test 1
whats one vocab word from test 1
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whats an artifact
an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.
whats irrigation
the supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.
whos hatsheput
Hatshepsut was the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Thutmose II and the sixth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, ruling first as regent, then as queen
whats a reigon
an area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.
what a physical map?
a map with physical features.
whats an archaeologist
a person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of
whats siege warfare
Siege warfare is a form of constant, low-intensity conflict characterized by one party holding a strong, static
whats a heart scarab
Heart scarabs were placed inside the mummy close to the heart
whats the zhou dynasty.
The Zhou dynasty was a royal dynasty of China that existed for 789 years from c. 1046 BC until 256 BC, the longest span of any dynasty in Chinese history.
whats a scale.
the relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground.
whats a hominin
a primate of a taxonomic tribe ( Hominini ), which comprises those species regarded as human, directly ancestral to humans, or very closely related to humans.
whats tribute
an act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration.
whats polytheistic
relating to or characterized by belief in or worship of more than one god.
whats confucinism
Confucianism is an ancient Chinese belief system, which focuses on the importance of personal ethics and morality.
whats the lines of longitude
imaginary lines that divide the Earth. They run north to south from pole to pole, but they measure the distance east or west.
whats a geographer.
A geographer is a physical scientist, social scientist or humanist whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society.
whats cuneiform
denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets.
whats hieroglyphics
sacred carving
whats feudalism
the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service,
whats a thematic map
A thematic map is a type of map that portrays the geographic pattern of a particular subject matter (theme) in a geographic area.
whats an historian
Historians collect and evaluate information from many primary sources to answer questions about historical events, a process known as the historical method.
whats a social structure.
Social structure, in sociology, the distinctive, stable arrangement of institutions whereby human beings in a society interact and live together.
whats topography
the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area.
the idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time, and that this ruler had the blessing of the gods.