Toward Civilization
PattenChapter #1
Global History & Geography
Vocabulary
• Geography• Latitude• Longitude• Anthropology• Culture• Archaeology• Historians• Nomads
• Animism• Domesticate• Civilization• Polytheistic• Artisans• Empires• Cultural Diffusion
Geography
• Geography is the study of people, their environment, and the resources available to them.
Latitude
• Latitude measures distance north or south of the Equator.
Longitude
• Longitude measures distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, an imaginary line that runs north to south through Greenwich, England.
Anthropology
• Anthropology is the study of the origins and development of people and their societies.
Culture
• Culture refers to the way of life of a society that is handed down from one generation to the next by learning and experience.
Archaeology
• Archaeology is a branch of anthropology that studies past people and cultures.
Historians
• Historians study how people lived in the past.
Nomads
• Nomads are people moving place to place as they followed game animals and ripening fruit.
Animism
• Animism is the belief in a spiritual world were the world was full of spirits and forces that might reside in animals, objects, or dreams.
Domesticate
• Domesticate, or tame, animals that were once hunted. Now hunters rounded them up into enclosures and provided people with a source of protein
Civilization
• Civilization is a complex, highly organized social order.
Polytheistic
• Polytheistic is the belief in many gods
Artisans
• Artisans are skilled craft workers, who made pottery or finely carved or woven goods
Empires
• Empires are a group of stats of territories controlled by one ruler
Cultural Diffusion
• Cultural Diffusion is the spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another. It can occurred through migration, trade and warfare.