7573514178 | Ancestral Pueblo | Formerly known as Anasazi, people established mixed agricultural and gathering, hunting society in southwestern part of North America | 0 | |
7573521344 | Apedemek | Lion god of classical Meroë; his popularity shows a turn away from Egyptian cultural influence | 1 | |
7573521345 | Axum | Classical-era kingdom-East Africa, present-day Eritrea, northern Ethiopia (100 to 600) | 2 | |
7573532153 | Bantu expansion | Gradual migration from their homeland southern Nigeria, Cameroons into eastern and southern Africa (ca. 3000 B.C.E. Continued for several millennia). Agricultural techniques, ironworking technology gave them an advantage over the gathering and hunting peoples they encountered. | 3 | |
7573538703 | Batwa | Forest-dwelling (Central Africa) adopted ways of Bantu neighbors while retaining distinctive features of their own culture; also known as "Pygmies." | 4 | |
7573543050 | Cahokia | Dominant center important Mississippi valley mound-building culture, near present-day St. Louis, Missouri (900 to 1250 C.E.) | 5 | |
7573548212 | Chaco Phenomenon | Major process of settlement, societal organization occurred in period (860-1130 C.E.)Chaco canyon (northwestern New Mexico) settlements large pueblos and building of hundreds of miles of roads (the purpose of which is not known). | 6 | |
7573552071 | Chavín | Andean town center of large Peruvian religious movement (900 to 200 B.C.E.) | 7 | |
7573556079 | Coptic Christianity | Egyptian variety of Christianity, belief Christ has only single, divine nature. | 8 | |
7573559324 | Ezana | King of Axum (early 4th century C.E). - established Christianity in his state. | 9 | |
7573564654 | Hopewell culture | Most important site (in present-day Ohio), elaborate and widespread of North American mound-building cultures; flourished from 200 B.C.E. to 400 C.E. | 10 | |
7573569389 | Jenne jeno | Largest and most fully studied of cities of Niger Valley civilization. | 11 | |
7573573055 | Maya | Major classical civilization of Mesoamerica; flourished from 250 to 900 C.E. | 12 | |
7573578126 | Meroë | City southern Nubia center of Nubian civilization between 300 B.C.E. and 100 C.E. | 13 | |
7573580613 | Moche | Important regional civilization of Peru, governed by warrior-priests; (100 to 800 C.E.) | 14 | |
7573583832 | Mound Builders | Cultures developed east of Mississippi River distinguished by large earthen mounds, built 2000 B.C.E. -1250 C.E. | 15 | |
7573587829 | Nazca | southern coastal Peru, became famous for underground irrigation channels and their gigantic, mysterious lines in desert-form of monkeys, birds, spiders, and other designs. | 16 | |
7573589928 | Niger Valley civilization | Distinctive city-based civilization flourished (300 B.C.E.-900 C.E.) in middle western Africa, major cities like Jenne-jeno; civilization noteworthy for lack of centralized state structures-organized in clusters of economically specialized settlements. | 17 | |
7573593082 | Pueblo | "Great house" large, apartment building-like structure that could house hundreds of people. | 18 | |
7573599117 | Semi sedentary | Describes peoples eastern woodlands United States, Central America, Amazon basin, & Caribbean combined partial reliance agriculture w/ gathering& hunting. | 19 | |
7573602220 | Teotihuacán | Largest city pre-Columbian America, population(100,000-200,000) built to plan in Valley of Mexico, (flourished 300-600 C.E.) governed or influenced much of surrounding region. Term means "city of the gods." | 20 | |
7573607651 | Tikal | Major Maya city, with a population of perhaps 50,000 people. | 21 |
AP World History Chapter 6 Commonality and Variations Flashcards
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