AP World History Vocab Flashcards
all the terms on the terms to know page, cities and people included
(in alphabetical order)
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| 190870073 | Agrarian society | culture or community in which agriculture is the primary means of subsustence; an economy that relies heavily on agricultural production | 0 | |
| 190870074 | anthropologist | scientist who studies the physical characteristics and cultures of humans and their ancestors | 1 | |
| 190870075 | Anyang | ancient city in northern China built during the Shang dynasty, it was China's first capital | 2 | |
| 190870076 | Archaeologist | a scientist who learns about ancient people by studying the things they left behind | 3 | |
| 190870077 | aristocracy | government headed by a privileged minority or upper class | 4 | |
| 190870078 | Australopithecines | First Hominids. 4 million to 1 million B.C.E. Found in Southern and Eastern Africa. Brain size 500 cm^3 (cubic centimeters). First humanlike creature to walk upright. traveled around 15 kilometers, had well developed thumbs and opposable thumbs | 5 | |
| 190870079 | Barter | the direct exchange of sets of goods for services for another set of goods | 6 | |
| 190870080 | China ( which dynastys are from) | Xia, Shang, Zhou | 7 | |
| 190870081 | City-State | a city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside/agricultural land that are under the influence of a larger empire | 8 | |
| 190870082 | civilization | a society with cities, a central government, job specialization, a high level of culture, an organized beleif system and social classes | 9 | |
| 190870083 | Cro-Magnon | -40,000 to 8,000 BCE -Europe -brain size 1,400 cm3 -fully modern humans | 10 | |
| 190870084 | Culture | the shared beliefs, customs, practices, and social behavior of a particular nation or people | 11 | |
| 190870085 | Cultural Diffusion | the spreading of ideas through contact such as trade or war | 12 | |
| 190870086 | Cuneifrom | written language of the summerians, probably the1st written script in the world | 13 | |
| 190870087 | Domestication | to tame animals so that they can be used to benifit a community | 14 | |
| 190870088 | Dynasty | a succession of rulers of a region from the same family | 15 | |
| 190870089 | Egypt | old kingdom, middle kingdom, new kingdom, hyksos | 16 | |
| 190870090 | Empire | a collection of nations or peoples ruled by a single authority, usualy a monarch | 17 | |
| 190870091 | Feudalism | A social, political, & economic system that dominated all aspects of medevil European life | 18 | |
| 190870092 | Hammurabi | 1792-1750 B.C.E. "king of the four quarters of the world" created Hammurabi's laws | 19 | |
| 190870093 | Harappa | Mohenjo-Dara Harappa Kalibangan | 20 | |
| 190870094 | Hieroglyphics | Ancient Egyptian written language | 21 | |
| 190870095 | Hominid | a creature belonging to the family hominidae, which includes human & humanlike species | 22 | |
| 190870096 | Homo Erectus | "upright walking human" existed 1.5 million to 200 thousand years ago used cleavers & handaxes learned how to control fire | 23 | |
| 190870097 | Homo Habilis | an upright Eastern African hominid having some advanced human like characteristics 1.5 to 2 million years ago | 24 | |
| 190870098 | Homo Sapiens | "consciously thinking human" posses a remarkable intelligence that enabled individuals to understand the structure of the world around them | 25 | |
| 190870099 | Homo Sapiens Sapiens | (Us) subspecies of the genus Homo in which modern Humans are classified | 26 | |
| 190870100 | Imperialism | expansion of European powers & their conquest & colonization of African & Asian societies mainly from the 16th through the 19th centuries | 27 | |
| 190870101 | Leakey (family) | spent most of life searching for the fossilized remains of early hominids in east Africa | 28 | |
| 190870102 | Luoyang (city) | in China, Buddhist centre in 5th and 6th centuries, near the yellow river, Capital of 9 dynasties Henan Provence | 29 | |
| 190870103 | Mandate of Heavan | Chinese belief that the emperors ruled through the mandate, or approval of heavan contingent on their ability to look after the welfare of the population | 30 | |
| 190870104 | Memphis (city) | the ancient capital of Egypt, located on the nile in Lower Egypt, and was sacred to Ptah | 31 | |
| 190870105 | Menes (Narmer) | 3100 B.C.E. brought unified rule to Egypt was an ambitious mino offical from southern Egypt who rose to power & extended authority north & into the delta. he founded the city of Memphis also known as Narmer | 32 | |
| 190870106 | Mesopotamian Societies | Hebrews, Israelites, Jews Phoenicians Sumerians Akadians Babylonians Hittites Assyrian | 33 | |
| 190870107 | Migration | the mass movement of people from one area to another | 34 | |
| 190870108 | Monarch | the single ruler of a gov't | 35 | |
| 190870109 | Monotheism | belief in only one god, rare in the ancient world | 36 | |
| 190870110 | Neanderthal | Early humans who were prevalent during the Paleolithic Period | 37 | |
| 190870111 | Neolithic age | "new stone age" marked by the discovery & mastery of agriculture | 38 | |
| 190870112 | Neolithic revolution | the development of agriculture & domestication of animals as a food source. this led to the development of permanent settlements & the start of Civilization | 39 | |
| 190870113 | Nubia | kush was the main empire ancient region of N.E. Africa, below Egypt on the Nile, important trade partner with Egypt even during time of war extended from Aswan to Khartoum | 40 | |
| 190870114 | Oligarchy | a political system in which the gov't is under the control of the merchant class | 41 | |
| 190870115 | Paleolithic age | "old stone age" a long period of human development before the development of agriculture | 42 | |
| 190870116 | Paleontologist | a person who studies the fossil remains of life from previos geological periods | 43 | |
| 190870117 | Pastoralism | the practice of herding as the primary economic activity of a society | 44 | |
| 190870118 | Patriarchal society | a community where men are the decision makers & hold positions of power & prestige (if you don't know this, why are you in A.P. World History?) | 45 | |
| 190870119 | Place | a location | 46 | |
| 190870120 | Polytheism | belief in many gods | 47 | |
| 190870121 | Queen Hatshepsut | Queen of Egypt (1st female pharoh), co ruled with her step son Thutmose III, 1473-1458 B.C.E. to make her more respected as a female ruler, her statues depicted her with the typical beard of a male Egyptian ruler | 48 | |
| 190870122 | Ramses II | king of ancient Egypt marked by the war with Hittites & construction of monuments such as the Rock temple at Abu Simbel | 49 | |
| 190870123 | Region | area, section,or portion of a country | 50 | |
| 190870124 | Sargon of Akkad | 2370-2315 B.C.E. creator of the Mesopotamian Empire began as minister to the king of Kish in 2334 B.C.E he conquered the cities and destroyed walls, took control of trade routes and began to tax trade his empire lasted until it's collapse in 2000 B.C.E: | 51 | |
| 190870125 | Slash-Burn Farming | an agricultural technique which involves cutting & burning of forests or woodlands to create feilds for farming | 52 | |
| 190870126 | Subsistance Farming | self sufficiency farming in which farmers produce just enough to feed their families, (only enough to survive, no excess) | 53 | |
| 190870127 | Theocracy | a form of gov't in which a god/ deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the god's/deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities | 54 | |
| 190870128 | Thutmose III | step-son of Queen Hatshepsut, co ruled Egypt with her | 55 | |
| 190870129 | Ur (city) | an ancient summerian city on the Euphrates | 56 |