7338844689 | Hominid | a primate of a family including humans and ancestors | 0 | |
7338844690 | "Lucy" | Oldest human skeleton ever found | 1 | |
7338844691 | Homo Sapiens | The humanoid species that emerged as most successful at the end the Paleolithic period | 2 | |
7338844692 | Migration | Seasonal movement of creatures from one are to another | 3 | |
7338844693 | Adaptation | A change made in response to a change in the environment | 4 | |
7338844694 | Ice Ages | Glacial episode during past geologic period | 5 | |
7338844695 | Paleolithic | The old Stone Age ending in 12000 BCE typified by use of crude stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence | 6 | |
7338844696 | Neolithic Revolution | The succession of technological innovations and changes in human organization that led to the development of agriculture | 7 | |
7338844697 | Hunter-forager | A way of getting food by hunting animals and foraging for fruits and nuts | 8 | |
7338844698 | Bands | A group of 20-30 people with gender roles. Men hunt, women gather | 9 | |
7338844699 | Out of Africa Theory | Humans originate in Africa and spread out of it | 10 | |
7338844700 | Cave paintings | Prehistoric paintings on caves. Tell about how our ancestors lived | 11 | |
7338844701 | Beringia | Land bridge connecting Russia and Alaska | 12 | |
7338844702 | Clovis Peoples | Prehistoric people that crossed Beringia to N. America | 13 | |
7338844703 | Outrigger canoes | canoe featuring one or more lateral support floats known as outriggers | 14 | |
7338844704 | Sedentary | To stay in one place | 15 | |
7338844705 | Agriculture | Practice of farming and domesticating animals | 16 | |
7338848076 | Neolithic Revolution | Widespread shift from hunting-foraging to sedentary agriculture and pastoralism | 17 | |
7338848077 | Sedentary | Stay in one place | 18 | |
7338848078 | Agriculture | Growing crops and domesticating plants and animals | 19 | |
7338848079 | Irrigation | Supply of water to land or crops | 20 | |
7338848080 | Patriarchy | Father is in charge | 21 | |
7338848081 | Matriarchy | Mother is in charge | 22 | |
7338848082 | Forced labor | Servants or slaves required to work in fields | 23 | |
7338848083 | Pastoralism | Domesticating livestock for agricultural reasons | 24 | |
7338848084 | Overgrazing | Land is grazed to such a degree that it is liable to erosion | 25 | |
7338848085 | Specialization of Labor | Jobs become specialized, need specific ability or trade in order to do them | 26 | |
7338848086 | Bronze Age | 4000-1500 BC when bronze tools were first introduced in Middle East | 27 | |
7338848087 | Animism | Sees gods in many aspects of nature and propitiates them to help control and explain nature | 28 | |
7338848088 | Slash and Burn Agriculture | Slash down vegetation and burn it to make soil fertile for growing | 29 | |
7338848089 | Terracing | Terrace farming on mountains | 30 | |
7338875733 | Hominid | a primate of a family including humans and ancestors | 31 | |
7338875734 | "Lucy" | Oldest human skeleton ever found | 32 | |
7338875735 | Homo Sapiens | The humanoid species that emerged as most successful at the end the Paleolithic period | 33 | |
7338875736 | Migration | Seasonal movement of creatures from one are to another | 34 | |
7338875737 | Adaptation | A change made in response to a change in the environment | 35 | |
7338875738 | Ice Ages | Glacial episode during past geologic period | 36 | |
7338875739 | Paleolithic | The old Stone Age ending in 12000 BCE typified by use of crude stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence | 37 | |
7338875740 | Neolithic Revolution | The succession of technological innovations and changes in human organization that led to the development of agriculture | 38 | |
7338875741 | Hunter-forager | A way of getting food by hunting animals and foraging for fruits and nuts | 39 | |
7338875742 | Bands | A group of 20-30 people with gender roles. Men hunt, women gather | 40 | |
7338875743 | Out of Africa Theory | Humans originate in Africa and spread out of it | 41 | |
7338875744 | Cave paintings | Prehistoric paintings on caves. Tell about how our ancestors lived | 42 | |
