the same family.
semiarid
dry grassland and few trees.
China
traded the luxury items of gunpowder and silk
Asia (Mongolia)
the first Americans came from
nomads
people who move from place to place in search of food
increase
farming made the world population
Hammurabi
leader who provided the first written code of laws
itself
Buddhism
for much of its history China was focusing its attention on
sorrow, pain, & poverty are caused by attachment to possessions
Confucianism
all of life is 5 types of relationships between people?
reincarnation
rebirth into another life after the death in this one
Zoroasterism
life is a battle between good & evil and has a heaven & hell
Babylonians
the last empire out of Mesopotamia
caste system
Hindu/Indian Society was divided into classes
polytheism
Assyrians
the worshipping of many gods
fierce, iron-clad warriors who conquered Fertile Crescent first
Persians
What are the events of prehistoric time?
What are the events of the Neolithic Age?
How did life change will the invention of tools?
Created a great empire from India to Egypt
What are the uses of fire?
What are the traits of civilization?