AP world history chap 1 terms Flashcards
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| 75350148 | hunting and gathering | The killing of wild animals and fish as well as the gathering of fruits, roots, nuts, and other plants for sustenance. | 0 | |
| 75350149 | Neolithic Age | latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle east (but later elsewhere) | 1 | |
| 75350150 | culture | A way of life | 2 | |
| 75350151 | band | a small group of people | 3 | |
| 75350152 | matrilocal | refers to the pattern in which married couples live with or near the wives' parents | 4 | |
| 75350153 | Catal Huyuk | a Neolithic villiage in present day Turkey | 5 | |
| 75350154 | Bronze Age | a period of human culture between the Stone Age and the Iron Age, characterized by the use of weapons and implements made of bronze | 6 | |
| 75350155 | slash and burn agriculture | Another name for shifring cultivation, so named because fields are cleared by slashing the vegetation and burning the debris. | 7 | |
| 75350156 | Hammurabi | King of the Babylonian empire; one of the world's oldest codes of law. | 8 | |
| 75350157 | Indo Europeans | Group of Asian peoples who migrated to many different places: Ex. Hittites to Turkey; Aryans to India | 9 | |
| 75350158 | civilizations | highly developed cultures | 10 | |
| 75350159 | nomads | people who wander from place to place | 11 | |
| 75350160 | homo sapiens | A species of the creatures Hominid who have larger brains and to which humans belong, dependent of language and usage of tools. | 12 | |
| 75350161 | agrarian revolution | change in farming methods in the 1600s that improved the quality and quantity of farm products | 13 | |
| 75350162 | matrilineal | tracing descent through the mother | 14 | |
| 75350163 | neolithic revolution | the shift from hunting of animals and gathering of food to the keeping of animals and the growing of food on a regular basis around 8,000 BC | 15 | |
| 75350164 | domestication | the taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food | 16 | |
| 75350165 | babylonians | native group of people to mesopotamia | 17 | |
| 75350166 | harappa | A large ancient city of the Indus civilization, created in present-day Pakistan | 18 | |
| 75350167 | Mesopotamia | first civilization located between the Tigris & Eurphrates Rivers in present day Iraq; term means "land between the rivers;" Sumerian culture | 19 | |
| 75350168 | Paleolithic | The "old" Stone Age, during which humankind produced the first sculptures and paintings. | 20 | |
| 75350169 | Neanderthals | In Europe, another human species lived and adapted to life in the cold climates of the last Ice Age. | 21 | |
| 75350170 | Natufian complex | pre-agricultural culture; located in present-day Israel, Jordan, and Lebanon; practiced collection of wild barley and wheat to supplement game; large settlement sites. | 22 | |
| 75350171 | pastoralism | A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter. | 23 | |
| 75350172 | jericho | a village in Jordan near the north end of the Dead Sea | 24 | |
| 75350173 | social differentiation | the relative access individuals and groups have to basic material resources, wealth, power, and prestige | 25 | |
| 75350174 | ideographs | these words express a country's basic political values. | 26 | |
| 75350175 | shang dynasty | the imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC | 27 |