| A | B |
|---|
| nomad | people who move place to place, hunters & gatherers |
| cultural diffusion | exchange of ideas, customs, and goods among cultures |
| Neolithic | beginning of a new stone age |
| Permnant Settlements | people settled together in villages |
| technolgy | tools and skills people use to meet their basic needs |
| Tradional Economy | based primarily on farming |
| polytheistic | believing in many Gods |
| Egyptians | one of the earliest civilizations that developed along the Nile River |
| Pharaoh | Egyptian ruler |
| Fertile Crescent | crescent shaped region of good farmland created by Tigris and Euphrates |
| seasonal winds | monsoons |
| Indus Valley Cities | Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro |
| Middle Kingdom | Chinese believed their culture was the cente r of the Earth |
| Dynasty | ruling family in China |
| Yin and Yang | Chinese believed that the universe was held in a balance between these two forces as held in a delicate balance beteen to forces |
| empire | group of states or territiories governed by one ruler |
| Hammurabi | Babylon's powerful ruler |
| Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro | two cities in the Indus River Valley |
