Chapter 2 Flashcards
AP World Histories chapter 2 vocabulary.
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| 32621215 | Neolithic | of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age (following the mesolithic) | 0 | |
| 32621216 | Innovation | the act of starting something for the first time | 1 | |
| 32621217 | Diffusion | the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another | 2 | |
| 32621218 | Ziggurat | a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians | 3 | |
| 32621219 | Bas Relief | a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background | 4 | |
| 32621220 | pictogram | A picture representing a word or idea | 5 | |
| 32621221 | cuneiform | Sumerian writing made by pressing a wedge-shaped tool into clay tablets | 6 | |
| 32621222 | ideogram | symbol that stands for a concept rather than a word | 7 | |
| 32621223 | Polis | City-state | 8 |