Ch. 1 Vocab. Review

Person who studies stars, planets, and other heavenly bodies.

• anthropologist

• astronomers

• Ziggurat

• archaeologist

Neolithic community; in present day Turkey

• civilization

• Gilgamesh

• Ziggurat

• Catal Huyuk

“mountain of god” or “hill of heaven”

• Catal Huyuk

• civilization

• Ziggurat

• astronomers

scientist who learns about past human life by studying fossils and artifacts

• astronomers

• archaeologist

• anthropologist

• nomads

people started farming, building communities, producing goods, and trading

• cuneiform

• Paleolithic Age

• Neolithic Age

• Ziggurat

the trace or imprint of a plant or animal that has been preserved in rock

• archaeologist

• fossils

• astronomers

• civilization

scientist who studies the physical characteristics and cultures of humans and their ancestors

• astronomers

• nomads

• anthropologist

• cuneiform

person who regularly moves from place to place

• nomads

• civilization

• Gilgamesh

• Catal Huyuk

record keepers

• fossils

• nomads

• Ziggurat

• scribes

This is the world’s oldest known story (Epic of Gilgamesh) King who traveled around the world with a friend and performs great deeds. When his friend dies, Gilgamesh searches for a way to live forever. He learns this is possible only for the gods.

• Catal Huyuk

• cuneiform

• Ziggurat

• Gilgamesh