Origins of Civilizations

Played a crucial role as a primary crop for many civilizations.

• maize

• beans

• staple

• rice

A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes

• society

• culture

• civilization

• cultural diffusion

the widespread exchange of ideas, beliefs, and customs between different cultures

• cultural lag

• cultural hearth

• cultural diffusion

• cultural relativism

Heartland, source area, innovation center; place of origin of a major culture.

• cultural diffusion

• cultural landscape

• civilization

• cultural hearth

based on or tracing descent through the mother's side

• patrilineal
• matrilineal
• bilateral
• unilineal

reliable and abundant food source a community can depend on

• surplus

• mining

• staple

• fishing

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The process of extracting metal from ores and using it to create tools and objects is known as...

• Astrology
• Metallurgy
• Agriculture
• Architecture

extra of something and would trade; when a community produces more food than it needs for survival

• scarcity
• deficit
• shortage
• surplus

ancient societies often organized themselves into a type of group to maintain unity and support within their community

• tribe
• solo
• kinship

• clan

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