Chapter 1 - AP World History Flashcards

2848950398	Civilization	a group of people sharing a set of cultural traits - complex societies	0
2848950399	Culture	socially transmitted patterns of actions and expression	1
2849693288	History	the study of past events and changes	2
2849700100	Stone Age	production of tools from stone and other nonmetallic substances like natural items such as wood	3
2849711791	Paleolithic	evolution of human (Stone Age time period)	4
2849748588	Neolithic	the ancient Agriculture Revolution (Stone Age time period)	5
2849751807	Foragers	hunters and gatherers	6
2849764207	Agriculture Revolutions	food gathering to food production (Neolithic Revolution time period)	7
2849768956	Megaliths	structures and complexes of very large stones for ceremonial and religion purposes (Neolithic Revolution time period)	8
2849782890	Sumerians	were responsible for the creations of Mesopotamian culture like irrigation technology, cuneiform, and religious conception	9
2849832292	Semitic	family of related languages spoken in western Asia and northern Africa such as Hebrew, Aramaic, and Phoenician. most popular language in the Semitic family is Arabic	10
2849849043	City - State	small independent state, urban center, and agriculture territory	11
2849853729	Babylon	largest and most important city in Mesopotamia	12
2849859375	Hammurabi	amorite ruler of Babylon and is known for code laws	13
2849869672	Scribe	a professional position reserved for men, required to be able to read using cuneiforms, hieroglyphics, or cumberstoneg writing systems	14
2849883425	Ziggurat	massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mud bricks built for religious purposes in ancient Mesopotamian cities	15
2849893622	Amulet	small charm to protect bearer from evil	16
2849898749	Cuneiform	a system of writing - shaped systems represented words or syllables made in Mesopotamia and now used western Asia	17
2849911046	Bronze	an alloy of copper and with a small amount of tin	18
2849917219	Pharaoh	the central figure in the ancient Egyptian	19
2849921464	Ma'at	Egyptian term for the concept of divinely created and maintained order in the universe	20
2849931451	Pyramid	a large triangular stone monument, used in Egypt and Nubia as a burial place for the king	21
2849972730	Memphis	the capital of Old Kingdom Egypt, near the Nile Delta	22
2849983794	Thebes	capital city of Egypt and home of the ruling dynasties during Middle and New Kingdoms	23
2850023242	Hieroglyphics	a system of writing in which pictorial symbols represented sounds, syllables, or concept	24
2850027335	Papyrus	a reed that grows along the banks of the Nile River in Egypt	25
2850041147	Mummy	a body preserved by chemical processes or special natural circumstances, the belief that the decreased will need it again in the afterlife - wrapping the body with linen bandages and enclosing it in a wooden sarcophagus	26
2850055585	Harappa	one of the great cities of the Indus Valley civilizations of the third millennium B.C.E - a center for the acquisition of raw materials	27
2850074898	Mohenjo - Daro	largest of the cities of the Indus Valley civilizations	28
2850095280	Greece	near by Black Sea, Asia Minor (Turkey), and Aegean Sea	29
2850105830	Mediterranean Sea	near Egypt, Nile River and Mesopotamia (Iraq)	30
2850110605	Egypt	near Africa, Nile River and Mediterranean Sea	31
2850112174	Red Sea	near Egypt, Nile River and Saudi Arabia	32
2850115400	Mesopotamia (Iraq)	near Mediterranean Sea, Tigris River, and Euphrates River	33
2850126459	Persian Gulf	near Mesopotamia (Iraq), Saudi Arabia and Persia (Iran)	34
2850135309	Persia (Iran)	near Asia, Caspian Sea, and Tigris River	35
2850141583	Harappa (city)	near Hindu Kush, Indus River, and Mohenjo - Daro (city)	36
2850149246	India	near Ganges River and Himalaya	37
2850158309	Deccan Plateau	near India, Arabian Sea, and Bay of Bengal	38
2850165488	Indian Ocean	near Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal	39
2850169057	South China Sea	near Pacific Ocean and Yangzi River	40
2850171414	Vietnam	near Yangzi River and South China Sea	41
2850173584	China	near Yangzi River	42
2850179072	Mongolia	near Gobi Desert and Korea	43