AP World History Chapter 1 Flashcards

Chapter 1 from the AP World Civilizations textbook written by Stearns (From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations) *NOT YET DONE*

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253174131	Sumerians	people who migrated into Mesopotamia ca. 4000 B.C.E.; created the first civilization within region; organized area into city-states.	0
253174132	matrilineal	family descent and inheritance traced through the female line.	1
253174133	polygamy	Marriage practice in which one husband had several wives; practiced in Aryan society	2
253174134	Aztecs	The Mexica; one of the nomadic tribes that penetrated into the sedentary zone of the Mesoamerican plateau after the fall of the Toltecs; established empire after 1325 around shores of Lake Texcoco.	3
253174135	Sargon I	Ruler of city-state of Akkad; established the first empire in Mesopotamian civilization c. 2400 b.c.e.	4
253174136	polis	city-state form of government typical of Greek political organization from 800 to 400 B.C.E. (pl. poleis)	5
253174137	totalitarian state	A new kind of government in the 20th century that exercised massive, direct control over virtually all the activities of its subjects; existed in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union.	6
253174138	Narmer	First pharaoh of Egyptian Old Kingdom; ruled circa 3,100 BCE	7
253174139	culture	Combinations of the ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction	8
253174140	Paleolithic Age	The Old Stone Age (ending in 12,000 BCE); typified by use of crude stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence.	9
253174141	pyramids	monumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs.	10
253174142	hieroglyphs	The form of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictoral than Mesopotamian cuneiform.	11