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WHAP Chapter 1 Kate Glazer Flashcards

Chapter 1 flash cards for AP World Hiistory made by Kate Glazer.

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186237718precariousUnsteady0
186237719irrigationSupplying dry land with water.1
186237720NeolithicLatest part of the Stone Age or closest to present day beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle east.2
186237721patheonA group of people with great acheviements, highly respected.3
186237722Kalahari DesertA desert in southwestern Africa.4
186237723resilietrebounding5
186237724dissipatedUnrestrained by convention or morality6
186237725artisanA craftsperson with great skill.7
186237726Catal HyuykOld city in Turkey8
186237727attestAffirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity.9
186237728Indus RiverA river in Pakistan that creates a fertile plain known as the Indus River Valley.10
186237729CasteA social class among Hindus.11
186237730PatriarchalA society in which men hold the greatest legal and moral authority.12
186237731polytheismBelief in multiple Gods.13
186237732AkkadiansThe civilizationthat included Semitic people living north of Sumeria; united city-states of Mesopotamia; first empire in history; established by Sargon the Great.14
186237733SemeticRelated languages that was spoken across parts Asia and Northern Africa. Most wide spread of this language is Arabic.15
186237734AssyriansWarrior people who conquered neighboring countries; their empire stretched from east to north of the Tigris River all the way to centeral Egypt; used ladders, weapons like iron-tipped spears, daggers and swords, tunnels to gain power.16
186237735P'an KuChinesse myth about a giant.17
186237736ProsaicLacking imagination.18
186237737IndispensableUnavoidable or absolutely necessary.19
186237738CapriciousUnpredictable, changeable.20
186237739CalmitiesDisaste or tragedy.21
186237740EntrenchedEstablished firmly and securely "dug in".22
186237741HinterlandThe market area surrounding an urban center.23
186237742Relative isolationFairly isolated.24
186237743ManifestationExpression without using words.25
186237744disseminatedTo spread around areas, disbursing.26
1862377455 distinct centers of CivilizationAdvanced Agriculture, Long-Distance Trade, Occupational Specilization, Organized Leadership, & Urbanization27

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