AP World History Chapter 1 Flashcards
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| 195864249 | Slash and Burn Agriculture | A system of cultivation typical of shifting cultivators; forest floors cleared by fire are then planted | 0 | |
| 195864250 | Bands | a level of social organization normally consisting of 20 or 30 people; nomadic hunters and gatherers; labor divided on a gender basis | 1 | |
| 195864251 | Catal Huyuk | Early urban culture based on sedentary agriculture; located in mondern southern Turkey; was larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social strification | 2 | |
| 195864252 | Civilization | societies distinguished by reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of non farming elites, as well as merchant and manufactoring groups | 3 | |
| 195864253 | Coneiform | A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets | 4 | |
| 195864254 | Nomad | Cattle and sheep herding societies normally found on the fringes of civilized societies; commonly reffered to as "barbarian" by civilized societies | 5 | |
| 195864255 | Mesopotamia | Literally "between the rivers"; the civilizations that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys | 6 | |
| 195864256 | Sumerians | People who migrated into mesopotamia c. 4000 B.C.E.; created first civilization within region; organized area into city states | 7 | |
| 195864257 | Ziggurats | Massive towers usually associated with mesopotamian temple complexes | 8 | |
| 195864258 | City-State | A form of political organization typical of mesopotamian civilizations; consisted of agricultural lands ruled by an urban based king | 9 | |
| 195864259 | Babylonian | extended their own empire and thus helped bring civilization to other parts of the Middle East; unified mesopotamia | 10 | |
| 195864260 | Hammurabi | The most important ruler of the Babylonian empire; responsible for Condification of law | 11 | |
| 195864261 | Pharaoh | Title of kings of ancient Egypt | 12 | |
| 195864262 | Pyramids | Monumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharohs | 13 | |
| 195864263 | Kush | An African State that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile c. 1000 BCE; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries | 14 | |
| 195864264 | Indus River Valley | River sources in Himalayas to mouth in Arabian Sea; location of the Harappan Civilization | 15 | |
| 195864265 | Harappa and Mohenjo Daro | Major urban complexes of Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern | 16 | |
| 195864266 | Huangne (Yellow River) | Site of development of sedentary agriculture in china | 17 | |
| 195864267 | Ideographs | Pictographic characters grouped together to create nerw concepts typical of Chinese writing | 18 | |
| 195864268 | Shang | First Chinese dynaty for which archeological evidence exists; capital located in Ordos bulge of the Huangne; flourished 1600 to 1046 BCE | 19 | |
| 195864269 | Phoenicians | Sea faring civilization located on the shores of the Eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean | 20 | |
| 195864270 | Monotheism | The exclusive worship of a single god; introduced by the Jews into western civilization | 21 |