Quiz 6
Ancient Egypt
Ancient civilization located primarily along the Nile River.
Power
to gain or maintain control
settlement
A permanent collection of buildings and inhabitants.
characteristic
qualities
Babylonian Social Classes
Free-Born Men, Free-Born Women, Slaves
civilization
A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes
Scarcity
Limited resources
Revolution
a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system
Mesopotamia
"land between the rivers"
Women in Babylon
1. More rights than most in ancient societies
2. could own property
3. keep their own money
4. Could NOT choose their own husbands
Terrace Farming
a farming system that is in the form of steps going up a mountain
environmental impact
adapting your environment
Social classes
a ranking of people into higher or lower positions of respect
cultural diffusion
The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another
Monotheism
Belief in one God
Job Specialization
The process by which a division of labor occurs as different workers specialize in different tasks over time
inequality
being unequal
River Valley
a type of civilization that developed near or around a major river and considered the earliest known large human civilizations
Fertile Crescent
A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to
Jewish Diaspora
the scattering of the Jewish people outside their homeland beginning about 586 BCE
Shang China
Earliest known Chinese civilization. Rose in the Yellow River Valley, lasted from 1600 - 1100 BCE. Devised a decimal system, highly accurate calendar, and was powerful, yet isolated, believing themselves to be the center of the world.
Interconnectedness
being connected with each other through communication, technology, trade
agriculture
The deliberate effort to modify a portion of Earth's surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance or economic gain
Catal Huyuk
One of first true cities in history, created in the Neolithic Era in 6500 to 5500 BC, from which were created agriculture, trading, temples, housing, and religions
Judaism
A religion with a belief in one god. It originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people. Yahweh was responsible for the world and everything within it. They preserved their early history in the Old Testament.