AP World Quiz 2 Flashcards

199866851	city states	a state with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside; basic units of Sumerian civilization; occurred when cities expanded; consisted of the city, the surrounding mud brick wall, and the surrounding farmland	0
199866852	Akkadians	people to the north of Sumerian cities; spoke Semitic language; leader was Sargon; overran Sumer to create their empire	1
199866853	Hammurabi	leader of Babylon; created Mesopotamian kingdom out of Sumer and Akkad	2
199866854	river valley	depression with predominant extent in one direction; very deep- called canyon or gorge	3
199866855	semitic	family of languages (includes Phoenician and Akkadian); main subgroup of Afro-Asiatic family; people of this kind were descendant of Shem	4
199866856	pharaoh	ancient Egyptian king or ruler; "the Great House"; considered both king and god	5
199866857	Kush	ancient kingdom; once know as Nubia; contrlled by Egypt for a bit; bronze weapons; run out by the Assyrians; pushed out again by Axums; located on Nile River; south of ancient Egypt; land of the bow because their archers were expert and fierce; gold, ivory, incense, iron ore	6
199866858	Indus River	site of an early civilization; Asian river that rises in Tibet and flows through northern India and then southwest through Kashmir/Pakistan/Arabian Sea; home to Mohenjo Daro	7
199866859	Mohenjo Daro	ancient city of the civilization of the Indus River; now Pakistan; largest city/settlement in Indus Valley civilization of India; along with Harappa, major urban complex of the Harappan civilization	8
199866860	citadels	a fortress, typically on high ground, protecting or dominating a city; a stronghold or fortified place	9
199866861	Yellow River	second largest river in China; the cradle of Chinese civilization; floods a lot; the first Chinese civilizations were located here	10
199866862	Shang	imperial dynasty ruling China from 16-11 cent BC; earliest Chinese dynasty; ancestor worship, divination through oracle bones; have archaeological records of writing; technology was a combination of Bronze Age and Iron Age elements	11
199866863	Harappa	an ancient city of the Indus Valley civilization; Pakistan; discovered 1920; existed 2600-1700 BC; big civilization like Mohenjo Daro	12
199866864	bureaucracy	system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives; a system involving many rules and procedures and several levels of management and relies on written communication	13
199866865	oracles	a priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity; China->shamans or priests foretold the future through interpretations of animal bones cracked by heat; inscriptions on bones led to Chinese writing	14
199866866	Phoenicians	Semitic people of Phoenicia and its colonies; prospered from trade and manufacturing; sacked by Alexander the Great in 332 BC; dominated trade; coast of Lebanon and shores of Mediterranean	15