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AP World History Unit 1 Chapter 1 Flashcards

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1575503959agriculturethe deliberate tending of crops and livestock in order to produce food and fiber0
1575503960bipedalismthe ability to walk upright on two legs1
1575503961Catal HayukIn Southern Turkey. Houses were joined together. Traded flint, obsidian, and jewelry. foreshadowed cities2
1575503962division of laborDivision of work into a number of separate tasks to be performed by different workers3
1575503963horticultureCultivation of crops carried out with simple hand tools such as digging sticks or hoes.4
1575503964independent inventionsdevelopment of the same culture trait or pattern in separate cultures as a result of comparable needs and circumstances5
1575503965JerichoLarge and elaborate agricultural settlement, round mud and brick houses, surrounded by a massive stone wall, traded salt, sulfur, and pitch, foreshadowed cities6
1575503966LucyA 40% complete skeleton discovery of an Australopithecus afarensis, or a species within the category of hominid. She was discovered in 1974 in Hadar, Ethiopia. 32-million-year-old remains.7
1575503967Neolithic craft industriesPottery, metallurgy, and textile production. Pottery was a medium artistic expression as well as a source for utensils and materials, metallurgy included copper which was workable for tools, and textile production was threaded or woven fabric done by women which became an important enterprise.8
1575503968Neolithic Revolution8000 BCE to 3000 BCE; move from nomadic lifestyles to agricultural lifestyles and town and city life; small communities; specialization of labor9
1575503969Paleolithic Age(750,000 BCE - 8,000 B.C.E.) Old Stone Age. A period of time in human history characterized by the use of stone tools and the use of hunting and gathering as a food source.10
1575503970pastoralismA nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals to use for food, clothing, and shelter11
1575503971polytheismbelief in multiple Gods12
1575503972primary sourcesEyewitness accounts of history. They include letters, diaries, speeches, historical documents and interviews.13
1575503973specializationEach person specializes in the task that he or she is good at performing14
1575503974surplusA situation in which quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded15

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