4856888040 | MFeatures of civilization | Advanced civilizations, advanced technology, complex institutions, specialized workers, record keeping | 0 | |
4856888041 | Venus figures | Futility figures, size equals wealth | 1 | |
4856888042 | Ancient Mesopotamia is located wher | Fertile crescent between tigris and euphrates rivers | 2 | |
4856888043 | Ancient Mesopotamia had what | City states | 3 | |
4856888044 | What is a city state | A city and its surrounding country side | 4 | |
4856888045 | Sedentary agriculture led to what | Property, laws, government, social stratification, gender inequalities, formal religion, population growth. | 5 | |
4856888046 | What was the government like in Mesopotamia | Early on it was a theocracy, where the priest king would govern a city state, later on they had kings | 6 | |
4856888047 | When did the summaries begin | 3500 BCE | 7 | |
4856888048 | City states evolved into | empires | 8 | |
4856888049 | Empire is | expansion, conquest, multiregional, EMPIRES ALWAYS FALL | 9 | |
4856888050 | Hammurabis code was developed when | c.1800 BCE | 10 | |
4856888051 | Summaries developed the first civilization where | Mesopotamia | 11 | |
4856888052 | Sumerians created the first advanced | society | 12 | |
4856888053 | How did religion effect sumarian culture | Yes, religion played a huge role in culture | 13 | |
4856888054 | What did summaries believe | That there was over 3,000 gods and that they had to appease the gods to prevent natural disasters | 14 | |
4856888055 | Usually art and literature focused on what in sumar | The gods | 15 | |
4856888056 | What did the summariens build to worship their gods | ziggurats | 16 | |
4856888057 | Was summer socially stratified | Yes | 17 | |
4856888058 | Was slavery common in sumur if it was what type of slave did they have | Yes, the had classical slaves | 18 | |
4856888059 | What is classical slaves | They are temporary slaves | 19 | |
4856888060 | Were the sumarians patriarchal, and what rights did women have | Yes, women could hold occupations | 20 | |
4856888061 | What is some inventions that have come from sumar | Wheel, plow, sail, metallurgy, cuniform, and a system of numbers | 21 | |
4856888062 | What is cuniform | A early system of writing | 22 | |
4856888063 | Ancient Egypt was relatively | Isolated | 23 | |
4856888064 | What did the nile provide for Egypt | Transportation, water, silt | 24 | |
4856888065 | How did Egypt control the nile | They controlled the nile by making canals and dams | 25 | |
4856888066 | What are the two parts of egypt | Lower Egypt = north Upper Egypt = south | 26 | |
4856888067 | Menes | First Egyptian King, he unified lower and upper egypt. | 27 | |
4856888068 | When was the Egyptian government formed | In 3000 BCE | 28 | |
4856888069 | How is Egypt's history split up | Old kingdom, middle kingdom, and new kingdom | 29 | |
4856888070 | The Egyptian government was a | Theocracy | 30 | |
4856888071 | Could women be pharaohs | Yes | 31 | |
4856888072 | What was the religion in Egypt | Polytheistic, gods had human and animal qualities, beleived in afterlife. | 32 | |
4856888073 | What did Egypt do to its dead | They mummified them | 33 | |
4856888074 | What were pyramids used for | Pharaoh's tombs | 34 | |
4856888075 | Was it society stratified in Egypt | Yes | 35 | |
4856888076 | Was it hard to move up class in Egypt | Yes | 36 | |
4856888077 | Did women have more rights in Egypt than most places in the ancient world, if so what could they do | Yes- divorce, own property, propose marriage | 37 | |
4856888078 | What were some inventions that the ancient Egyptions had | - Hyrogliphics on papyrus, mathematics/geometry, calender system (with 365 days) | 38 | |
4856888079 | When did cities emerge in the indus driver valley | 2500 BCE | 39 | |
4856888080 | Were the city states unified in the indus river valley | Yes, they were culturally unified | 40 | |
4856888081 | Theory as to why indus river civilization disipears | Environmental disaster, vs arian invasion | 41 | |
4856888082 | How was the indus valley religion | Polytheistic, later influence hinduism | 42 | |
4856888083 | How was the indus river civilization cities planned | Very well, had plumbing system | 43 | |
4856888084 | Indus river valley wrighting system | Undescypherable | 44 | |
4856888085 | Chinese dynasties | Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing republic, Mao Zedong | 45 | |
4856888086 | Ancient china was based off what river | Huang he | 46 | |
4856888087 | China was developed in | Isolation | 47 | |
4856888088 | Shang dynasty emerged when | c. 1500 BCE | 48 | |
4856888089 | Chinese cities were surround by | earth walls | 49 | |
4856888090 | Filial piote | Family at the center of society,to be good to one's parents and to take care of one's parents | 50 | |
4856888091 | How did family go in china | Father, older son, younger son, mom, daughter | 51 | |
4856888092 | Women were _______________ in china | Subordinate | 52 | |
4856888093 | Chinese believe that spirits of the ___________ can bring __________ _______ ____ _______ | family ancestors, good fortune and luck | 53 | |
4856888094 | The Shang dynasty is known for | Silk, oracle bones, bronze | 54 | |
4856888095 | Mandate of heaven | A political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source | 55 | |
4856888096 | The olmec lived where and when did they start | Mesa-America in dance tropical forests, c.1400-400 BCE | 56 | |
4856888097 | Omelet had several what | City states with a common culture | 57 | |
4856888098 | Did the olmecs have social hierarchy, if so who was at top | Yes, the chieftains | 58 | |
4856888099 | Laborers were forced to build what in the olmec civilization | Temples and palaces | 59 | |
4856888100 | What was the olmec religion | Polytheistic, gods are a blend of animal, human | 60 | |
4856888101 | Shamans organized what in the olmec civilization | religious ceremonies | 61 | |
4856888102 | Religion in sumar led to the development of a | Writing system and calendar system | 62 | |
4856888103 | What are some examples of olmec art | Olmec heads, pyramids and temple mounds, jaguars | 63 | |
4856888104 | Norte chico society began where and when | In pure about 3000-1800 BCE | 64 | |
4856888105 | Norte chico is famous for its | Architecture and use of the quipu for records keeping | 65 | |
4856888106 | Legacy of ancient civilizations is | Writing systems, technology, | 66 | |
4856888107 | When did ancient civilizations begin to decline | 1000 BCE | 67 | |
4856888108 | Why did ancient civilizations begin to decline | Nomadic tribes | 68 | |
4856888109 | Political and cultural centers shift to new locations exept in | China | 69 |
AP World History Civilizations Flashcards
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