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AP World History Unit 0 A Flashcards

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14739810248Neolithic Revolution(10,000 - 8,000 BCE) The development of agriculture and the domestication of animals as a food source. This led to the development of permanent settlements and the start of civilization.0
14739813738PolytheismBelief in many gods1
14739816194CivilizationA society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes2
14739820953Cuneiformthe world's first system of writing3
14739824003MonotheismBelief in one God4
14739828967Patriarchy/PatriarchalWhere men are the rulers over women in the society.5
14739839666TheocracyA government controlled by religious leaders6
14739844589Filial PietyIn Confucian thought, one of the virtues to be cultivated, a love and respect for one's parents and ancestors.7
14739850430Mandate of Heavena political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source8
14739852149DiasporaA dispersion of people from their homeland9
14739856894BureaucracyA system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials10
14739862772Pastoralismdeveloped at various sites in the grasslands of Afro-Eurasia because these places supported large mobile herds and nomadic lifestyle but not farming or cities.11

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