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| Geography | study of Earth's environment |
| psychology | individual behaviors, study of the mind |
| sociology | study of group behaviors |
| 5 Themes of Geography | location, place, relationship w/in places, movement-migration, region |
| neolithic revolution | agricultural development, animals are now domesicated, people can stay in one place |
| Nomads | wandered from place to place, never settling long |
| Paleolithic | Old Stone Age |
| 7 characteristics of Advanced Civilizations | planned cities, system of government, religion, specialized craftsman, record keeping, class system-social hierarachy |
| Mesopotamia | land between 2 rivers |
| Geographer | is a scientist whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's physical environment and human habitat. |
| Primary Source | material that is closest to the person, information, period, or idea being studied |
| Secondary Source | a document or recording that relates or discusses information originally presented elsewhere |
| cultural diffusion | sharing of ideas, from one culture to another |
| polytheistic | belief in more than one God |
| Middle Kingdom | Chinese early civilization; China believed they were the center of the universe, thus isolated themselves from others |
| Cuneiform | writing system for Sumerians |
| dynasty | era where a family ruled in succession |
| Ziggurats | pyramids , Sumerians (1st civilization in Mesopotomia) |
| pharaoh | Egyptian ruler |
| Fertile Crescent | "cradle of Civilization", Mesopotamia |
