4820435683 | patriarchy | A form of social organization in which the father is the supreme authority in the family. | 0 | |
4820439460 | urbanization | An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements. | 1 | |
4820447696 | water wells | Openings made by digging or drilling down into the zone of saturation. | 2 | |
4820447697 | chamber pots | A bowl kept in a bedroom and used as a toilet, especially at night. | ![]() | 3 |
4820448927 | pastoralism | When people make a living tending to animals and migrated in patterns according to the animal patterns. | 4 | |
4820450446 | plows | A technological innovation that made agricultural production more efficient. The more efficient the plow, the fewer people needed to work in an area. | ![]() | 5 |
4820450447 | agrarian | Societies concerning farms, farmers, or the use of land. | 6 | |
4820455358 | Tigris and Euphrates River Valleys civilizations | Mesopotamia | 7 | |
4820455359 | Nile River Valley civilization | Egypt | 8 | |
4820458369 | Indus River Valley civilization | Mohenjo Dara/Harappa | 9 | |
4820459698 | Yellow River Valley civilization | Shang | 10 | |
4820459699 | Mesoamerica civilization | Olmec | 11 | |
4820462481 | Andes civilization | Chavin | 12 | |
4820470140 | hieroglyphs | Pictures, characters, or symbols standing for words, ideas, or sounds; ancient Egyptians used instead of an alphabet. | ![]() | 13 |
4820470141 | sanskrit | An Indo-European, Indic language, used as the religious and classical literary language of India. | ![]() | 14 |
AP World History Period 1 Key Concepts Flashcards
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