7199108632 | Australopithecus | Oldest known ancestor of humans; it li ed from around 400 million down to around one million years ago, and it could walk on hind legs, freeing up hands for use of simple tools. | 0 | |
7199109721 | Catal Huyuk | Important Neolithic settlement in Anatolia. (7250-6150 B.C.E) | 1 | |
7199109722 | Cave Paintings | Paintings that the homo sapiens made in caves that were usually of animals and main things in their lives. | 2 | |
7199110183 | Complex Society | Social formation that is described as a formative or developed state. | 3 | |
7199110184 | Domestication | The process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm. | 4 | |
7199110563 | Gender | Gender equality was in place early on in history but later due to urbanization was declined. | 5 | |
7199110564 | Hominidae | A creature belonging to the Hominidae, which includes human and humanlike species. | 6 | |
7199111414 | Homo Erectus | Upright walking human which existed from two million to two hundred thousand years ago; home erectus used cleavers and hand axes and learned to control fire. | 7 | |
7199111415 | Homo Sapiens | Consciencly thinking humans which first appeared around two hundred fifty thousand years ago and used sophisticated tools. | 8 | |
7199112528 | Metallurgy | Trhe branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals and their production and purification. | 9 | |
7199112842 | Neandertal | Early humans who were prebalent during the Paleolithic period. | 10 | |
7199112844 | Paleolithic | Old stone age, a long period of human development before the development of agriculture. | 11 | |
7199112843 | Neolithic | New stone age which was marked by the discovery and mastery of agriculture. | 12 | |
7199113536 | Patriarchy | The institutional domination of men over woman. | 13 | |
7199113537 | Speacialization of Labor | The idea that people focus on one type of labor like pottery and metalworking. | 14 | |
7199114011 | Technology | The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry. | 15 | |
7199114013 | Urbanization | The process of making an area more urban. | 16 | |
7199114012 | Textile | People made these of newly raised crops and then found new tech to help them with spinning. | 17 | |
7199114363 | Venus Figures | Small Paleolithic statues of women with exaggerated sexual features. | 18 |
XCP AP World History Chapter 1 Vocabulary Flashcards
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