Chapter 1 flash cards for AP World Hiistory made by Kate Glazer.
186237718 | precarious | Unsteady | 0 | |
186237719 | irrigation | Supplying dry land with water. | 1 | |
186237720 | Neolithic | Latest part of the Stone Age or closest to present day beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle east. | 2 | |
186237721 | patheon | A group of people with great acheviements, highly respected. | 3 | |
186237722 | Kalahari Desert | A desert in southwestern Africa. | 4 | |
186237723 | resiliet | rebounding | 5 | |
186237724 | dissipated | Unrestrained by convention or morality | 6 | |
186237725 | artisan | A craftsperson with great skill. | 7 | |
186237726 | Catal Hyuyk | Old city in Turkey | 8 | |
186237727 | attest | Affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity. | 9 | |
186237728 | Indus River | A river in Pakistan that creates a fertile plain known as the Indus River Valley. | 10 | |
186237729 | Caste | A social class among Hindus. | 11 | |
186237730 | Patriarchal | A society in which men hold the greatest legal and moral authority. | 12 | |
186237731 | polytheism | Belief in multiple Gods. | 13 | |
186237732 | Akkadians | The civilizationthat included Semitic people living north of Sumeria; united city-states of Mesopotamia; first empire in history; established by Sargon the Great. | 14 | |
186237733 | Semetic | Related languages that was spoken across parts Asia and Northern Africa. Most wide spread of this language is Arabic. | 15 | |
186237734 | Assyrians | Warrior 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 | |
186237735 | P'an Ku | Chinesse myth about a giant. | 17 | |
186237736 | Prosaic | Lacking imagination. | 18 | |
186237737 | Indispensable | Unavoidable or absolutely necessary. | 19 | |
186237738 | Capricious | Unpredictable, changeable. | 20 | |
186237739 | Calmities | Disaste or tragedy. | 21 | |
186237740 | Entrenched | Established firmly and securely "dug in". | 22 | |
186237741 | Hinterland | The market area surrounding an urban center. | 23 | |
186237742 | Relative isolation | Fairly isolated. | 24 | |
186237743 | Manifestation | Expression without using words. | 25 | |
186237744 | disseminated | To spread around areas, disbursing. | 26 | |
186237745 | 5 distinct centers of Civilization | Advanced Agriculture, Long-Distance Trade, Occupational Specilization, Organized Leadership, & Urbanization | 27 |