World Civ Midterm - Vocab

Conquistador

a Spanish conquer

Bureaucracy

the structure of government

Francisco Pizarro

Spanish conquistador who defeated the Inca

Inti

sun god

Daoism

emphasizes aligning oneself with the way of nature

Patriarchal

everything is related to the father in charge: everything comes from the father

Stele

rock pillar that Hammurabi would write all of his codes on

Feudalism

an economic and political system based on the exchange of land for loyal and protection

Dynastic monarchy

family of rulers

Filial Piety

the virtue of exhibiting the proper love and respect for our parents, elders, and ancestors

Legalism

emphasizes the importance of power and the untrustworthiness of people

Empire

regions and people brought under a single authority, often by force

Yin Yang

illustrates the idea of Daoism by showing opposite things in one picture/symbol

Mita

labor tax for construction, created food surpluses

Quechua

education for teaching the Inca ways to the elites

Theocracy

a form of government that gets its power from religion

Monotheistic Religion

a religion with one god

Polytheistic Religion

a religion with many gods

Narmer

1st pharaoh, united Upper and Lower Egypt, established central government

Pharaoh

king, god on earth for a period of time

Homage

to respect or to honor

Fertile

able to support life and reproduce

Indigenous

the original people who inhabited the land before the Europeans

Apex

the highest point or top of something

Glyphs

800 hyroglifics; a symbolic figure or a character in Mayan writing is usually incised or carved in relief

Animism

the belief that objects in nature have spirits

City-States

a city and its surrounding region controlled by a central government (by the government in the city)

Poc a Toc

a popular game ritual ball game of the Mayans

Re, Osiris, Isis

Re - god of the sun. Osiris- son of Re and god of death. Isis- mother goddess daughter of Re and goddess of family ex. Mother and wife.

Mummification

the method of embalming, or treating the dead body

Artifact

any old thing that has meaning to you

Culture

all the things that make a group of people that group of people

Homo-Sapiens

wise human

Paleolithic Age

"Old Stone Age". Prehistory to 11,000 BCE

Neolithic Age

"New Stone Age". 11,000 BCE to 3,000 BCE

Neolithic Revolution

Humans switched from the nomadic life of hunter-gatherers to a sedentary life because of the domestication of animals and their food, which happened around 11,000 BCE

Nomad

to wander around and live in many places. Usually in search of food

Hunter-Gatherer

where one roams around to find food and to hunt animals

Domestication of Animals

tain animals so that we can raise them (first was the dog)

Agriculture

farming

Artisans

a worker who practices a trade or handicraft

Bartering

To trade or exchange goods and services, rather than using money to buy what is needed

Cuneiform

ancient Mesopotamian written language of wedge-shaped symbols

Hieroglyphics

ancient Egyptian picture writing