Kleine- World History Semester 1 Vocabulary

Studying these vocabulary words will be helpful! They make up half of the semester exam!

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Cards In This Set

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Mary and Louis Leakey
Discovered evidence in Olduvai Gorge that early hominids could use tools
Donald Johanson
Discovered enough of a skeleton to get a good look at an early hominid
Animism
Belief that spirits and forces reside in dreams, animals, and objects
Polytheistic
Believing in more than one god
Anthropology
Study of the origins of humans and human society
Technology
The skills and tools that people use to meet their basic needs
Paleolithic period
The time period that some scholars claim lasted from 2 million BC to 10,000 BC
Neolithic period
The time period that some scholars claim lasted from10,000 BC to the invention of writing
Jericho
An early Neolithic village
Pictographs
An early step in the development of writing
Delta
Marshy area formed by silt at the mouth of some rivers
Zoroaster
Religious figure who introduced the idea of a single wise god to the Persian empire
Rosetta Stone
The key to unlocking the meaning of Egyptian writing and language
Nebuchadnezzar
Ruler who is thought to have built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Sabbath
The Jewish holy day of rest and worship