2820464829 | Ancestor Veneration | Respecting and praying to family members who have died; part of Confucianism. | 0 | |
2820472163 | Aryans | A group of people who traveled through central Asia and entered northern India through the Khyber Pass; brought the Vedas. | 1 | |
2820500584 | Bartering | Exchanging products or services with others by agreeing on their values without using money. | 2 | |
2820505923 | Centralized | A government in which power is concentrated in a central authority to which local governments are subject. | 3 | |
2820512096 | Chariots | A military advance created and used by the Assyrians and Hittites that used a two-wheeled cart pulled by horses. | 4 | |
2820518527 | City-States | A city that is completely independent from other cities, complete with its own form of government and laws. | 5 | |
2820522798 | Civilization | A society with cities, advanced technologies, record keeping, jobs specialization, and complex institutions. | 6 | |
2820527637 | Cuneiform | A system of writing in which wedge-shaped symbols represented words or syllables; originated in Mesopotamia. | 7 | |
2820534109 | Decentralized | To distribute the administrative functions or powers of a central authority among several local authorities. | 8 | |
2820563586 | Divine | Being or having the nature of a god. | 9 | |
2820590201 | Environmental Determinism | The idea that cultural traits are formed and controlled by environmental conditions. | 10 | |
2820600920 | Epic of Gilgamesh | An epic poem from Ancient Mesopotamia and is among the earliest known works of literary fiction. | 11 | |
2820626005 | Hammurabi's Code | A legal code developed by King Hammurabi of Mesopotamia; the first written law; based on social classes and it specified crimes and punishments to help judges impose penalties. | 12 | |
2820649825 | Hieroglyphics | An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds. | 13 | |
2820656057 | Iron Metallurgy | Technological advancement by the Bantu people; allowed for cheaper stronger production of weapons and tools. | 14 | |
2820677517 | Mandate of Heaven | A political theory developed during the Zhou Dynasty of ancient China in which those in power were believed to have the right to rule from divine authority. | 15 | |
2820695118 | Monotheism | Belief in one god. | 16 | |
2820701556 | Monumental Architecture | Architecture that represents power and authority; examples: pyramids and ziggurats. | 17 | |
2820719253 | Oracle Bones | Bones which priests scratched questions, then read the cracks to determine the future; first forms of Chinese writing. | 18 | |
2820754641 | Pharaoh | A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader. | 19 | |
2820761953 | Phoenicians | A maritime people who spread their alphabet to others including the Hebrews, Romans, and Greeks. | 20 | |
2820774750 | Pictographic Writing | Written language in which words, ideas, and concepts are represented with a visual or image. | 21 | |
2820782900 | Polytheism | Belief in many gods. | 22 | |
2820785625 | Pyramid | A solid shape with a polygon a base and triangular faces that come to a point (vertex or apex) | 23 | |
2820789391 | Ur | One of the earliest city-states in Mesopotamia. | 24 | |
2820791439 | Vedas/Vedic Tradition | Ancient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred text of Hinduism; brought to India by the Aryans. | 25 | |
2820908637 | Ziggurat | A stepped pyramid which was built as a temple dedicated to local deities in Mesopotamia. | 26 |
AP World History Vocab #1 Part 1 Flashcards
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