AP World History Key Terms
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| 5033659242 | Hunter gatherers | People who forage for food, relying on their natural environment for all of their food supply. | 0 | |
| 5033665591 | Patriarchy | A social structure in which men have higher authority than women, or are considered to be above women. | 1 | |
| 5033673669 | Urbanization | The development of large cneters of people, generally complex societies. Often is followed by large architectural systems, and often generate powerful people and technology. | 2 | |
| 5033695420 | Social Hierarchy | The separation of people into classes by power and wealth. Groups of people have unequal power. | 3 | |
| 5033709944 | Elites | A class or classes of people who have a higher concentration of wealth and power than the rest of society | 4 | |
| 5033715504 | State | Centers of power that are built to exercise control over a group of people. | 5 | |
| 5033728590 | Agricultural Revolution | A series of transitions that took place in differentareas of the world about 12000 years ago, in which people began domesticating animals and plants instead of foraging. It was accompanied by social stratification, development of complex societies, and an explosion in population. | 6 | |
| 5033774103 | Cuneiform | A system of writing developed around 3500 BCE by Sumerians. Consists of wedge-shaped symbols, standing for words. Made by reeds pressed into clay. | 7 | |
| 5033785720 | Code of Hammurabi | A code of law created by the Babylonian king Hammurabi around 1750 BCE. It shows the social divisions in Mesopotamia. | 8 | |
| 5033807695 | Epic of Gilgamesh | A Sumerian epic poeam created around 2000 BCE about a king of Uruk who sought immortality. | 9 | |
| 5033861914 | Venus figurines | Prehistoric European female statues with exaggerated curves. Most likely served some ritual or spiritual function. | 10 | |
| 5033902081 | Diffusion | The spread of a culture, idea, or practice. | 11 | |
| 5033910949 | Pastoral societies | Nomadic societies that domesticate animals. | 12 | |
| 5033913608 | Metallurgy | The science of manipulating metals | 13 | |
| 5033918987 | Mandate of Heaven | The Mandate by which Chinese emperors ruled. Heaven's Mandate backed the ruler of he was just and virtuous. | 14 | |
| 5034242894 | Buddhism | A cultural belief system that upholds the belief that life is suffering, and one must acheive enlightenment to stop that suffering. Originated in northern India around 500 BCE. Founded by Siddartha Gautama (the Buddha) | 15 | |
| 5034325653 | Legalism | A Chinese belief system that states that a government should regulate people by reward and punishment in order to keep its power. | 16 | |
| 5034368973 | Confucianism | A Chinese belief system that consists of a systems of social hierarchies that create social harmony. Consists of a belief that everyone should try to fulfill his or her duties in a relationship, and that the government should set a moral example. Everyone should try to be moral. | 17 | |
| 5034401707 | Hinduism | A polytheistic belief system that developed thousands of years ago in India. Includes a system of sharp social hierarchies--the caste system. | 18 | |
| 5034412431 | Daoism | A Chinese belief system that states that people should not attempt to categorize and sort their lives, and instead should return to nature and life a simple life; in this way, they will achieve inner peace. | 19 | |
| 5040471025 | Zoroastrianism | A monotheistic religion that developed in Persia about the seventh century BCE. Founded by the prophet Zarathustra. | 20 | |
| 5040487057 | Great Wall | This piece of architecture was built in the Eastern Zhou dynasty, when the state was suffering from invasions by nomadic peoples to the north. | 21 | |
| 5040513224 | Jesus | Jesus was a peasant who founded Christianity. He was crucified by the Romans because they didn't like him. | 22 | |
| 5040528762 | Beaurocracy | A governmental practice in which a ruler employs several officials to carry out certain tasks or take charge of certain areas of government. | 23 | |
| 5040546997 | Polytheism | A religious belief in which there are several deities, which usually govern the forces of nature. | 24 | |
| 5040564403 | Civil service exams | An exam developed during the Han and Sui dynasties for people looking to become civil service officials. Gave more opportunity for people of lower social status to rise in their social standings and become educated. | 25 | |
| 5040608163 | Roman roads | A network of roads that connected Rome. They helped facilitate goods, people, and ideas. | 26 | |
| 5040619361 | Roman legion | A unit of a few thousand men in the Roman army. Demonstrated the organization and compartmentalization of the Roman army, which was partly what made it so effective. | 27 |
