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Rise of Civilization Test Vocab
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History
8th Grade
10/06/2011

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Artifact
Definition
objects made by man
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pictogram
Definition
drawing that represents words
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prehistoric
Definition
time before writing
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technology
Definition
the tools a society has and the knowledge of how to use them
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nomad
Definition
a person who moves from place to place in search of food
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bureaucracy
Definition
a system of managing government through departments
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polytheistic
Definition
believing in many gods
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monotheistic
Definition
believing in one god
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city-state
Definition
political unit that includes a city and surrounding villages
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empire
Definition
group of states controlled by one ruler
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cultural diffusion
Definition
the spread of ideas, technologies, and customs for one people to another
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1)food
2)water
3)shelter
4)clothing
Definition
the four basic needs to survive
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Africa
Definition
evidence of earliest man
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biology
Definition
study of living organisms
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buried dead with care
Definition
shows that early man believe in afterlife
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civilization
Definition
development of cities (earliest in Egypt and Mesopotamia)
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