Chapter 1 Vocab Flashcards
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| 87104359 | Paleolithic Age | The old stone age ending in 12,000 B.C.E.; used crude stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence (a means of surviving). | 0 | |
| 87104360 | Homo Sapiens sapiens | The humanoid species that emerged as most successful at the end of the Paleolithic period. | 1 | |
| 87104361 | Neolithic Revolution | The succession of technological innovations and changes in human organization that led to the development of agriculture. | 2 | |
| 87104362 | Nomads | Cattle and sheep herding societies found on the fringes of civilized societies. | 3 | |
| 87104363 | Bronze Age | About 4000 B.C.E. when bronze tools were first introduced in the Middle East. | 4 | |
| 87104364 | Hunting and Gathering | Older system of survival among early peoples. | 5 | |
| 87104365 | Civilization | Societies distinguished by reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites. | 6 | |
| 87104366 | Bands | A level of social organization normally consisting of 20-30 people. | 7 | |
| 87104367 | Slash and Burn Agriculture | Forest floors are cleared by fire and are then planted. | 8 | |
| 87104368 | Catal Huyuk | Early urban culture based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern day Turkey. | 9 | |
| 87104369 | Cuneiform | A form of writing developed by the Sumerians. | 10 | |
| 87104370 | Neolithic Age | The New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; domestication of plants and animals accomplished. | 11 | |
| 87104371 | Ziggurats | Massive towers usually associated with Mesopotamian temple complexes. | 12 | |
| 87104372 | Pharaohs | King of Egypt. | 13 | |
| 87104373 | Mesopotamia | The civilization that arose in the plaiins of the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys. | 14 | |
| 87104374 | Sumerians | Created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states. | 15 | |
| 87104375 | City-states | A form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilizations. | 16 | |
| 87104376 | Babylonians | Unified all of Mesopotamia c. 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion. | 17 | |
| 87104377 | Pyramids | Used as burial sites for pharaohs. | 18 | |
| 87104378 | Indus River | Location of Harappan societies. | 19 | |
| 87104379 | Hammurabi | The most important ruler of the Babylonian empire; responsible for codification of law. | 20 | |
| 87104380 | Mohenjo-Daro | Along with Harappa, major urban complex of the Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern. | 21 | |
| 87104381 | Kush | An African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile. | 22 | |
| 87104382 | Ideographic | Pictographic characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing. | 23 | |
| 87104383 | Huanghe | Yellow River. | 24 | |
| 87104384 | Phoenicians | Seafaring civilization located on the shores of eastern Mediterranean. | 25 | |
| 87104385 | Shang | First Chinese dynasty for which archeological evidence exists; located on the bulge of Huanghe. | 26 | |
| 87104386 | Monotheism | The exclusive worship of a single god; introduced by the Jews. | 27 | |
| 87104387 | Harappa | Along with Mohenjo-Daro, major urban complex of the Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern. | 28 |