AP World History Terms Flashcards
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| 2749044064 | Cultural Diffusion | the spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another | 0 | |
| 2749044065 | Hunting and Gathering | any group of people that depends primarily on wild foods for subsistence | 1 | |
| 2749044066 | Independent Innovation | cultures or societies that invented something | 2 | |
| 2749044067 | Metallurgy | the science of metals | 3 | |
| 2749044068 | Monotheism | the belief that there is only one god | 4 | |
| 2749044069 | Neolithic Revolution | the first agricultural revolution—the transition from nomadic hunting and gathering communities and bands to agriculture and settlement | 5 | |
| 2749044070 | Pastoral Society (Pastoralism) | the branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock | 6 | |
| 2749044071 | Patriarchal | system of society or government controlled by men | 7 | |
| 2749044072 | Polytheism | the belief in more than one God | 8 | |
| 2749044073 | Sedentary Agriculture | a farming system in which the farmer remains settled in one place | 9 | |
| 2749044074 | Slavery | individuals are owned by others, who control where they live and at what they work | 10 | |
| 2749044075 | Social Stratification | a system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy | 11 | |
| 2749044076 | Syncretism | the reconciliation or fusion of differing systems of belief | 12 |