7088406887 | artifacts | objects made by people in the past | ![]() | 0 |
7088406888 | Homo sapiens sapiens | modern humans | ![]() | 1 |
7088406889 | hunter-foragers | people who survived by hunting animals and foraging for seeds nuts fruits and edible roots | ![]() | 2 |
7088406890 | Paleolithic Period | early years of human history which began to .5 million years ago and ended about 10,000 years ago | ![]() | 3 |
7088406891 | kinship group | several related families that moved together in search of food | ![]() | 4 |
7088406892 | clan | group of related families | ![]() | 5 |
7088406893 | tribe | multiple clans combined into larger units | ![]() | 6 |
7088406894 | patriarchal | relating to a society in which men hold the greatest legal and moral authority | ![]() | 7 |
7088406897 | Neolithic Period | collection of social and political developments coalesced into a set of dramatic changes in how people can live based on the development of agriculture | ![]() | 8 |
7088406901 | nomadic pastoralism | moving heard from one grazing land to another | ![]() | 9 |
7088406902 | artisans | skilled workers who make goods that people needed by hand | ![]() | 10 |
7088406903 | merchants | people who buy and sell goods for a living | ![]() | 11 |
7088406904 | specialization of labor | process of allowing people to focus on limited tasks | ![]() | 12 |
7088406905 | social stratification | some people accumulated wealth in the form of jewelry and other coveted item is in my building larger and better decorated houses | ![]() | 13 |
7088406906 | Jericho | one of humankind's first cities that was built on the west bank of the Jordan River | ![]() | 14 |
7088406907 | Catal Huyuk | ancient city in present-day Turkey, along a river that has since dried up | ![]() | 15 |
7088406908 | overfarming | harmful agricultural practice resulting in the depletion of soil nutrients | ![]() | 16 |
7088406909 | overgrazing | continue eating of grasses or their roots without allowing them to regrow | ![]() | 17 |
7088406911 | monotheism | practice in which religious groups worship only one deity | ![]() | 18 |
7088406912 | textiles | items made of cloth | ![]() | 19 |
7088406916 | Bronze Age | period in ancient human culture when people began to make and use bronze | ![]() | 20 |
AP World History Chapter 1 Vocabulary Flashcards
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