7097668149 | Paleolithic Period | Began 2.5 million years ago and ended about 10,000 years ago in 8000 B.C.E. Often called the stone age, because humans used stone tools and weapons. | ![]() | 0 |
7097668150 | Neolithic Revolution | A set of dramatic changes in how people lived based on the development of agriculture | ![]() | 1 |
7097668519 | monotheism | To worship one god | ![]() | 2 |
7097668520 | Bronze Age | A time period between 3300 and 2300 B.C.E. in which bronze became the primary metal used. | ![]() | 3 |
7097668835 | Specialization of labor | Allowing people to focus on limited tasks | ![]() | 4 |
7097668836 | hunter-forager | People who survived by hunting animals and foraging for seeds, nuts, fruits, and edible roots | ![]() | 5 |
7097669234 | Nomadic pastoralism | Moving animals from one grazing land to another. | ![]() | 6 |
7097669235 | patriarchal | A society dominated by men. | ![]() | 7 |
7097669508 | artisans | People who made objects that were needed by others. | ![]() | 8 |
7097669509 | merchants | People who buy and sell goods for a living | ![]() | 9 |
7097669510 | Social stratification | Categorizing people by their wealth and belongings. | ![]() | 10 |
7097670336 | Kinship group | Several related families that moved together in search of food | ![]() | 11 |
7097670337 | clan | A larger group of relatives | ![]() | 12 |
7097670516 | tribe | Combination of multiple clans | ![]() | 13 |
7097670517 | artifacts | Objects made by people in the past. | ![]() | 14 |
7097671506 | Homo sapiens sapiens | Modern Humans | ![]() | 15 |
7097671639 | textiles | Items made of cloth | ![]() | 16 |
7097671640 | Jericho | One of the first cities which was built on the west bank of the Jordan River. | ![]() | 17 |
7097672303 | Catal Huyuk | An ancient city in present day Turkey, on a river that has dried up. | ![]() | 18 |
7097672304 | Overfarming | The loss of soil fertility because the farm land has been used to much | ![]() | 19 |
7097672305 | Overgrazing | The continual eating of grasses or their roots, without allowing the grass to regrow. | ![]() | 20 |
AP World History Chapter 1 Flashcards
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