Chapter 1 for AP World History! Flashcards
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205670997 | Civilization | A group of people sharing a set of cultural traits | 0 | |
205670998 | Culture | Same beliefs, expressions, actions; also are knowledge and technology | 1 | |
205670999 | History | The study of past events, changes in locatiions, big events and beliefs from then to now | 2 | |
205671000 | Stone age | Time of period when tools where made from stone or nonmetallic substances | 3 | |
205671001 | Paleolithic | The period of the stone age associated w/the evolution of humans | 4 | |
205671002 | Neolithic | The period of stone age associated w/ ancienct agricultural revolution | 5 | |
205671003 | Foragers | Ppl who support themselves by hunting and gathering wild edible plants and insects | 6 | |
205671004 | Agriculture Revolution | Change from food gathering to food production. ca. 8000-2000 B.C.E | 7 | |
205671005 | Holocene | Geological era since end of great ice age 11,000yrs ago | 8 | |
205671006 | Megaliths | Largee stones structered for ceremonial and religious purposes in Neolithic times | 9 | |
205671007 | Babylon | important and largest city in mesopotamia | 10 | |
205671008 | Sumerians | People that dominated S. Mesopotamia; responsible for irrigation tech, cuneiform and religious concepts | 11 | |
205671009 | Semitic | Related languages spoken across W.Asia and N.Asia. Hebrew, Aramaic and Phoenician | 12 | |
205671010 | City State | Independent state; consists of uknown center and agriculture territory | 13 | |
205671011 | Hammurabi | Ruler of Babylon; best known for code laws; conqured many cities in S. & N. mesopatomia | 14 | |
205671012 | Scribe | Position reserved for men who did the lengthy trainnig required to read &write using cuneiforms and hieroglyphics. | 15 | |
205671013 | Ziggurant | Stepped Tower made of mud bricks; associated w/ religious complexes but function is uknown | 16 | |
205671014 | Amulet | small charm used to protect from evil ; reflect religious practices of the common people | 17 | |
205671015 | Cuneiform | writing system; later used to represent other languages of W. Asia. Many symbols - literacy | 18 | |
205671016 | Pharaon | Central figure in ancient Egypt state; used power to maintain the safety & prosperity of egypt | 19 | |
205671017 | Ma'at | Divinely created &maintained order | 20 | |
205671018 | Pyramid | burial place for the king , stepped triangle | 21 | |
205671019 | memphis | capitol of old king egypt; early rulers were interred in nearby pyramids | 22 | |
205671020 | Thebes | Capitol of egypt; Amon = chief gods of egypt, monarchs were barried across vallley of kings | 23 | |
205671021 | Hieroglyphics | pictorial symbols; used for monumental inscriptions; cursive was formed | 24 | |
205671022 | Papyrus | Grows along NIle river (egypt); produced paperlike writing medium | 25 | |
205671023 | Mummy | Body preserved by chemical processes; believed that deceased will need again | 26 | |
205671024 | Harappa | great in indus valley, located on N.W.frontier of zone of cultrivation. | 27 | |
205671025 | Monhenjo-Daro | large scale of construction; orderly grid of streets, standard builing materials; central planning | 28 |