8484018747 | Culture | Socially transitted patterns in human action: dwellings, clothing, foods, beliefs | 0 | |
8484018748 | History | Study of past events/changes in past | 1 | |
8484018749 | Stone Age | Period using stone tools and nonmetallic substances | 2 | |
8484018750 | Paleolithic | Old Stone Age | 3 | |
8484018751 | Neolithic | New Stone Age - Agricultural Revolution | 4 | |
8484018752 | Foragers | Hunter/gathering people | 5 | |
8484018753 | Pastoralism | Living with herds/livestock | 6 | |
8484018754 | Holocene | Great global warming in 11,000 BC | 7 | |
8484018755 | Megaliths | Complex large stones for Neolithic religious ceremonies | 8 | |
8484018756 | Çatal Hüyük | Neolithic settlement in Anatolia- obsidian tools; economy based on agriculture | 9 | |
8484018757 | Mesopotamia | "Land between the rivers"- mostly in modern Iraq- Fertile Crescent- depended on irrigation | 10 | |
8484018758 | Sumerians | People who dominated Southern Mesopotamia | 11 | |
8484018759 | Semetic | Related languages- Hebrew, Aramaic, Phonecian | 12 | |
8484018760 | City State | Small independent state, urban center, agricultural territory | 13 | |
8484018761 | Sargon of Akkad | Ruler of Akkad- creator of first empire in Mesopotamia | 14 | |
8484018762 | Akkad | Mesopotamian city-state; world's first empire | 15 | |
8484018763 | Cuneiform | Writing in Sumerian | 16 | |
8484018764 | Hammurabi | Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia | 17 | |
8484018765 | Scribes | Professional men with lots of training who read and wrote in cuneiform and hieroglyphics | 18 | |
8484018766 | Ziggurat | Pyramidal tower made of mud bricks- unknown function- god's residence | 19 | |
8484018767 | Amulets | Small charms meant to protect the bearer from evil | 20 | |
8484018768 | Pharoh | Central figure in ancient Egyptian state, considered a god sent to earth to maintain ma'at | 21 | |
8484018769 | Ma'at | Divinely created and maintained order in the universe | 22 | |
8484018770 | Pyramid | Large triangular stoke monuments, burial places for kings | 23 | |
8484018771 | Memphis | Capital of Old Kingdom Egypt, near Cairo | 24 | |
8484018772 | Thebes | Capital city of Egypt- home of ruling dynasties | 25 | |
8484018773 | Hieroglyphics | Pictorial symbols that represented sounds , syllables, or concepts | 26 | |
8484018774 | Papyrus | Reed that grows along bank of Nile River in Egypt | 27 | |
8484018775 | Mummy | Body preserved by chemical/natural process in belief that the person would have a good afterlife | 28 | |
8484018776 | Indus Valley Civilization | Mesopotamian urban society with a sophisticated trade network | 29 | |
8484018777 | Great Monsoon | Seasonal winds unusually accompanied by floods | 30 | |
8484018778 | Harappa | A major city of the Indus Valley civilization; zone of cultivation | 31 | |
8484018779 | Mohenjo Daro | Biggest Indus Valley Civilization | 32 | |
8484018780 | Hittites | People from Central Anatolia who established an empire in Syria and Anatolia in the Bronze Age | 33 | |
8484018781 | Akkadian | First "official" language | 34 | |
8484018782 | Hebrew Bible | Sacred books with origins, experiences, and beliefs of Israelites | 35 | |
8484018783 | 1st Temple | Sanctuary built by Solomon for God | 36 | |
8484018784 | Diaspora | Ethnic group living outside homeland | 37 | |
8484018785 | Zhou Dynasty | Took over North China from Shang- MANDATE OF HEAVEN | 38 | |
8484018786 | Mandate of Heaven | Belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods | 39 | |
8484018787 | Confucius | Chinese philosopher, founder of Confucianism | 40 | |
8484018788 | Confucianism | System of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by Confucius | 41 | |
8484018789 | Daoism | A religion in China which emphasizes the removal from society and to become one with nature. | 42 | |
8484018790 | Yin and Yang | Opposing forces that bring balance to nature and life | 43 | |
8484018791 | Zoroastrianism | System of religion founded in Persia in the 6th century BC by Zoroaster | 44 | |
8484018792 | Polytheism | Belief in many gods | 45 | |
8484018793 | Hatshepsut | 5th Pharaoh of Egypt, 2nd female Pharaoh | 46 | |
8484018794 | Monotheism | Belief in one God | 47 | |
8484018795 | Hebrews | Slaves from Egypt, wandered desert for 40 years | 48 | |
8484018796 | Cyrus the Great | King of Persia and founder of the Achaemenid Empire | 49 | |
8484018797 | Satraps | Governor of a Persian province | 50 | |
8484018798 | Aryans | Immigrants who arrived at the Ganges river valley | 51 | |
8484018799 | Scapulimancy | Practice of divination, oracle bones, divination with bones | 52 |
AP World History - Era 1 Flashcards
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