Unit 1 Exam 9/4/15

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The “land between the rivers” of the Tigris and Euphrates, in what is now Iraq.
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An early civilization that developed along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico around 1200 b.c.e.
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An important agricultural chiefdom of North America that flourished around 1100 C.E.
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Home of a major civilization that emerged in what is now Pakistan during the third millennium b.c.e.
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Literally “rule of the father”; a social system of male dominance.
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Village-based agricultural societies, usually organized by kinship groups, that functioned without a formal government apparatus.
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In what ways did a gathering and hunting economy shape other aspects of Paleolithic societies?
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The ideological underpinning of Chinese emperors, this was the belief that a ruler held authority by command of divine force as long as he ruled morally and benevolently.
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Commonly used term for southern Mesopotamia
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Paleolithic culture of southern California that survived until the modern era.
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A civilization in the area of present-day Lebanon, creators of the first alphabetic writing system
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An important Neolithic site in what is now Turkey.
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The largest city of ancient Mesopotamia.
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Also known as the Neolithic Revolution, this is the transformation of human (and world) existence caused by the deliberate cultivation of particular plants and the deliberate taming and breeding of particular animals.
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A societal grouping governed by a leader who typically relies on generosity, ritual status, or charisma rather than force to win obedience from the people.
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The largest city of ancient Mesoamerica; flourished around 500 c.e.
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The earliest widespread and distinctive culture of North America
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Literally “old stone age”; the term used to describe early Homo sapiens societies in the period before the development of agriculture.
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Region sometimes known as Southwest Asia that includes the modern states of Iraq, Syria, Israel/Palestine, and southern Turkey; the earliest home of agriculture.
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A human society that relies on domesticated animals rather than plants as the main source of food; pastoral nomads lead their animals to seasonal grazing grounds rather than settling permanently in a single location
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A major city of the Indus Valley civilization; flourished around 2000 b.c.e
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What is the significance of the Paleolithic era in world history?
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What different kinds of societies emerged out of the Agricultural Revolution?