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pre-ap WH midterm review
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History
9th Grade
01/11/2009

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Dynasty
Definition
a series of rulers from a single family
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Cultural Diffusion
Definition
spreading from one culture to another
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polytheism
Definition
belief in many gods
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Silt
Definition
thick bed of mud
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Artifacts
Definition
remains, such as tools, jewelry, and other human made objects
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culture
Definition
people's unique way of life
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Technology
Definition
ways of applying knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet their needs
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homo sapiens
Definition
the species name for modern humans
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nomads
Definition
people who wander from place to place, rather than making permanent settlements
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hunter-gatherers
Definition
nomadic groups whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods
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slash-and-burn farming
Definition
cut trees or grasses and burned them to clear a field
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domestication
Definition
the taming of animals
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specialization
Definition
the development of skills in a specific kind of work
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artisans
Definition
skilled workers who make goods by hand
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institution
Definition
a long lasting pattern of organization in a community
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scribes
Definition
professional record keepers
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Ziggurat
Definition
a pyramid shaped monument that means "mountain of god"
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Menes
Definition
a strong willed king of upper egypt that united all of egypt
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Pharoahs
Definition
egyption god-kings
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Theocracy
Definition
type of government in which the ruler is a divine figure
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mummification
Definition

embalming and drying the corpse to prevent it from decaying

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Papyrus
Definition
hieroglyphics were first written on stone and clay . then egyptians invented a better writing surface called ______.
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Moonsoons
Definition
seasonal winds that dominate India's climate
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mandate of heaven
Definition
a just ruler had divine approval
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dynastic cycle
Definition
a pattern of rise, decline and replacement
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feudalism
Definition
a political system in which nobles, or lords, are granted the use of lands that legally belong to the king
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steppes
Definition
dry grasslands that stretched north of the caucasus
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Indo-Europeans
Definition
a group of seminomadic peoples who came from the steppes
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migrations
Definition
movements of a people from one region to another
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Anatiolia
Definition
also called Asia Minor
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Mahabharata
Definition
one of the great epics of India
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Reincarnation
Definition
when an individual sould or spirit is born again and again until moksha is achieved
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Karma
Definition
good or bad deeds
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Jainism
Definition
beleived that everything in the universe has a soul and should not be harmed
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The founder of Buddhism
Definition
Siddhartha Gautama- founder of buddhism
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enlightenment
Definition
wisdom
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Nirvana
Definition
the buddhas word for release from selfishness and pain
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Minoans
Definition
powerful seafaring people, that dominated trade in the eastern mediterranean from about 2000 to 1400 B.C
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Knosses
Definition
the minoan capital city
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phoenicians
Definition
the most powerful traders along the mediterranean
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Canaan
Definition
ancient home to the hebrews, later called the jews
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torah
Definition
first five books of the Hebrew bible
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Abraham
Definition
the "father" or fist, of the Hebrew people
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Monotheism
Definition
the belief in a single god
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covenant
Definition
a mutual promise between god and the founder of the Hebrew people
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Moses
Definition
the man that led the Hebrews out of slavery
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trubute
Definition
peace money paid by a weaker power to a stronger
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Nubia
Definition
a region of africa that straddled the upper nile river
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Piankhi
Definition
led an army down the nile and overthrew the libyan dynasty that had ruled egypt for over 200 years
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