7264270024 | Overfarming | To farm so much that land looses its fertility | 0 | |
7264270025 | Overgrazing | The continual eating of grasses or their roots, without allowing them to regrow | 1 | |
7264270026 | Artifacts | objects made and used by early humans, usually dug up by archaeologists | 2 | |
7264270027 | Paleolithic Period | The Early Years of human history, ended around 8000 B.C.E., also call the "Stone Age" | 3 | |
7264270028 | Neolithic Revolution | A set of dramatic changes in how people lived based on the development of agriculture | 4 | |
7264270029 | Monotheism | The religious practice of worshiping only one deity | 5 | |
7264270030 | Bronze Age | The era (around 3300-2300 B.C.E.) in which the practice of metallurgy arose | 6 | |
7264270031 | Civilization | A large society with cities and powerful states | 7 | |
7264270032 | Core and Foundational Civilizations | Civilizations that developed ways of life, such as language, religious beliefs, and economic practices, that would heavily influence successor civilizations in their regions | 8 | |
7264270033 | Jericho | One of humankind's first cities | 9 | |
7264270034 | Catal Huyuk | An ancient city in present-day Turkey that was founded in 7500 B.C.E. | 10 | |
7264270035 | Textiles | Items made of cloth | 11 | |
7264270036 | Specialization of Labor | The process of allowing people to focus on limited tasks | 12 | |
7264270037 | Copper | The first metal used in replacement of stone | 13 | |
7264270038 | Bronze | A combination of tin and copper that was found to be stronger than either of the two metals by themselves | 14 | |
7264270039 | Hunter-foragers | People who hunt and forage for their food | 15 | |
7264270040 | Agriculture | The practice of raising crops or livestock on a continual and controlled basis | 16 | |
7264270041 | Surplus | More than needed | 17 | |
7264270042 | Domestication | The process of taming wild animals so that they can be brought up to live with humans | 18 | |
7264270043 | Nomadic Pastoralism | People moving herds of animals from pasture to pasture | 19 | |
7264270044 | Kinship Groups | Related families that moved together in search of food (20-40 people) | 20 | |
7264270045 | Clan | Kinship Groups were sometimes a part of a larger group of relatives called a: | 21 | |
7264270046 | Tribe | A group of clans | 22 | |
7264270047 | Patriarchy | A society dominated by men | 23 | |
7264270048 | Artisans | People who made objects or tools that people needed | 24 | |
7264270049 | Merchants | People who buy and sell goods for a living | 25 | |
7264270050 | Social Stratification | Society's categorization of people into groups based on wealth, posessions, etc. | 26 | |
7264270051 | Priests | people who performed religious ceremonies | 27 | |
7264270053 | Animism | The belief that animals, rivers, and other elements of nature embody spirits | 28 | |
7264273530 | Home sapiens sapiens | humans that appeared in east Africa 20000 to 100000 year ago. they ate seeds nuts fruits and roots. also called hunter-gatherers | 29 |
AMSCO AP World History Chapter 1 Flashcards
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