Soc. Studies Terms/Methodology
Early Man/Early Riv Civ
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The travel diary of Ibn Batutta is an example of this type of source...
Primary Source
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Someone who migrates from place to place in search of food is known as a...
Nomad
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This civilization is credited with establishing governments that had democratic elements...
Ancient Greece/Ancient Athenians
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This Middle Ages social and political system was characterized by an emphasis on social order.
Feudalism
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One similarity between Japanese Shintoism and African animism is the belief that...
Everything in nature has a spirit and should be respected
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Which person is most likely to study the remains of an ancient civilization?
Archaeologist
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The establishment of villages and the rise of governments was a result of the...
Neolithic Revolution
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A period of disorder and weak central government was an immediate result of the fall of this great empire that once stretched over three continents.
Ancient Rome
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The emergence of new Christian denominations was a major result of the...
Reformation
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The Magna Carta was important to the development of democracy because it...
Limited the power of the monarch
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Which type of social scientist would research the effects of wind patterns on regional trade?
A geographer.
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This Babylonian (Mesopotamian) law code recorded existing laws for all to see...
Hammurabi's Code
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Which civilization first developed a civil service system, invented gun powder, and manufactured porcelain?
Ancient China
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The most powerful institution during the Middle Ages was...
The Church
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A common goal to Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism is to...
Establish peace and harmony
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Which social scientist studies how people change resources into goods and services?
Economist
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Cities, complex governments, job specializations, and writing systems are all characteristics of...
Civilizations
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Which civilization is associated with the Twelve Tables, an extensive road system, and the poets Horace and Virgil?
Ancient Rome
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Because of these ongoing conflicts between Muslims and Christians during the Middle Ages, trade between Europe and the Middle East was expanded. What were those conflicts called?
The Crusades
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An influence that spread from the Byzantine Empire to early Russia was the...
Orthodox Christian religion
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The total learned heritage of a people is also known as their...
Culture
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Another name for the Fertile Crescent area is...
Mesopotamia
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Which civilization overcame the limitations of their environment in part through terrace farming and an extensive road system connecting the empire?
The Incas (of the Andes Mountains of South America).
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Renaissance humanists emphasized the importance of the...
Individual
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Mansa Musa's journey to Mecca in the 1300s is evidence that...
Islam had a major influence on the Mali Empire.