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AP World History Section 1 Lesson 2 Flashcards

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7287902264This region used to be known as MesopotamiaMiddle East/ SW Asia0
7287910119The _______ were the first civilization on Earth.Sumerians1
7287913341The Sumerians had independent ______-_______City-states2
7287921672The Sumerians were the first to ________Invent a writing system3
7287939864The Summerians built _________ to worship and many other things. It was built out of clay and mud bricks.Ziggurats4
7287940911North Africa5
7287947754The _____ _____ is the source of everything for the EgyptiansNile river6
7287954102The Egyptians built a writing system which was written on _________Papyrus7
7287961293Egypt was an unified orcentralized state8
7287962304Egypt's cities were ruled by: ___________Pharaoh9
7287964028Monumental architecture containedsymbolism10
7287965368The Bantu lived in the ________Sub-Sahara Africa11
7287967999The Bantu spread from Sub-Sahara down for about _____1000 years12
7287970181The Bantu spread their __________ (tools) ideas and their knowledge of __________ (farm). They also spread language.metalworking, agriculture.13
7287973022South Asia containedThe Indus river valley civilization14
7287976025The Indus river valley civilization is also known as _____Harappa15
7287977268No one knows how to ________ about the Indus River valley civilizationRead their writings16
7287979187The Harappa had ______ and water for everyonesewage systems17
7287981868The Indus river valley civilization was a _________ societyEgalitarian18
7287983766Were the Harappa male or women ruled?Male19
7287985678The __________ ________ was a ruling family and the first dynasty in ChinaShang Dynasty20
7287988029In China they performed _____ _______. They communicated with ancestors by using oracle bones.Ancestor worship21
7287991244The Chinese/East Asians developed uniquely from other civilizations because they didn't ______ with other civilizationsTrade22
7287993204The second dynasty to come to power was _____Zhou23
7287995687Current dynasty is doing great then they get lazy/corrupt and then another family starts a rebellion and takes overDynastic Cycle24
7287997168The Zhou family started the ______Dynastic cycle when they took over from the Shang25
7289175041Mandate of heavenfamilies claim God told them they should rule.26
7289180747Before the Zhou Dynasty ended there was a ______ _____civil war27

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