Across
- 4. a big advanced society with food surplus, specialization, cities, government, bureaucracy, army, organized religion, social hierarchy, long-distance trading relationships. Also a judgy term that tends to mean whatever a given society thinks makes it special and advanced. This can include arts and culture, a sense of law and order, etc.
- 9. when people figured out how to farm their food instead of chasing after it and could settle in one place; Effects: more food, specialization, more people, more disease, more complex societies with governments, religions, trade systems, warfare, less equality, social hierarchy, more patriarchy, civilization
- 14. a term used by civilizations to describe people who don’t fit in – this can mean nomadic hunter-gatherers at the border, or it can mean anyone who is perceived to be uncivilized because they don’t follow the laws or value systems of a given civilization. A biased term
- 15. prejudice in favor or against a person, group, or point of view (either intentional or subconscious)
- 16. people who moved from place to place (nomadic) to find food (hunting and gathering); all humans lived this way before the Neolithic Revolution; some to live this way even today
- 17. 's Code - one of the first legal codes (set of laws) created in a Mesopotamian civilization - supported power structure by having different punishments for different classes
- 18. surplus more food than you need for just yourself for the short-term survival; allows societies to become more complex and do long-term things like build big buildings
- 19. farming
Down
- 1. an early river valley civilization found in the Middle East – one of the first civilizations, invented writing & had the Code of Hammurabi
- 2. a social system in which men have power and influence over women
- 3. society divided into different classes based on how much power each class has
- 5. time period before writing existed
- 6. People beginning to have skilled, specific jobs (warrior, potter, weaver, priest, etc.)
- 7. sources of information written during the time period a historian is studying (ex: a historian studying Ancient Rome could use Julius Caesar’s diary)
- 8. Sources of information written after and about the time period a historian is studying (ex: textbook)
- 10. a society based on equality between members of the community
- 11. the story about the past historians tell based on primary and secondary sources
- 12. any institution or system in society that keeps the social hierarchy the way it is (laws, etc).
- 13. a political territory organized under one government (similar to how we usually use the word "country")
- 16. the study of how historical narratives are written, the differences between them, and how they change over time
