7253207891 | paleoanthropology | the study of the history of human evolution through fossil record | 0 | |
7253207892 | myth | story | 1 | |
7253207893 | Caste System | A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life | 2 | |
7253207894 | Hominid | An early ancestor of humans | 3 | |
7253207895 | Homo sapiens | Scientific name for humans | 4 | |
7253207896 | Homo erectus | the closest thing to look like present day humans | 5 | |
7253207897 | Shaman | a person believed to have the power to summon spirits and heal the sick | 6 | |
7253207898 | Neolithic | "New Stone Age" | 7 | |
7253207899 | Innovation | something created independently but shared | 8 | |
7253207900 | Diffusion | the spreading of something more widely | 9 | |
7253207901 | Ziggurat | a pyramid shaped temple tower | 10 | |
7253207902 | Hammurabi's Code | first written code/set of laws that all were expected to obey. | 11 | |
7253207903 | pictograms | A pictorial symbol or sign representing an object or concept | 12 | |
7253207904 | cuneiform | A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets. | 13 | |
7253207905 | Ideograms | Pictures or symbols that stand for ideas | 14 | |
7253207906 | hieroglyphics | Egyptian writing system | 15 | |
7253207907 | Amon-Re | sun god | 16 | |
7253207908 | osiris | God of the underworld | 17 | |
7253207909 | Great Sphinx | Giant sculpture of half man, half cat | 18 | |
7253207910 | Mesopotamia | Birthplace of the Sumerian civilization among many others. | 19 | |
7253207911 | Indus River | a large river surrounded by fertile land in modern India/Pakistan. | 20 | |
7253207912 | Mandate of Heaven | the belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods | 21 | |
7253207913 | Zimbabwe | central African royal stone courts. | 22 | |
7253207914 | Oracle bones | Used to predict the future | 23 | |
7253207915 | Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han | first Chinese dynasties | 24 |
AP World HISTORY Flashcards
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