Unit 1 & 2 Vocab Test

What is the term for dividing time into historical eras for purposes of analysis?

• Neolithic Revolution

• Periodization

• Civilization

• Dynasty

Which term describes the prehistoric shift in human activity from hunting and gathering to agriculture?

• Civilization

• Polytheism

• Neolithic Revolution

• Empire

What is a society characterized by established cities, specialized labor, complex institutions, written records, and advanced technology called?

• City-state

• Civilization

• Dynasty

• Institution

What is a long-standing custom, practice, or tradition adopted by a group of people known as?

• Empire

• Institution

• City-state

• Dynasty

What term describes an independent political unit made up of a city and surrounding land?

• City-state

• Empire

• Dynasty

• Institution

What is a series of rulers from a single family called?

• Empire

• Dynasty

• City-state

• Institution

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

• City-state

• Dynasty

• Empire

• Institution

What is the form of writing based on the use of symbols, including cuneiform and hieroglyphics, called?

• Polytheism

• Pictographic script

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

What term describes the belief in multiple gods?

• Polytheism

• Pictographic script

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

What are first-hand accounts of an event created by eyewitnesses or first recorders at the time of the event called?

• Secondary Source

• Sourcing

• Primary Source

• Contextualizing