AP World History Flashcards
Mr. Sharp's WHITE 2 Class - 2010/11 Vocabulary List
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| 79143994 | Hunting and Gathering | The use of simple tools to hunt animals and gather nuts, plants, and roots for food. | 0 | |
| 79143995 | Civilization | Societies distinguished by reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, as well as merchant and manufacturing groups. | 1 | |
| 79143996 | Paleolithic Age | The Old Stone Age ending in 12,000 BC; typified by use of crude stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence. | 2 | |
| 79390685 | Neolithic Age | The New Stone Age between 8000 BC and 5000 BC; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occured; domestication of plants and animals accomplished. | 3 | |
| 79390686 | Nomads | Cattle and sheep herding societies normally found on the fringes of civilized society; commonly referred to as "barbarian" | 4 | |
| 79390687 | Savages | A person regarded as primitive or uncivilized. | 5 | |
| 79390688 | Culture | System of belief that helps explain the environment and set up rules for various kinds of social behavior. | 6 | |
| 79390689 | Homo sapiens | The humanoid species that emerged as most successfulat the end of the Paleolithic period. | 7 |