Unit 2 Vocabulary

periodization

• prehistoric shift in human activity from hunting and gathering to agriculture resulting in human settlements

• a society characterized by established cities, specialized labor, complex institutions, written records, and advanced technology 

• dividing time into historical eras for purposes of analysis

• a long-standing custom, practice, or tradition adopted by a group of people

institution

• a long-standing custom, practice, or tradition adopted by a group of people

• a society characterized by established cities, specialized labor, complex institutions, written records, and advanced technology 

• the group of people living together in a more or less ordered community

• an independent political unit made up of a city and surrounding land

Neolithic Revolution

• prehistoric shift in human activity from hunting and gathering to agriculture resulting in human settlements

• an independent political unit made up of a city and surrounding land

• a political unit where large numbers of people and areas of land are controlled by one ruler

• belief in multiple gods

polytheism

• belief in multiple gods

• belief in one god

• belief in two gods

• belief in no gods

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all believe in one god. Therefore they are

• monotheistic

• polytheistic

• dualtheistic

• atheistic

pictographic script

• form of writing based on the use of symbols, including cuneiform and hieroglyphics

• a political unit where large numbers of people and areas of land are controlled by one ruler

• the supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels

• cuneiform

hieroglyphics

• ancient form of Egyptian writing

• ancient form of Chinese writing

• ancient form of Christian writing

• ancient form of Middle Eastern writing

cuneiform

• a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt

• a person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains

• form of Egyptian writing

• wedge-shaped characters mainly impressed on clay tablets in ancient Mesopotamia

pyramid

• a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt

• (in ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower

• the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.

• historical crescent-shaped region in the Middle East, extending from the East end of the Mediterranean Sea to the Tigris & Euphrates rivers

city-state

• an independent political unit made up of a city and surrounding land

• a long-standing custom, practice, or tradition adopted by a group of people

• a society characterized by established cities, specialized labor, complex institutions, written records, and advanced technology

• prehistoric shift in human activity from hunting and gathering to agriculture resulting in human settlements