Vocabulary Terms
Culture
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100
This is the term for the time before recorded history.
What is Pre-history
100
Political, economic, social, and religious traits are all part of this.
What is culture
100
This is the term for early humans who constantly moved from place to place in search of a food source.
What is a nomad
100
This is the term for a more complex way of life.
What is civilization
100
This was the tool used by a scribe in Sumeria
What is a stylus
200
This is the term for the taming of wild animals
What is domestication
200
This is when one culture blends into another culture.
What is assimilation
200
This was the human group that came after Neanderthal man.
what is Cro-magnon man
200
The need to keep records resulted in the development of this.
What is a system of writing
200
This was the early form of writing used in Sumeria.
What is Cuneiform
300
This is the name of the type of temple found in Ur.
what is a ziggurat
300
This is the belief that one's culture is superior to all others.
What is ethnocentrism
300
This is another term for "New Stone Age"
What is Neolithic Age
300
This was the hub of both government and religious affairs in early civilizations.
What is the temple
300
This is the term for trading with items instead of using currency.
What is barter
400
This scientist is interested in looking at fossils.
What is a Paleontologist
400
This is the term for the spreading of a cultural trait to another society.
What is cultural diffusion
400
This is the term for when early man switched from food gathering to food producing.
What is the Neolithic Revolution
400
This is the term for a long lasting pattern of organization in a community
What is an institution.
400
This is the term for the method of farming used by early Neolithic man.
What is slash and burn farming
500
This new age began in Sumer around 3000 B.C.
What is the bronze age
500
This is the term for when 2 cultures occupy the same region but assimilation does not occur.
What is acculturation
500
This is how old "lucy" was.
What is 3.5 million years old.
500
These were the birthplace of the first civilizations.
What are cities
500
These are the five characteristics of a civilization.
What are advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and advanced technology
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