Unit 1 AP World History Terms Flashcards
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| 160695373 | Paleolithic Era | "Old Stone Age" | 0 | |
| 160695374 | Neolithic Era | "New Stone Age" | 1 | |
| 160695375 | foraging societies | Small nomadic communities -no politics -economic equality | 2 | |
| 160695376 | hunter/gatherers | follow animals/wild plants from season to season | 3 | |
| 160695377 | Neolithic Revolution | start of farming | 4 | |
| 160695378 | domestication | taming of wild plants and animals | 5 | |
| 160695379 | matrilineal | belonging to mother's lineage | 6 | |
| 160695380 | patrilineal | father's line | 7 | |
| 160695381 | sedentary agriculture | domestication of plants and animals | 8 | |
| 160695382 | slash and burn agriculture | cutting down trees, burning plot, planting | 9 | |
| 160695383 | cultural diffusion | spread of ideas, culture, tech, etc. | 10 | |
| 160695384 | independent invention | creating a solution to a problem | 11 | |
| 160695385 | specialization of labor | different jobs other than agriculture | 12 | |
| 160695386 | gender division of labor | different jobs for men and women (hunting/gathering) | 13 | |
| 160695387 | Fertile Crescent | site of first civilizations | 14 | |
| 160695388 | Epic of Gilgamesh | first literary epic | 15 | |
| 160695389 | Code of Hammurabi | first set of defined laws (written) | 16 | |
| 160695390 | hieroglyphics | Egyptian writing | 17 | |
| 160695391 | Hittites/iron weapons | first to produce iron | 18 | |
| 160695392 | Assyrians/calvary | first to use in battle | 19 | |
| 160695393 | democracy | majority rule | 20 | |
| 160695394 | Persian Wars | Greeks v. Persians | 21 | |
| 160695395 | Hellenism | adoption and spread of Greek culture throughout the lands that Alexander conquered | 22 | |
| 160695396 | plebians v. patricians (Rome) | peasants v. elites | 23 | |
| 160695397 | Silk Road | trade route throughout Asia | 24 | |
| 160695398 | caste system | social system of India | 25 | |
| 160695399 | Ashoka | Mauryan ruler (India), conversion to Buddhism | 26 | |
| 160695400 | aristocracy | upper class | 27 | |
| 160695401 | oligarchy | rule by few (Sparta) | 28 | |
| 160695402 | Zoroastrianism | ancient monotheistic religion (Persia) | 29 | |
| 160695403 | Torah | Jewish holy book | 30 | |
| 160695404 | Talmud | set of laws to live by (Judaism) | 31 | |
| 160695405 | samsara | migration of soul from one body to the next | 32 | |
| 160695406 | dharma | personal obligations, duties | 33 | |
| 160695407 | Four Noble Truths | foundation of Buddhism | 34 | |
| 160695408 | Eightfold Path | way to end suffering (part of Four Noble Truths | 35 | |
| 160695409 | Nirvana | realization of absolute truth (end of the road) | 36 | |
| 160695410 | Theravada Buddhism | Buddha is a guy | 37 | |
| 160695411 | Mahayana Buddhism | Buddha is a god | 38 |