1. Unit I Vocabulary
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2. Paleolithic Era: Also know as the OLD STONE AGE
People were known as NOMADS {moved from place to place hunting/gathering}
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3. 2. Neolithic Era:
Transition from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture and settlement
Two Major Changes:
1. FARM – learned to grow food
2. DOMESTICATE ANIMALS
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4. 3. Epic:
Long narrative poem celebrating deeds of heroes

5. 4. Code of Hammurabi:
First recorded system of laws by Hammurabi, a Babylonian ruler

6. 5. Culture:
Way of life (Ex. Language, religion, customs, food, clothing, etc.)

7. 6. Monotheism:
Belief in ONE god

8. 7. Polytheism:
Belief in MANY gods

9. 8. Cultural Diffusion:
Exchange of IDEAS, CUSTOMS, and GOODS among various cultures
3 ways cultural diffusion occurs:
1. MIGRATION
2. TRADE
3. WAR

10. 9. Ethnocentrism:
Judging other’s cultures by the standards of one’s own culture

11. 10. Nomad:
Someone who travels in search of food
No permanent homeland

12. 11. Civilization:
Permanent settlements with advanced organization (Ex. Government, record keeping, etc.)

13. 12. Terracing:
A method of farming where you cut steps into a mountain to increase farming space

14. 13. Theocracy:
a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god

15. 14. Mandate of Heaven:
Belief that the right to rule came from the gods

16. 15. Dynasty:
sequence of rulers considered as members of the same family