2890817831 | Hominid | Taxonic family of primates (aka great apes) | 0 | |
2890817832 | Homo Sapien | the binomial nomenclature for the human species. | 1 | |
2890817833 | Hunter Gatherers | early human society is one in which most or all food is obtained from wild plants and animals | 2 | |
2890817834 | Five characteristics of Civilization | 1. Advanced cities 2. Specialized workers 3. Complex institutions 4. Record keeping 5. Advanced technology | 3 | |
2890817835 | Neolithic Revolution | shift from hunting & gathering to agriculture led to permanent settlements, the establishment of social classes, and the eventual rise of civilizations, major turning point in human history | 4 | |
2890817836 | Agriculture | the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products. | 5 | |
2890817837 | Slash and burn | technique that involves the cutting and burning of plants in forests or woodlands to create fields | 6 | |
2890817838 | City States | a sovereign state consisting of a city and its dependent territories. | 7 | |
2890817839 | Ziggurat | (in ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. | 8 | |
2890817840 | Polytheism | the belief in or worship of more than one god. | 9 | |
2890817841 | Monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is only one God. | 10 | |
2890817842 | Fertile crescent | a crescent-shaped region containing the comparatively moist and fertile land of otherwise arid and semi-arid Western Asia, the Nile Valley and Nile Delta of northeast Africa | 11 | |
2890817843 | Mesopotamia | Fertile Crescent, means "land between the rivers", Tigris and Euphrates | 12 | |
2890817844 | Bronze Age | Starts about 2300 BC in Europe, and is using bronze to make tools and weapons. | 13 | |
2890817845 | Specialization of labor | the specialization of cooperating individuals who perform specific tasks and roles. | 14 |
AP World History Sumeria Flashcards
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