7338875745 | Beringia | Land bridge connecting Russia and Alaska | 43 | |
7338875746 | Clovis Peoples | Prehistoric people that crossed Beringia to N. America | 44 | |
7338875747 | Outrigger canoes | canoe featuring one or more lateral support floats known as outriggers | 45 | |
7338875748 | Sedentary | To stay in one place | 46 | |
7338875749 | Agriculture | Practice of farming and domesticating animals | 47 | |
7338875750 | Neolithic Revolution | Widespread shift from hunting-foraging to sedentary agriculture and pastoralism | 48 | |
7338875751 | Sedentary | Stay in one place | 49 | |
7338875752 | Agriculture | Growing crops and domesticating plants and animals | 50 | |
7338875753 | Irrigation | Supply of water to land or crops | 51 | |
7338875754 | Patriarchy | Father is in charge | 52 | |
7338875755 | Matriarchy | Mother is in charge | 53 | |
7338875756 | Forced labor | Servants or slaves required to work in fields | 54 | |
7338875757 | Pastoralism | Domesticating livestock for agricultural reasons | 55 | |
7338875758 | Overgrazing | Land is grazed to such a degree that it is liable to erosion | 56 | |
7338875759 | Specialization of Labor | Jobs become specialized, need specific ability or trade in order to do them | 57 | |
7338875760 | Bronze Age | 4000-1500 BC when bronze tools were first introduced in Middle East | 58 | |
7338875761 | Animism | Sees gods in many aspects of nature and propitiates them to help control and explain nature | 59 | |
7338875762 | Slash and Burn Agriculture | Slash down vegetation and burn it to make soil fertile for growing | 60 | |
7338875763 | Terracing | Terrace farming on mountains | 61 | |
7338875764 | Cultural diffusion and adaptation | Mixing of cultures | 62 | |
7338875765 | State | a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government. | 63 | |
7338875766 | City-state | A form of political organization consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king | 64 | |
7338875767 | Pharaoh | Ruler of Egypt (king) | 65 | |
7338875768 | Dynastic cycle | Cycle in China that all rulers must gain Mandate of Heaven and dynasty keeps on going until a sign from gods shows that it is time for a new dynasty | 66 | |
7338875769 | Mandate of Heaven | Shows that according to Heaven certain person should rule | 67 | |
7338875770 | Surplus | Extra | 68 | |
7338875771 | Polytheism | More than one god | 69 | |
7338875772 | Alphabets | Greek/Phoenicians | 70 | |
7338875773 | Pictographs | Indus Valley | 71 | |
7338875774 | Hieroglyphics | Egypts | 72 | |
7338875775 | Cuneiform | Sumer | 73 | |
7338875776 | Quipu | Andeas Mt. People (Chavin) | 74 | |
7338875777 | Sumer, Babylon, Hittities | Mesopotamia | 75 | |
7338875778 | Phoenicians | Coastal Europe, N. Africa | 76 | |
7338875779 | Egypt, Nubia (Kush) | N. Africa (Middle East) | 77 | |
7338875780 | Harappa, Mohenjo Daro | Indus Valley | 78 | |
7338875781 | Shang and Dynasties | China | 79 | |
7338875782 | Olmecs, Chavin | Olmecs (Mexico) Chavin (Peru/Andes) | 80 | |
7338875783 | Pyramids | Egyptian Tombs | 81 | |
7338875784 | Ziggurats | Places where Sumerians would pray to gods | 82 | |
7338875785 | Temples | Place for religious practice | 83 | |
7338875786 | Hammurabi Code | Law code by Babylonian king Hammurabi, united all of Mesopotamia | 84 | |
7338875787 | Ur-Nammu | Oldest law code found (Sumer) | 85 | |
7338875788 | Zoroastrianism | Animist religon, material existence as battle between forces of good and evil; importance of moral choice; righteous lived in "House of Song" | 86 | |
7338875789 | Vedic Religion | Indo-European, karma, reincarnated, brahmans | 87 | |
7338875790 | Hebrew Monotheism | Monotheism; God guiding the destinies of people, god was orderly and just, covenant, god seemed abstract | 88 | |
7338875791 | Technology | Iron Age, Composite Bow | 89 | |
7338875792 | Trade Routes | Mesopotamia-Egypt, Egypt-Nubia, Indus-Mesopotamia | 90 | |
7338875793 | Transportation | Chariots, boats, horseback riding | 91 | |
7338875794 | Urban Planning | Walls, streets, roads, sewage and water systems | 92 |
AP World History Unit 1 Flashcards
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