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| the way of life of a given people at a given time,including language. behavior and beliefs | culture |
| the system by which goods and services are produced and distributed to meet people's needs | economy |
| an historic object made or used by humans such as tools,ornaments or pottery | artifact |
| a scientist who studies physical and cultural characteristics of humans and their ancestors | anthropologist |
| the time before written records were kept | prehistory |
| the skills and knowledge used by people to make tools and to do work | technology |
| a highly organized society marked by advanced knowledge of farming, trade,government, art,science,and often a written language | civilization |
| a scientist who studies fossil remains | paleontologist |
| the exchange of ideas and goods when cultures come into contact | cultural diffusion |
| a scientist who studies earlier people and cultures | archaeologist |
| Chinese families trace their heritage by keeping a detailed account of their family tree | genealogy |
| Chinese children's respect for one's parents | filial piety |
| is a collection of Confucius ideas and teachings | Analects |
| he developed the philosophy of Daoism | Laozi |
| dark,passive and female | ying |
| warm,light and male | yang |
| Chinese philiosophy that emphasizes living a simple life and living in harmony with nature | Daoism |
| this includes the parents and the children | nuclear family |
| Chinese philosophy that emphasizes family and ancestors, proper behavior,and roles in society | Confucianism |
| the book with the teachings and principles of Daoism | Dao De Jing |
| This group settled in present day Lebanon,Israel and Jordan. They were sailors/navigators/traders who founded city states along the Mediterranean Sea | Phoenicians |
| This group gave us the language Aramaic | Arameans |
| This Athenian reformer cancelled all land debts and freed debtors from slavery | Solon |
| He was a Chaldean King who rebuilt Babylon into one of the most beautiful cities in the ancient world andhe built the Hanging Gardens for his wife(one of the 7 natural wonders of the world) | Nebuchadnezzar |
| He led Athens during its Golden Age and he built the Parthenon. | Pericles |
| He led the Jewish people out of Egypt. God gave him the 10 commandments. | Moses |
| He built the temple in Jerusalem for God. | Solomon |
| He is considered to ve the "father of the Israelites," he made a covenant with God. | Abraham |
| He was the second king of Israel and he founded Jerusalem | David |
| He was the king of Sparta and he is known for the Battle of Salamis | Leonidas |
| He was a tyrant,he improved and wrote down a code of laws and he was known as a harsh ruler. | Draco |
| He was the king of Macedonia and the father of Alexander the Great. | Phillip II |
| discovered fire,walked on 2 legs, made spears for hunting | homo erectus |
| was divided into 3 time periods: Paleolithic,Mesolithic and Neolithic | Stone Age |
| were the oldest hominids to manufacture tools,had large brains. | homo sapiens |
| invaded Egypt using bronze weapons and horse-drawn chariots. | Hyskos |
| was the spoken language in the Fertile Crescent. | Aramaic |
| kingdom was located in Asia Minor | Hittites |
| is the Jewish Bible which is the first 5 books of the Old Testament | Torah |
| were provincial governors in the Persian Empire | Satraps |
| is where Greece is located. | Balkan Peninsula |
| was the practiced religion in ancient Greece | polytheistic |
| was the type of government in Athens | democracy |
| was the first Greek Philosopher who developed the Socratic Method of teaching. | Socrates |
| was the second Greek philosopher who wrote a book called the Republic in which he presented a plan for what he considered to be the ideal society and government. | Plato |
| was the third Greek philosopher who taught Alexander the Great. | Aristotle |
| was the name for China because the Chinese thought they were the center of world. | Middle Kingdom |
| were heated bones in which priests would interpret the cracks in the bone to predict the future. | oracle bones |
| are the variations of a language. | dialect |
