8566631786 | Palaeoanthropologist | the study of the origins and predecessors of the present human species, using fossils and other remains | 0 | |
8566654107 | myth | a traditional or legendary story | 1 | |
8566658376 | Homo sapiens | Wise man; humankind | 2 | |
8566693055 | evolution | a process of development | 3 | |
8566701078 | ice age | A glacial epoch | 4 | |
8566706886 | agricultural village | farming village | 5 | |
8566716442 | fertile crescent | fertile land in Middle East | ![]() | 6 |
8566723319 | Neolithic | The last phase of the Stone Age where animals are domesticated, pottery manufactured, and agriculture developed | 7 | |
8566735959 | Mesopotapia | located in Middle East where the wheel, writing, and Hammurabi's Code was created | 8 | |
8566752271 | draft animals | an animal used to pull heavy loads | 9 | |
8566756456 | pack animal | an animal used to carry heavy loads | 10 | |
8566761382 | pastoralist | a land-holder raising animals on large scales | 11 | |
8566777055 | Sargon of Akkad | Mesopotamian ruler whose empire extended to the Gulf of the Mediterranean | 12 | |
8566785779 | Sumer | ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that consist of many city-states | 13 | |
8566794630 | city-state | a state that consist of a city | 14 | |
8566801767 | Gilgamesh | a legendary Sumerian King that is the hero in an Epic | 15 | |
8566809843 | ziggurat | a Sumerian temple | 16 | |
8566814721 | Ur | an ancient Sumerian city | 17 | |
8566819495 | pictograms | prehistoric symbols representing objects and stuff | 18 | |
8566827025 | cuneiform | Babylonian writing | 19 | |
8566840440 | Code of Hammurabi | first organized law that had ideas like an eye for an eye | 20 | |
8566843702 | Nile River | a river in Egypt that floods yearly | 21 | |
8566847285 | pharaoh | the leader of Egypt who is believed to be 2/3 god | 22 | |
8566853770 | mummification | the process of preserving bodies that is used in Egypt | 23 | |
8566859366 | pyramid | a burial site for pharaohs and people of Egypt that are triangular in shape | 24 | |
8566871974 | Old Kingdom | earlier ancient Egypt | 25 | |
8566874609 | Middle Kingdom | middle of ancient Egypt | 26 | |
8566878245 | New Kingdom | later years of ancient Egypt | 27 | |
8566884485 | Hyksos | nomadic people who ruled ancient Egypt | 28 | |
8566894233 | Indus Valley civilization | ancient civilization in Northwest India | 29 | |
8566904873 | Harappa | a site of successive cities of Indus Valley civilization | 30 | |
8566918496 | Mohenjo-Daro | site in Indus Valley where six successive ancient cities were built | 31 | |
8566930084 | Aryans | a member of descendant of the prehistoric people who spoke Indo-European | 32 | |
8566938002 | caste system | a rigid Hindu system of social classes | 33 | |
8566941728 | Xia Dynasty | first dynasty in traditional Chinese history | 34 | |
8566957746 | Shang Dynasty | dynasty after Xia that ruled in Yellow River Valley | 35 | |
8566960643 | Zhou Dynasty | dynasty after Shang that ruled in Yellow River Valley | 36 | |
8566968557 | Yellow River | a river in China that yearly floods | 37 | |
8566972321 | oracle bones | ox scapula or turtle plastron which where used as paper in China | 38 | |
8566989842 | sage kings | three ideal rulers of China | 39 | |
8567000063 | Mandate of Heaven | a political idea in China that those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source | 40 | |
8567010499 | Olmec | a Mesoamerican civilization along the Gulf of Mexico known for agriculture, dating systems, long-distant trade, and ceremonial centers | 41 | |
8567035151 | Chavin | an archaeological site | 42 |
Unit 1 (AP WORLD HISTORY) Flashcards
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