| A | B |
|---|
| political | names of countries, capitals, towns |
| physical | names of mountains, rivers, lakes |
| Ancient Egypt | began around 3100 BCE along the banks of the Nile River |
| Mesopotamia | developed around 3000/1750 BCE along the banks of the Tigris River |
| Harappa | developed around 2500 BCE along the Indus River |
| Ancient China | it developed around the Huang He River |
| Nile River | source of life for Egyptians |
| Indus River | source of life for Harappans/Ancient Indians |
| Tigris-Euphrates Rivers | source of life for Summerians & Mesopotamians |
| fertile soil | good soil - can be used to grow crops |
| hieroglyphics | Ancient Egyptian writing |
| cuneiform | Sumerian & Mesopotamian writing |
| pharoahs | rulers of Ancient Egypt |
| pyramids | built to bury Pharoahs in them |
| interdependent | 2 countries needing each other |
| self-sufficient | independent - you can do it yourself |
| Code of Hammurabi | 1st written set of laws 1750 BCE |
| 10 Commandments | 2nd set of written laws given to Moses by God |
| anthropologist | they study the bones of ancient man |
| archaeologist | they study where & with what man lived |
| culture | everything a person does; what they eat, how they dress |
| cultural diffusion | a blending/sharing by 2 cultures |
| society | a group of people with something in common |
| income | money |
| social mobility | able to go from middle to upper class |
| Global Village | our world working together |
| nuclear family | mom, dad & kids |
| extended family | mom, dad, grandparents, & kids & relatives |
| urban | city |
| rural | the countryside |
| traditional | things the way they have always been |
| modern | things change |
| urbanization | people moving to cities for better jobs |
| Paleolithic | over 2 million years ago, man lived in caves, nomadic |
| Neolithic | 8000 BCE when people started to settle down and farm |
