Neolithic Era
This political entity exists when a single settlement is also an entire self-governing country.
What is a city-state?
Although this early set of laws applied to all citizens, regardless of status, its punishments varied based on the social class of both the criminal and the victim.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
This gift was often given to the emperor by weaker neighbors in an attempt to win favor, access to markets for trade, and to avoid conflict.
What is tribute?
The Mexica god of rain demanded this particular sacrifice or there would be no rainfall for crops.
Who are children?
This part of a claim acknowledges a weakness in one's argument or a strength in their opponent's argument.
What is a counterclaim?
This lifestyle describes communities who wandered from place to place without a permanent home.
What is nomadic?
This structure sat at the heart of the Mohenjo-Daro citadel, instead of a typical palace or temple.
What is the Great Bath?
This is a period of history during which the government is controlled by a single family.
What is a dynasty?
These invaders conquered the Aztec Triple Alliance in 1521 in search of god, glory, and gold.
Who are the conquistadors?
What is an APA citation?
This region of the world saw the earliest instance of agriculture.
What is Southwest Asia?
This stepped "pyramid" was actually a temple through which ancient Mesopotamians communed with their gods.
What is a ziggurat?
This is the belief that the emperor had a divine right to rule from the gods themselves.
What is a Mandate from Heaven?
This reed bed of floating farms allowed Mexica farmers to harvest crops directly on the surface of the lake.
What are chinampas?
All evidence should feature this phrase, which helps the essay flow smoothly from a claim to the evidence.
What is transition language?
This term refers to social stratification that occurred after the Agricultural Revolution of the Neolithic Era.
What is hierarchy?
Egyptian farmers owed Pharaoh this service during the river valley's dry season (when they could not farm).
What is a public labor tax?
This belief system emphasizes hierarchy and is built on the idea that following one’s specific role in the community will create order in a society.
What is Confucianism?
This Aztec capital, built on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco, was the most powerful of the Mexica city-states.
What is Tenochtitlan?
Written just before a quote, this language provides necessary context about a source and its author.
What is a lead-in?
Historians use this word to describe a farming-based society.
What is agrarian?
This series of waterfalls made the Nile River difficult to navigate between the kingdoms of Egypt and Kush.
What is a cataract?
This is the idea that family is the central unit of society, and that you should obey your parents (specifically your father).
What is filial piety?
This indigenous language of southern Mexico was portrayed in manuscripts--called codex--using pictographs.
What is Nahuatl?
This acronym lists different aspects of an author that can be analyzed to provide context for a quote.
What is C.O.R.N.P.E.G.?