3685264894 | Pastoralism | A nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals | 0 | |
3685273745 | Cultural Diffusion | The spread of ideas, culture and goods from one civilization to another | 1 | |
3685935352 | Neolithic Revolution | The period in which societies developed sedentary agriculture and domesticated animals | 2 | |
3685935353 | Monotheism | The exclusive worship of a single god; introduced by the Jews into Western civilization | 3 | |
3685938351 | Aryans | Indo-European nomadic patoralists who replaced harappan civilizations; militarized society | 4 | |
3685941412 | Patriarchal | Societies in which men control political, economic and cultural life | 5 | |
3685942747 | Code of Hammurabi | A collection of laws put together under the direction of the king of Babylon | 6 | |
3685942748 | Sedentary | Staying in one place; not migratory | 7 | |
3685945333 | Hunting and Gathering | Small groups of people who support themselves by hunting and fishing and by gathering wild fruits and vegetables; usually nomadic | 8 | |
3685946172 | Civilization | A highly organized society with characteristics such as; surplus of food, specialization of labor, social classes, trade, systems of government and religion, and record keeping | 9 | |
3685946183 | Metallurgy | The science and technology of metals and alloys; the first humans learned to use copper to make items such as jewelry, weapons, and tools | 10 | |
3685949129 | Paleolithic Age | Time period in which hunting-gathering societies developed fire and stone tools | 11 | |
3685949130 | Nomadic | Peoples who roamed from place to place in search of food and water | 12 | |
3685950122 | Kush | An African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile c. 1000 B.C.E; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries | 13 | |
3685950123 | Division of labor | Characteristic of civilizations in which different people perform different jobs | 14 | |
3686185128 | Sufis | Islam believers + Mysticism Spirituality | 15 | |
3686185129 | Umma | 16 | ||
3686186906 | Sunnis | Muslims who believed Caliph could be anyone in community | 17 | |
3686186907 | Qur'an | Religious text of Muhammed | 18 | |
3686189034 | Sharia | Religious body of law (religion is tied to gov.) | 19 | |
3686192172 | Shi'a/ Shi'ites | Muslims who believed Caliph must be of relation to Muhammad | 20 | |
3686194286 | Umayyad Caliphate | 21 | ||
3686195434 | Abbasid Caliphate | Empire after Umayyad + moved capital from Baghdad to Damascus + | 22 | |
3686198003 | Bedouin | Arab camel nomads, first nomadic people in the Arabian penisula | 23 | |
3686199475 | Dar al-Islam | The house of Islam with Muslim majority | 24 | |
3686199476 | Five Pillars | Religious duties of Muslims Fasting Prayer Faith Alms-giving The Hajj | 25 | |
3686200780 | Harem | Abbasid period, Room kept for wives + slave girls | 26 | |
3686200781 | Muhammad | Prophet of Islam | 27 | |
3686202736 | Jihad | "Holy wars" Forcibly spread Muslim faith | 28 | |
3686205327 | People of the book | Name for Jews + Christians ( Dhimmis) | 29 | |
3687901164 | Punic Wars | Series of wars between Romans and Carthage | 30 | |
3687905315 | Zoroastrianism | Religion by prophet Zoroaster teaching of life battles against good and evil | 31 | |
3687915838 | Peloponesian Wars | Sparta against Athens (Sparta won) | 32 | |
3687962077 | Hellenistic | Greek culture spread across Mediterranean | 33 | |
3687967704 | Twelve Tables | Set of Roman laws | 34 | |
3687981326 | Pax Romana | Time of Roman peace | 35 | |
3688054016 | Roman Republic | Roman way of justice, gathered with elected magistrates | 36 | |
3688054450 | Direct Democracy | Greek way of justice, with repersentatives | 37 | |
3688350082 | Stateless Society | No single gov. organized by kinship or age (African society) | 38 | |
3688353111 | Griots | Professional oral historians who served as keepers of tradition | 39 | |
3688353112 | Bantu | West Africa- 3000 common lang. used | 40 | |
3688353878 | Mansa musa | First west Africa ruler to devoutly practice islam | 41 | |
3688354534 | Sahel | Mid. Africa grasslands (civilization begins here) | 42 | |
3688354758 | Maylay Sailors | People of modern day Malaysia, Indonesia, southeastern coast of Vietnam + phillipines | 43 | |
3688354759 | Juula | Muslims word to describe African traders | 44 | |
3688355567 | Austronesian | 45 | ||
3688355909 | Ifrigiya | 46 | ||
3688356068 | Sundiata | 47 | ||
3688356069 | Almohadis | 48 | ||
3688356485 | Maghrib | 49 | ||
3688356810 | Zenj | Muslim name for Swahili coast east africa | 50 | |
3688357077 | Muhammad the great | 51 | ||
3688357576 | Timbuktu | 52 | ||
3688357577 | Hausa | 53 | ||
3688358601 | Icon | 54 | ||
3688359103 | Hagia Sophia | Church built by Justininane the first in late roman empire | 55 | |
3688359594 | Greek Fire | 56 | ||
3688359595 | Kiev | 57 | ||
3688360135 | Tatars | 58 | ||
3688360350 | Boyars | 59 | ||
3688422131 | Russian Orthodox | 60 | ||
3688430431 | Cyril + Methodius | 61 | ||
3688435244 | Scholasticism | 62 | ||
3688435649 | Hanseatic league | 63 | ||
3688435822 | Black death | 64 | ||
3688436174 | Three estates | 65 | ||
3688436400 | Investiture | 66 | ||
3688437156 | Gothic | 67 | ||
3688437157 | Guilds | 68 | ||
3688439538 | Hundred years war | 69 | ||
3688494615 | Tunka Manin | African empire Ghana reached peaked under his rule | 70 | |
3688496262 | Sunni Ali | Founder of songhay African empire- worked to unify,strengthen, enlarge | 71 |
Ap World history- lightheart Flashcards
Primary tabs
Need Help?
We hope your visit has been a productive one. If you're having any problems, or would like to give some feedback, we'd love to hear from you.
For general help, questions, and suggestions, try our dedicated support forums.
If you need to contact the Course-Notes.Org web experience team, please use our contact form.
Need Notes?
While we strive to provide the most comprehensive notes for as many high school textbooks as possible, there are certainly going to be some that we miss. Drop us a note and let us know which textbooks you need. Be sure to include which edition of the textbook you are using! If we see enough demand, we'll do whatever we can to get those notes up on the site for you!