7935455279 | Piye | Nubian leader who marched north into Egypt and ruled there for a time | 0 | |
7935458011 | Meroe | leading city of Nubian civilization | 1 | |
7935460890 | Coptic Christianity | Christianity that was started by St. Mark that continues to thrive in Northeastern Africa | 2 | |
7935461880 | Apedemek | Nubian lion-headed god of war | 3 | |
7935465023 | Axum | city/empire in Ethiopia that was known for obelisks | 4 | |
7935466145 | Adulis | Axum's port city that was located on the Red Sea | 5 | |
7935468775 | teff | grain crop that was unique to Axum's civilization | 6 | |
7935470426 | obelisk | a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top | 7 | |
7935471955 | King Ezana | Axumite king who adopted Coptic Christianity | 8 | |
7935473327 | Jenne-jenno | largest city/civilization in Niger River Valley that was a collection of small cities around a large town center | 9 | |
7935475230 | griots | storytellers from the Niger River Valley | 10 | |
7935481566 | Olmec Civilization | inspiration for all other Mesoamerican civilizations | 11 | |
7935484089 | Maya | civilization in Mexico and Guatemala that was made up of many warring states | 12 | |
7935485272 | El Mirador | city state known for producing "Great Pyramid" | ![]() | 13 |
7935497536 | Tikal | city-state known for the Pyramid of the Jaguar | ![]() | 14 |
7935499723 | Chichen Itza | city-state that has many recognizable pyramids | 15 | |
7935500881 | Teotihuacan | City of the Gods that is located near Mexico City; planned cities/two pyramids to start and end streets | 16 | |
7935504855 | Julio Tello | Peruvian archaeologist who discovered Chavin | 17 | |
7935505812 | The Old Temple | temple in Chavin that contained an oracle and a circular plaza with relief sculpture | 18 | |
7935507672 | El Lanzon | 14 foot stone that was sunken into the ground that is believed to link Earth with heaven | 19 | |
7935509263 | mescaline | hallucinogenic drug that was used by priests of Chavin to get in touch with the gods; from a San Pedro cactus | 20 | |
7935512393 | Moche | civilization in Northern Peru that was impacted by 13 rivers; known for pottery and warfare; great road system that was basis for Incan road system | 21 | |
7935516340 | Lords of Sipan | tomb found in Peru that contained people and dogs; also had fanged god; layers and layers of clothing and jewelry were on top of the main figure in the tomb | 22 | |
7935522454 | Wari | walled city north of Lake Titicaca that was known for the domestication of potatoes and the use of flowerbeds | 23 | |
7935525567 | Tiwanaku | 12,500 foot high city that was known for making stone walls without mortar and developing raised-field agriculture | 24 | |
7935529015 | raised-field agriculture | digging parallel ditches filled with water; crops are planted in the grass between ditches, and fish are raised in the water | 25 | |
7935531883 | pueblo | small-scale village-like areas that were made of adobe | 26 | |
7935532736 | kiva | ceremonial chamber of a pueblo | 27 | |
7935534090 | Chaco Canyon | mother house of Pueblo culture in New Mexico | 28 | |
7935535860 | Acoma | oldest place that continues to have inhabitants | 29 | |
7935538932 | Kachina Dolls | Hopi dolls that represent the godsq | 30 | |
7935539748 | Hopewell Culture | Ohioan culture known for making burial mounds and working with mica | ![]() | 31 |
7935541906 | Cahokia | has large mounds that once were the location of cities | ![]() | 32 |
7935544821 | Natchez | only Mississippian culture that survived into the era of colonization | 33 | |
7935547001 | Great Suns | priests of Natchez culture that got their authority threw their mothers | 34 | |
7935549772 | Joseph Smith | founder of Mormonism who believed that the mounds were built by the lost white people and that those people were visited by Jesus | 35 | |
7935554917 | forest specialists | group of Bantu who provided exotic products from Central African rainforests | 36 | |
7935557274 | Zimbabwe | example of a Bantu kingdom | 37 | |
7935558675 | animism | the belief that inanimate objects, such as trees, rocks, and rivers, posses souls | 38 | |
7935559168 | diviners | ritual practitioners who specialize in the art of divination | 39 | |
7935561021 | Sandeleur Dynasty | ruled by Pohnpei; had a capital city that was made of coral and on the water | 40 | |
7935562038 | tatau | Pacific word for tattoo | 41 | |
7935564360 | mana | religious power or energy that is concentrated in individuals or objects | 42 | |
7935564972 | tapu | practices designed to protect the holiness of the priests/cheifs in the Pacific | 43 | |
7935566130 | lapita | pottery style of Oceania | ![]() | 44 |
7935567208 | Yap | island that gave offerings to other islands in exchange for tribute from those islands | 45 | |
7935568902 | Kon-Tiki | ship built by Thor Heyerdahl to explore the voyages of Oceanian peoples | 46 |
AP World History Chapter 6: Commonalities and Variations Flashcards
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