Chapter 1-2 Vocab World History AP Flashcards

China, Nubia, Sumeria, Egypt, etc.

84910157	Civilization	Cities that served as administrative centers, apolitical sytem based on control of a defined territory rather than on kinship connections	0
84910158	Culture	Learned patterns of action and expression	1
84910159	History	The development, transmission, and transformation of cultural practices and events are the subject of history.	2
84910160	Stone Age	Lasted 4000 years. Marked by Stone Tools. A misleading labels.	3
84910161	Paleothic	(Old Stone Age) lasted until 10,000 years ago, about 3,000 years after the end of the last Ice Age.	4
84910162	Neolithic	(New Stone Age) associated with the origins or agriculture.	5
84910163	Foragers	Hunting and Gathering People	6
84910164	Megaliths	(meaning "big stones") Seem to relate to religious beliefs. To sum it up they're big ass worshipping stones.	7
84910165	Sumerians	The written record begins with these guys and marks the division, by some definitions, between pre-history and history.	8
84910166	Semitic	a family of languages spoken in parts of western Asia and northern Africa. They include the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Phoenician of the asian world and the Arabic of today.)	9
84910167	Hammurabi ref. Babylon	Famous for Hammurabi's famous law code. "An eye for and eye."	10
84910168	Scribe	A male administrator or scholar charged with reading and writing tasks.	11
84910169	Ziggurat ref. Mesopotamia	a multistory, mud-brick, pyramid-shaped tower approached by ramaps and stairs.	12
84910170	Amulets ref. Mesopotamia	small charms meant to protect the bearer from evil.	13
84910171	City-State	self-governing urban center and the agricultural territories it controlled.	14
84910172	Cuneiform ref. Mesopotamia	Wedge Shaped writing. Has several hundred signs. Composed of different Strokes and Wedges made by a sharpened reed into a moist clay tablet.	15
84910173	Pharaoh ref. Egypt	Egyptian King. Considered god on earth.	16
84910174	Ma'at ref. Egypt	the divinely authorized order of the universe.	17
84910175	Pyramid ref. Egypt	a series of stone platforms laid one on top of the other-atsqqara, near Memphis, Rulers of the Fourth Dynasty, filled in the steps of Djoser's tomb to create the mooth-sded, limestone pyramids that most often symbolize ancient Egypt.	18
84910176	Memphis ref. Egypt	Capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom.	19
84910177	Thebes ref. Egypt	Capital of Egypt during the Middle and New Kingdom periods.	20
84910178	Hieroglyphics ref. Egypt	the earliest form of this system, featured picture symbols standing for words, syllables, or individual sounds.	21
84910179	Papyrus ref. Egypt	Writing material made from the stems of the ____ reed that grew in the Nile Marshes.	22
84910180	Mummy ref. Egypt	A Dehydrated, Preserved, linen-wrapped, human body.	23
84910181	Indus Valley	Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro are __________ Civilizations.	24
84910182	Loess ref. China	Yellow Soil that makes the Huang Ye River Yellow a yellowish-hue. Extremely Fertile and Soft.	25
84910183	Shang Period ref. China	Originated near the Huang Ye. They were a warrior aristocracy. Tang was the first Ruler.	26
84910184	Divination ref. China	Ritual Sacrifices made to please the gods. Also used oracle bones and turtle shells to tell the future.	27
84910185	Mandate of Heaven ref. China	Made the Emperor THE emperor.	28
84910186	Confucius ref. China	A Chinese Philosopher who believed that people were originally good.	29
84910187	Han Fei ref. China	A Chinese Philosopher that believed that people were originally bad.	30
84910188	Daoism ref. China	A Teaching urging people to "Live in Harmony with Nature," and follow their own "Dao" or path.	31
84910189	Yin ref. China	The part of the yin/yang sign that is female and means moon, passive, shaded, and reflective.	32
84910190	Yang ref. China	The part of the yin/yang sign that is male and means sun, active, bright, and shining.	33
84910191	Kush ref. Egypt	Capital of Kerma. One of the earliest urbanized cities in Nubia	34
84910192	Meroe ref. Nubia	Egyptian capital after he collapse of it's authority in Nubia. Nubians ruled Egypt from Meroe.	35
84910193	Olmec	The most influential early Mesoamerican civilization. Famous for it's big-assed carved heads. Or "Megaliths."	36
84910194	Chavin	One of the most impressive South American early urban civilizations. It's capital is _____ de Huantar.	37
84910195	Llamas ref. Chavin	helped move production along in Chavin because they could carry heavy loads.	38
84911586	Agricultural Revolution ref. Neolithic	The Adoption of growing animals for food and cultivating plants.	39
84911587	Holocene	The Great Warming of the Earth after the Ice Age.	40