AP Global Chapter 1 Flashcards

2985290732	Babalonian Empire	Unified all of mesopotamia 1800BCE; collapsed due to foreign region	0
2985290733	Band	A level of social organization normally consisting of 20 to 30 people; nomadic hunters and gatherers, labor divided on a gender basis	1
2985290734	Bronze Age	From about 4000BCE, when bronze tools were first introduced in the Middle East, to about 1500BCE, when iron began to replace it	2
2985290735	Catal Huyuk	A Neolithic village located in southern Turkey; was founded about 7000BCE and was 32 acres	3
2985290736	City-States	A form of political organization organization typical of Mesopotamian civilizations; consist of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king	4
2985290737	Civilization	Societies distinguished by reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of no farming elites, as well as merchant and manufacturing goods	5
2985290738	Culture	The beliefs, customs, arts, etc. of a particular society, group, place, or time	6
2985290739	Cuneiform	A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets	7
2985290740	Domestication	To breed or train (an animal) to need and accept the care of human beings: to tame	8
2985290741	Hammurabi	The king of Babylonian	9
2985290742	Homo Sapiens	The humanoid species that emerged as most successful at the end of the period	10
2985290743	Hunter/Gatherer	A small group of people who required a very large area of space	11
2985290744	Ideographic	Pictographic characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing	12
2985290745	Indus River	River sources in Himalayas to mouth in Arabian Sea; location of Harappan civilization	13
2985290746	Kush	An African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile 1000BCE; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries	14
2985290747	Mesopotamia	In between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers	15
2985290748	Mohenjo Daro	Along with Harappa, major urban complex of the Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern	16
2985290749	Monotheism	The exclusive worship/belief of a single God; introduced by the Jews into western civilization	17
2985290750	Neanderthal	A hominid known from skeletal in Europe, Northern Africa, and Western Asia that lived from about 30,000 to 20,000 years ago	18
2985290751	Neolithic Revolution	The succession of technological innovations and changes in human organization that led to the development of agriculture, 8500-3500BCE	19
2985290752	Nomads	Cattle and sheep-herding societies normally found on the fringes of civilized societies; commonly found referred to as "barbarian" by civilized societies	20
2985290753	Paleolithic	The Old Stone Age ending in 12,000BCE; typified by use of crude stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence	21
2985290754	Pharaoh	The king who possessed immense power	22
2985290755	Phoenicians	Seafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean	23
2985290756	Pyramids	Monumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for Pharaohs	24
2985290757	Shang	First Chinese dynasty from which archeological evidence exists; capital located in Ordos bulge of the Huanghe; flourished 1600 to 1046 BC	25
2985290758	Slash & Burn Agriculture	A system of cultivation typical of shifting cultivators, forest floors cleared by fire are then planted	26
2985290759	Sumerian	People who migrated into Mesopotamia 4000BCE; created first civilization within region; organized area into city-states	27
2985290760	Ziggurats	Massive towers usually associated with Mesopotamian temple complexes	28
2985290761	Pastorialism	A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter	29