9.2 Vocabulary

An object made by human hands

• artisan

• artifact

• ethics

• nomads

• polytheistic

an event that leads to lasting change

• surplus

• prehistory

• deciphering

• turning point

• civilization

a system of gov't that includes different job functions and level of authority

• bureaucracy

• cultural diffusion

• pharaoh

• ethics

• domesticate

artisan

• to arrange or set down in writing

• to figure out the meaning of

• believing in many gods

• a person who moves from place to place

• a skilled craftsperson

the period of time before writing was invented

• hieroglyphics

• prehistory

• artifacts

• bureaucracy

• monotheistic

surplus

• an event that leads to lasting change

• moral standards of behavior

• a complex, organized society

• an amount that is more than needed

• system of ranking groups

a complex, organized social order

• pharaoh

• ethics

• turning point

• civilization

• cultural diffusion

believing in many gods

• polytheistic

• monotheistic

• artifact

• cultural diffusion

• hieroglyphics

codify

• a skilled craftsperson

• to tame animals and adapt crops

• to arrange or set down in writing

• to figure out the meaning of

• system of ranking groups

the title of rulers in ancient Egypt

• nomads

• pharaohs

• artisans

• ethics

• civilizations