World History Unit 1

The skills and tools people use to meet their basic needs.

One of the first hominid skeletons, found in East Africa

Anthropologist that found evidence of early human life in East Africa

Object made by human beings

A nomad who gets their food from wild plants and animals.

A political unit that included a city and its surrounding lands and villages

The exchange of goods or services

What Ancient Civilization was located at the basin of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?

The earliest form of writing, invented by the Sumerians.

Taming of animals people once hunted

Which Civilization did Nebuchadnezzar revive and rule over?

A pyramid-temple that soared toward the heavens.

Skilled Craftworkers

Farming method in which forest and brush are cut down and burned to create planting fields

Complex, highly organized social order

This king developed a set of laws.  It set in writing all the laws that would govern the state.

A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler

The act of worshipping one God.

The Fertile Crescent is also known as what?

Babylon is located in which region?

The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another.

Person who moves from place to place in search of food

The modern species of humans

What is the highlighted area on the map known as?

any established law, custom, etc.

Hammurabi was king of which civilization?

A period in history of humankind, following the Stone Age and Before the Iron Age

The belief and worship of many gods

A specially trained person who knew how to read, write, and keep records.

Ruling family

Focusing on a narrow area of knowledge, skill or activity.