Unit 1 Exam Review

Polytheism

• belief in many gods

• belief in one god

• government ruled by many people

• government ruled by one person

Monotheism

• belief in one god

• belief in many gods

• government ruled by one person

• government ruled by a group of people

Theocracy

• a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god

• a system of government in which priests rule in the name of man

• a system of government in which there is one ruler

• a system of government in which there is many rulers

Monarchy

• government ruled by one person

• government ruled by many people

• government ruled in the name of religion

• having no government

Neolithic Revolution

• the change from hunting/gathering to farming

• the change from living in cities to living in the wild

• the change from farming to herding

• the change from not writing things down to writing things down

Hammurabi's Code

• the first written laws

• the first oral laws

• the concept of equality in Babylonian society

• the caste system in India

Domestication

• the process of taming a plant or animal for human use

• becoming wild

• the process of building a city

• the process of creating a social hierarchy

Cuneiform

• the system of writing developed by the Sumerians in Mesopotamia

• the system of writing developed by the Egyptians

• the system of writing developed by the Harrappans

• the system of writing developed by the Chinese

Hieroglyphics

• The system of writing developed by the Egyptians

• The system of writing developed by the Chinese

• The system of writing developed by the Sumerians in Mesopotamia

• The system of writing developed by the Harrappans

Hierarchy

• a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.

• a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to how well they behave

• a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to how religious they are

• a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to hard they work