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Midterm
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15
History
9th Grade
01/13/2014

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Term
Paleolithic
Definition
Nomads rely on hunting/gathering, cave painting, burial of dead, simple tools
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Neolithic
Definition
FARMING begins, villages/city growth, stone tools refined
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Traits of a Civilization
Definition
Developed cities, organized government, formal religion, specialization of labor, social classes, record keeping, art and architecture
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Nomads
Definition
Travel form place to place in search of food
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Hunter/Gatherers
Definition
Hunt for meat/fish, gather berries and nuts slash and burn
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Domestication
Definition
Selective growing of plants and breeding of animals
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Polytheism
Definition
Worship of more than one GOD
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Monotheism
Definition
Worship of only one GOD
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Farming/Agricultural Revolution
Definition
Created villages and surplus of food, led to trading with others
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Development of Writing
Definition
In pictographs, developed for record keeping
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Mesopotamia Means
Definition
Land between the rivers
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Cuneiform
Definition
Sumer; first form of writing, wedge shaped, used stylus and wet clay tablets
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Ziggurat
Definition
Pyramid shaped structure used for worshipping (temple)
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Tigris & Euphrates
Definition
2 rivers in fertile crescent (Mesopotamia)
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Silt
Definition
Rich soil left after flooding
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