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| lines that measure how far something is north or south of the Equator |
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| lines that measure how far something is east or west of the Prime Meridian |
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| 0 degrees latitude, divides the Earth between North and South |
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| 0 degrees longitude, divdes the Earth between East and West |
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| 180 degrees Longitude, divides one day from another |
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| the type of people in a culture |
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| the expression of a culture's ideas |
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| the land, location, and resources of a culture |
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| the communication system of a culture |
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| the organized beliefs and rituals of a culture |
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| the way a culture gets the things it needs |
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| the government and laws of a culture |
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| the traditions of a culture |
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| the mixing of two or more cultures together - sometimes forming a new culture |
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| the coexistence of elements of a variety of cultures within a single culture |
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| the time Before Christ on a timeline |
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| Anos Domini "In the Year of Our Lord" |
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| Common Era - term now used to replace A.D. |
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| Before Common Era (replaces B.C. on a timeline) |
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| land surrounded on all sides by water |
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| these are often a barrier to travel, and can separate cultures while also keeping out invaders, an example is the Himalayas |
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| these are also considered barriers to travel, and can separate cultures, an examples is the Sahara |
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| another barrier to travel, separates cultures, but can be a source of great natural resources, an examples is the Amazon Rainforest |
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| can be used as transportation routes as well as for irrigation purposes, an example is the Nile in Egypt |
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| where most early civilizations began, have fertile soil, an examples is the Tigris Euphrates valley in present day Iraq |
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| flat fertile lands which are good for farming, but often attract invaders |
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| people who wander in search of food, lived during the Paleolithic Era |
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| the movement of people from place to place |
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| the change from hunting and gathering to herding and plantin |
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| a society with cities, a central government run by official leaders, and workers who specialize in certain jobs, leading to the development of social classes |
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| a kinds of picture writing used by the ancient Egyptians for formal documents |
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| an early form of paper made from a reedlike plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile river |
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| the study of the moon, planets and stars |
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| belief in more than one god |
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| wedge shaped writing pressed into clay tablets by the Sumerian people |
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| in ancient Sumeria, the site of the temple to the main god or goddess of a city |
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| one of the oldest known codes of law, "eye for an eye" type of justice |
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| belief that your race or civilization is the best in the world |
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| a strong, seasonal wind that blows across East Asia |
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| a Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of life |
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| area of fertile soil in the Middle East, between the Tigris and Euphrates River Valleys |
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| what the Chinese called their land (they thought that it was the center of the world) |
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| a line of rulers from the same family |
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| belief that the Emperor was given the right to rule from the gods (similar to European Divine Right) |
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| examinations that were given to determine if someone was qualified to get a government job |
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| system used within an organized government (officials, procedures, rules, etc.) |
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| cities, and their surrounding territory, that were run like small, individual nations |
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| a culture that mixed Egyptians, Persian, Indian and Greek cultures together |
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| government controlled by a small group of people |
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| all citizens vote on major issues instead of electing representatives |
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