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World Cultures MT Review
Chapters 1-8 Vocabulary Review- HOLT World History, Human Legacy
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History
10th Grade
01/17/2011

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Culture
Definition
Societys knowledge, art, beliefs, customs and values
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artifacts
Definition
objects that people used in the past, made or used. such as coins, pottery and tools
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Hominid
Definition
Humanlike being that walked upright
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Donald Johanson
Definition
archaelogist, found one of oldest hominids which was nicknamed Lucy
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Louis and Mary Leakey
Definition
Husband and wife archaelogoist team who found a hominid fossil in Tanzania in 1959
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Paleolithic Era`
Definition

aka "Old Stone Age"

from 2.5 million years ago to 10,000 years ago

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Nomads
Definition
People who move from place to place with no legitimate home
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Animism
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The belief that everything has a spirit or soul
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Neolithic Era
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"New Stone Age"

8000 BC to 3000 BC

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Neolithic Revolution
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The shift from hunting&gathering to farming (about 10,000 years ago)
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Domestication
Definition
Breeding of plants and animals to make them more useful to humans
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Pastoralists
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Nomads who travel and depend on livestock for food & travel
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Megaliths
Definition
Huge stones used to make spiritual monuments
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Bronze Age
Definition
Period after Stone Age where people began to make bronze
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Cultural Diffusion
Definition
Spread of Culture
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Fertile Crescent
Definition
Area of land that curves between Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf
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Ziggurat
Definition
Pyramid Shaped Structure in heart of Mesopotamian temples
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city-state
Definition
city with its own government
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Cuneiform
Definition
Sumerian way of writing
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Hammurabi
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Brilliant warrior turned king who united all of Mesopotamia into what became the Babylonian Empire
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Hammurabi's Code
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An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth
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Indo-Europeans
Definition
Several tribes with related languages that invaded Mesopotamia
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Steppes
Definition
Arid Grassland
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Nebuchadnezzar II
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The most famous Chaldean king who was once a warrior and a builder
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Torah
Definition
The sacred text of Judaism
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Convenant
Definition
Sacred promise
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Patriarch
Definition
ancestral fathers which were Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
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Exodus
Definition
Expedition where Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt
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Diaspora
Definition
The scattering of the Jews outside of Judah
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Cyrus the Great II
Definition
Persian king who led a revolt against Medes, won and united Media and Persia under his rule
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Darius
Definition
Persian ruler, formed the idea of having satraps (satrapy)
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Satraps
Definition
Governors who ran a region and served under the king (Darius)
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Xerxes
Definition
Son of Darius
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Zoroaster
Definition
formed Zoroasterism and taught the idea of dualism
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Dualism
Definition
The belief that the world is controlled by 2 opposing forces, good & evil
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Cataracts
Definition
Rocky stretches marked by currents and rapids
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bureaucracy
Definition
a highly structured organization managed by officials
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theocracy
Definition
a state ruled by religious figures
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Ramses the Great
Definition
Egyptian pharaoh that led his army to confront the Hitties and lost
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Obelisks
Definition
tall thin pillars in Egyptian temples with pyramid shaped tops
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ka
Definition
a spirit of a person separated from the body
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Rosetta Stone
Definition
granite slab containing 3 of the same passage, one in Greek, one written in hieroglyphics and the other in demotics. found by a friend soldier in 1799
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Piankhi
Definition
Egyptian king, head of Kushites
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smelt
Definition
to refine iron from its ore
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monsoon
Definition
seasonal Indian wind
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citadel
Definition
walled fortress, enclosed city
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vedas
Definition
ancient sacred writing
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rajas
Definition
bands of villages under regional leaders
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varnas
Definition
4 social classes of the Vedic society
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castes
Definition
smaller divisions of varnas
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karma
Definition
sum effect of deeds and actions during life
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Hinduism
Definition
one of the oldest religions in India
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moksha
Definition
ultimate goal of human existence; to escape the cycle of rebirth (reincarnation)
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Four Noble Truths
Definition
Buddhist beliefs
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Nirvana
Definition
state of perfect peace where the soul would be free of suffering forever
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loess
Definition
fertile soil picked up by river
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court
Definition
gathering of wealthy nobles
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oracle bones
Definition
inscribed bits of animal bones or turtle shell where the Shang would ask advice from their ancestors
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Mandate of Heaven
Definition
where the gods would support the ruler, but would not accept or let anyone corrupt hold the throne
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Confucianism
Definition
based on the teachings of Confucius, it is the practice of expressing respect and love for others, through manners and rituals including honoring ones ancestors
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daoism
Definition
based on teachings of Laozi, it is the practice of retreating from laws of society and yielding laws of nature
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polis
Definition
city-state
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acropolis
Definition
polis built around a high area
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agora
Definition
marketplace
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helots
Definition
state slaves
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hoplites
Definition
foot soldiers
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Hubris
Definition
great pride
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Archon
Definition
chief of state in Athens
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Hellenistic
Definition
Greek-like
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