People/Title
People who move from place to place instead of settling.
Nomads
The value of the next best choice you give up.
Opportunity Cost
An object made by people in the past.
Artifact
A map that shows land features like mountains and rivers.
Physical Map
To copy someone else's work and pretend it is your own.
Plagiarize
A person who writes or copies documents.
A government ruled by a king or queen.
Monarchy
An early type of paper used in ancient Egypt.
Papyrus
The main directions: north, south, east, and west.
Cardinal Directions
A promise doctors make to do no harm.
Hippocratic Oath
A person who studies ideas about life and knowledge.
Philosopher
A city that acts as its own independent country.
City-State
A system of picture writing used in ancient Egypt.
Hieroglyphics
Land surrounded by water on three sides.
Peninsula
Theology
A farmer who rents land to grow crops.
Tenant Farmer
A system where people vote directly on laws.
Direct Democracy
A person you are related to from the past.
Ancestor
A large landmass smaller than a continent.
Subcontinent
A deadly disease that spreads quickly.
Plague
A ruler with total power
Dictator
Government jobs earned based on skill and ability.
Civil Service
A time of renewed interest in art and learning.
Renaissance
A long, narrow inlet of water with steep sides.
Fjord
A deadly disease that killed many people in history.
Smallpox