Chapter 1 Review: Key Terms and People

Be sure that you can identify the term or person and explain its historical significance.

civilization (p. 3)

hierarchy (p. 4)

hunter-gatherers (p. 5)

city-state (p. 8)

patriarchy (p. 10)

redistributive economy (p. 10)

polytheism (p. 10)

cuneiform (p. 11)

empire (p. 12)

Hammurabi (p. 14)

hieroglyphic (p. 19)

Maat (p. 20)

wisdom literature (p. 22)

palace society (p. 29)

Mediterranean polyculture (p. 30)

Linear B (p. 33)

Sea Peoples (p. 34)