5714309229 | Australopithecus | -"southern ape" oldest known ancestor of human - it lived from around four million years ago - could wak on hind legs, freeing up hands for use of simple tools | 0 | |
5714309230 | Çatal Hüyük | -(7250 - 6150) Important Neolithic Settlement in Anatolia | 1 | |
5714309231 | Cave paintings | -Art found in southern France/northern Spain from 34,000 - 12,000 years ago depicting animals and people | 2 | |
5714309232 | Complex society | -form of large-scale social organization that emerged in several parts of the ancient world - social formation that is described as a formative or developed state | 3 | |
5714309233 | Domestication | - to convert to domestic use; ESPECIALLY by generations of breeding - to live in close association with humans creating a dependency so that animal loses it ability to live in the wild | 4 | |
5714309234 | Gender | - either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated by social and cultural roles and behavior - A social construct to devide the sexs | 5 | |
5714309235 | Hominidae | - great ages or hominids - taxonomic family of primates that includes seven extant species in four genera: Pongo, Gorilla, Pan, and Homo | 6 | |
5714309236 | Homo erectus | - "Upright-walking human" - existed from two million to 200,000 years ago - used cleavers ad hand axes and learned how to control fire | 7 | |
5714309237 | Homo sapiens | -"Consciously thinking human" -first appeared around 250,000 years ago and used sophisticated tools | 8 | |
5714309238 | Metallurgy | -The branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals and their production and purification | 9 | |
5714309239 | Neandertal | - Early humans who were prevalent during the Paleolithic period - 100,000 - 35,000 years ago | 10 | |
5714309240 | Neolithic | -New Stone age which was marked by the discovery and mastery of agriculture -10,000 - 4000 BCE | 11 | |
5714309241 | Paleolithic | - Old stone age - a long period of human development before the development of agriculture | 12 | |
5714309242 | Patriarchy | - a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line | 13 | |
5714309243 | Specialization of labor | - To train or specialize people in certain areas of works so that people can accomplish tasks quicker | 14 | |
5714309244 | Technology | - The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry | 15 | |
5714309245 | Textile | - a type of cloth or woven fabric | 16 | |
5714309246 | Urbanization | - the social rocess whereby cities grow and societies become urban | 17 | |
5714309247 | Venus figurines | - small paleolithic statues of women with exaggerated sexua feature | 18 |
AP World History Chapter 1 Flashcards
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