Vocab lesson 1-5
It is the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and physical evidence.
What is archeology?
What has happened leading up to the event.
What is time/sequence of events?
A culture in which large numbers of people share a number of common elements such as social structure, religion, and art.
What is a civilization?
This is personal and sometimes unreasonable judgement about people and events.
What is bias?
What is significant about the area a source comes from.
What is location?
Word that means “the land between the rivers” and is one of the first civilizations.
What is mesopotamia?
It is ideas, behaviors, and cultural traits spreading from one group to another, either within the same culture or across different cultures.
What is cultural diffusion?
The perspective someone has on an event or perspective as a source.
What is point of view?
A state with political and economic power over the surrounding countryside. Usually includes one large city, multiple smaller villages and towns, and vast farmland.
What is a city-state?
The practice of farming and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
What is agriculture?
Written documents or media about event.
What is a secondary source?
Someone that has a skilled trade especially one where they use their hands.
What are artisans?
First hand pieces of evidence like records.