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Honors World History Exam Flashcards
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History
9th Grade
12/09/2014

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  archaeology

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"The study of past societies through analysis of what people left behind."
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artifacts

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Objects made by ancestors; tools, weapons, clothing, jewelry, etc..

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Anthropology

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"The study of human life/culture." It includes the effort to understand the meaning of evidence.

 

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Paleontology

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"The scientific study of life prior to the Holocene Epoch." It uses fossilized remains and others ancient evidence to tell us about the evolution of species.
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What was the Neolithic Revolution? 

Definition
The gradual transition to systematic agriculture.
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What are the crises from the intermediate period?

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Agriculture and Differiation of Labor- change culture. diet, trade, society/classes, government/politics, control of food supply.
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Who was Hammurabi?

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  • reigned for 43 years after 3rd Dynasty of Ur
  • empire was centered at Babylon and controlled most of modern Iraq and parts of Syria

 

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Hammurabi's Code?

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