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Social Studies
9th Grade
01/13/2014

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Paleolithic
Definition
nomads rely on hunting-gathering, 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 goverment, formal religion, specializationlabor, social classes, record keeping, art and architecture
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Nomads
Definition
travel from 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
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– in pictographs, developed for record keeping
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Mesopotamia means
Definition
– land between the rivers
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Cuneiform– Sumer;
Definition
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 –
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2 rivers in fertile crescent (Mesopotamia)
Silt- rich soil left after flooding
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silt
Definition
rich soil left after flooding
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Hammurabi
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– developed 1st code of laws (harsh punishments)
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Iron –
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– 1st to use iron in tools and weapons
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