Answer:
1. Monotheistic --- A belief in one god controlling the universe
2. Pictographs --- A kind of writing that used pictures of objects
3. Pastoral --- A life of tending livestock in open pasture land
4. Polytheistic --- A belief that many gods control the universe
5. Sedentary --- The act of staying in one place for a long time (e.g., farming)
6. Civilization --- A society that has a high level of culture and social organization
7. Migration --- Moving from one place to another for any number of reasons
8. Cuneiform --- Ancient writing system using wedge-shaped impressions made in clay
9. Nomadic --- A lifestyle of wandering from place to place in search of pasture or water
Explanation:
1- Monotheism is the belief in the existence of one god, in contrast to polytheism where people believe in the existence of more than one god.
2- Pictographic writing or simply pictography is a form of written communication dating back to the Neolithic, where man used pictographs to represent objects through drawings on a sheet of stone.
3- Pastoralism is a livelihood practiced by more than 200 million people worldwide. It is based on the free grazing of animals, and is practiced in almost half of the earth's surface, pasture lands, arid areas, mountains and other marginal areas.
4- Polytheism is a religious or philosophical conception based on the existence of various divine beings or gods.
5- Sedentary lifestyle is a way in which people stays in one place and they take it as their home. It is the antithesis of nomadism.
6- Civilization is a complex society, and therefore its defining features are its form of organization, its institutions and its social structure, as well as its available technology and the form of exploitation of available resources.
7- Migration is called the population movement that consists in leaving the place of residence to settle in another country or region, usually for economic or social reasons.
8- Cuneiform writing is commonly accepted as one of the oldest forms of written expression, according to the registry of archaeological remains.
9- Nomadism is the characteristic way of life of some peoples, especially primitive peoples, which consists in going from one place to another without establishing themselves in a permanent place.
