| A | B |
|---|
| polytheism | belief in many gods |
| monotheism | Belief in One God |
| The Code of Hammurabi | a collection of written rules based on legal procedures |
| Hieroglyphics and Cunniform | 2 early writing systems used to record history |
| NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION | beginning of settled farming & domestication of animals |
| cultural diffusion | Spread of ideas, customs and technologies from one people or place to another by trade, war or migration |
| geographer | person who studies landforms, locates places according to longitude & latitude & studies natural resources |
| archeologist | person who studies artifacts like tools & pottery at a dig site to see how ancient people lived |
| TRADITIONAL economy | based on agricultural production & dependence on nature |
| Mesopotamia | [Fertile Crescent]; land between the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers in which early civilizations began |
| Paleolithic Age | Age of hunters & gatherers who move from place to place to seek food |
| Neolithic Age | the beginning of farming, domestication of animals & permanent settlements |
| economists | people who study trade, business, ways to make money & use of resources |
| physical geography | study of landforms & bodies of water |
| political geography | studies borders of countries, cities & other political/governmental units |
| Hyksos | people who invaded Egypt with horse drawn chariots which Egypt later adopted in warfare. [An example of cultural diffusion of military technology] |
| roles/attributes of the Egyptian pharaohs | rulers with absolute power, religious leaders, claimed to be gods |
| Rosetta Stone | artifact helped scholars interpret hieroglyphics because its message was written in hieroglyphics, demotic & Greek |
| primary source | written by someone who is at the scenne, experiences an event or witnesses it first hand, example - a diary |
| anthropologist | scientist who studies the way a culture lives, ex. their religion or customs |
| TRADITIONAL SOCIETY | closely linked to the natural environment |
| River Valleys | locations of early civilizations due to the need for FERTILE FARMLAND & FRESH WATER |
| NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION RESULTED IN | Farming led to surplus food led to development of complex societies |
| Tigris & Euphrates | rivers of Mesopotamia |
