vocabulary terms for AP World History Chapter One
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| 484718048 | Hunting & Gathering | means of obtaining food by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture | 0 | |
| 484718049 | Civilization | societies that rely on sedentary agriculture, have the ability to produce a food surplus, have cities and job specialization. | 1 | |
| 484718050 | Paleolithic | The Old Stone Age. Use of stone tools and hunter gatherer societies. | 2 | |
| 484718051 | Neolithic | New Stone Age. adaptation of sedentary agriculture and domestication of plants and animals | 3 | |
| 484718052 | Nomads | cattle and sheep herding societies dwelling at the "fringes" of civilized societies. sometimes called "barbarians" by the civilized societies | 4 | |
| 484718053 | Culture | combination if ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction | 5 | |
| 484718054 | Homo Sapiens | human species that emerges at the end of the paleolithic era. our closest relatives. | 6 | |
| 484718055 | Agrarian Revolution | transition from hunter gatherer to sedentary agriculture | 7 | |
| 484718056 | Pastoralism | nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals. no sedentary agriculture | 8 | |
| 484718057 | Catal Huyuk | early urban culture based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification. | 9 | |
| 484718058 | Bronze Age | from 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing. | 10 | |
| 484718059 | Mesopotamia | first civilization located between the Tigris & Eurphrates Rivers in present day Iraq; term means "land between the rivers" | 11 | |
| 484718060 | Potter's Wheel | a technological advance in pottery making; invented circa 6000 B.C.E.; encouraged faster and higher quality ceramic pottery products. | 12 | |
| 484718061 | Sumerians | people who migrated into Mesopotamia ca. 4000 B.C.E.; created the first civilization within region; organized area into city-states. | 13 | |
| 484718062 | Cuneiform | a form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets | 14 | |
| 484718063 | City-state | a form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilizations. consisted of agricultural areas ruled by an urban-based king | 15 | |
| 484718064 | Ziggurats | Massive towers usually associated with Mesopotamian temple complexes. | 16 | |
| 484718065 | Babylonian Empire | unified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E. | 17 | |
| 484718066 | Hammurabi | the most important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law. | 18 | |
| 484718067 | Pharaoh | term used to denote a King of Ancient Egypt. | 19 | |
| 484718068 | Pyramids | monumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs. | 20 | |
| 484718069 | Hieroglyphs | form of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuneiform. | 21 | |
| 484718070 | Kush | An African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile c. 100 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries. | 22 | |
| 484718071 | Monotheism | exclusive worship of one God; introduced by the Hebrews in Middle Eastern civilization | 23 | |
| 484718072 | Phoenicians | seafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean. Cross-Cultural Exchanges | 24 | |
| 484718073 | Harappa and Mohenjo Daro | major urban complexes of Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern. | 25 | |
| 484718074 | Aryans | Indo-European nomadic, warlike, pastoralists who replaced Harappan civilization. | 26 | |
| 484718075 | Huanghe (Yellow) River Basin | site of the development of sedentary agriculture in China. | 27 | |
| 484718076 | Shang | 1st known dynasty in China, produced 1st Chinese writing | 28 | |
| 484718077 | Oracles | shamans or priests in Chinese society who foretold the future through interpreting animal bones cracked by heat; inscriptions on bones led to Chinese writing. | 29 | |
| 484718078 | Ideographic Writing | pictograph characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing. | 30 | |
| 490814730 | What are the basic characteristics of a civilization? | cities, government, religion, job specialization, social classes, art, architecture, public works, writing. | 31 | |
| 490814731 | What are the 4 river valley civilizations and their rivers? | Mesopotamia ( tigris & euphrates), Egypt (nile), India (indus), China (yellow) | 32 | |
| 490814732 | What major transition allows civilizations to occur? | sedentary agriculture | 33 |
