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World History
Study Guide
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All human beings today belong to the australopithecines subspecies
of human beings.
The Paleolithic Age is the period in which humans used simple stone
tools.
The real change in the Neolithic Revolution was the shift from
hunting and gathering to systematic agriculture.
The ability to acquire food on a regular basis meant humans could
give up their nomadic ways of life and begin to live in settled
communities.
Historians have identified the basic characteristics of civilizations as
cities, government, religion, social structure, writing, and art.
Anthropology is the study of human life and culture.
Thermoluminescence dating determines an objectʼs age by
measuring electrons in soil.
Prehistory is the period before writing was developed.
The Neolithic Age is sometimes called the New Stone Age.
The six characteristics of civilization are cities, governments,
religion, social structure, writing, and art.
Farming in ancient Mesopotamia resulted in an abundance of food,
which enabled civilization to emerge.
The first empire in world history was the Akkadian.
Hammurabi is remembered for his law code, a collection of 282
laws.
A theocracy is a government in which leaders rule by divine
authority.
The invention of cuneiform is credited to the Sumerians.
The Phoenician alphabet is the basis for the English language.
Siddhartha Gautama is the founder of Buddhism.
The silk road was a trade route between Rome and China.
The Buddha believed that suffering is caused by attachment to the
things of this world.
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anthropology
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Homo sapiens
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thermoluminescence dating
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archaeology
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artifacts
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neolithic
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radiocarbon dating
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prehistory
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systematic agriculture
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reincarnation
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Buddha
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Eightfold Path
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nirvana
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The Four Noble Truths
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karma
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yoga
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dharma
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silk road