Early Humans Vocabulary

Question 0

Patriarchy-

Answer 0

Government where men hold power, and women are greatly ruled out.

Question 1

Logistics-

Answer 1

Organization of producing, housing, and moving troops and equipment.

Question 2

Subsistence-

Answer 2

Grow/produce only what you need

Question 3

Values-

Answer 3

A thing or thought that they believe in and hold close to them or what they think is right.

Question 4

Hunter-gatherer-

Answer 4

People who gathered food and other items, hunters hunted animals

Question 5

Culture-

Answer 5

A way of life; a peoples way of life

Question 6

Ziggurats-

Answer 6

Rectangular, stepped towers, typically topped by a temple.

Question 7

Ethnocentrism-

Answer 7

Judging a culture by your own cultural standards.

Question 8

Horticulture-

Answer 8

Growing food for family/community

Question 9

Nomadic-

Answer 9

Living without rules; living with nature.

Question 10

Cuneiform-

Answer 10

Wedge-shaped writing

Question 11

Levirate marriage-

Answer 11

A widow can marry her dead husband’s brother. They have to marry if it is the law.

Question 12

Agriculture-

Answer 12

The intensive growing of crops, typically for surplus

Question 13

Civilization-

Answer 13

A high level of society, high level of culture. Complex way of life which developed as people formed cities

Question 14

Phalanx-

Answer 14

Group of police officers or troops, moving or standing in close formation

Question 15

Domestication-

Answer 15

The keeping and breeding of animals for use by humans

Question 16

Dowry-

Answer 16

A bride, upon the marriage of her husband, gives or brings property or money to her husband; portion of inheritance from the father.

Question 17

Siege-

Answer 17

Operation of the military, their aim to gain the relinquishment of people inside, by the enemy enclosing a town or building, cutting of crucial supplies.