Chapter one vocab in AP World History
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| 461067514 | Paleolithic Rock Art | Cave paintings of animals and people indicating rituals and or everyday life. | |
| 461067515 | Venus Figurines | small Paleolithic statues of women with exaggerated sexual features | |
| 461067516 | Dreamtime | a time that consisted with simplicity and traditionalism that had created a development of elaborate and complex outlook to the world | |
| 461067517 | Clovis Culture | the earliest widespread and distinctive culture of N. America; named from the Clovis point, a particular kind of projectile point | |
| 461067518 | Megafaunal Extinction | Dying out of a number of large animal species, including the mammoth and several species of horses and camels, that occurred around 11,000-10,000 years ago, at the end of the Ice Age. The extinction may have been caused by excessive hunting or by the changing climate of the era. (pron. meg-ah-FAWN-al) | |
| 461067519 | Austronesian Migration | The Austronesian migrations began from the Chinese mainland, reaching Taiwan first in 3500 BC then the Philippines by 3000 BC. They reached Sumatra and Java by 2000 BC, Northern New Guinea by 1600 BC, Samoa by 1200 BC, Hawaii, Easter Island, and Madagascar by 500 AD, etc. | |
| 461067520 | "The Original Affluent Society" | saying that paleolithic people wanted or needed little | |
| 461067521 | Shamans | religious specialists who possessed supernatural powers, communicated with the gods and nature spirits, invoked divine aid on behalf of their communities, and informed their companions of their gods' will | |
| 461067522 | Trance Dance | In San culture, a nightlong ritual held to activate a human being's inner spiritual potency to counteract the evil influences of gods and ancestors. | |
| 461067523 | Paleolithic Settling Down | one of the great turning points in human history as people went from being nomadic to establishing communities and provided the conditions for which the agricultural revolution could take place | |
| 461067524 | San Culture | located on the northern fringe of the Kalahari desert; live as a hunter gatherer society; Khoisan linguistic family; displaced by the Bantu peoples; still practiced a Paleolithic way of life; consisted of various bands; complex social relations, but a largely egalitarian society | |
| 461067525 | "Insulting the Meat" | so young men don't become arrogant and refuse to share, shows that everyone is equal, whether good or bad hunter | |
| 461067526 | Chumash Culture | A Paleolithic culture of southern California that survived until the modern era. They occupied a rich and varied environment. They were a very sophisticated group who "created an entirely new society". | |
| 461067527 | Brotherhood of the Tomol | A prestigious craft guild that monopolized the building and ownership of the large, oceangoing canoes (tomols) among the Chumash people |
