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| a scientist who learns about past human life by studying fossils and artifacts |
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| weapons, tools or other items made by humans |
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Old Stone Age- hunters and gatherers
25 million years ago to 8000 bce
nomads
limited tools, fire, spoken language, art |
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| people who move reguarly from place to place |
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New Stone Age- began to farm
8000 bce to 4000 bce
domesticate animals
specialize in jobs
made shelters and tombs
start of trade
Africa grew millet and sorghum
Asia grew wheat and barley
made bronze out of copper and tin for tools |
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| Sodecomplex societies with a system of government, highly developed culture, religious system, different social levels, regular food supply, and specialization of jobs |
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the land between the rivers
cradle of civilization |
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record keepers
used a stylus and clay tablets |
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waterways,ditches, dams, and reservoirs used to bring water to crops
regular food supply |
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own government not part of a larger unit
kings
Written laws
fought with other city-states |
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separate city-states
written laws
kings collected taxes |
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Upper class- kings, priests, government officials
middle class- artisans, merchants, farmers, fishers
Lower class-enslaved people |
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Cuneiform- a form of writing, plow- made farming easier, number system based on 60, 12 month calendar, sailboat,wheel, Gilgamesh,
music-harp, arches |
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| had priests, prayed to gods, and temples called ziggurats |
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invented irrigation
cucumbers, onions, |
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| artisans, scribes, metal workers |
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| the value of a number raised to an exponent of 3 |
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| the number that is raised to a certain exponent |
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| the number to which the base is raised |
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| the value of a number raised to an exponent of 2 |
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| a number that is greater than zero |
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| a horizontal or vertical number line representing whole numbers, fractions, and decimals |
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| a counting number that has more than two factors |
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| a factor of a number that is also prime |
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| the number that is a factor of two or more whole numbers |
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| the common factor of two or more numbers that has the greatest value |
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| a number that is a multiple of two or more whole numbers |
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| the common multiple of two or more numbers that has the least value |
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| the square of a whole number |
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| a number which, when squared, is equal to a given number |
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| the cube of a whole number |
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| a number which, when cubed, is equal to a given number |
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