AP World History Flashcards

3017449397	Diffusion	High to low concentration	0
3017451205	fertile crescent	A large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland found between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Ancient Mesopotamia.	1
3017452046	migration	A movement from one country or region to another	2
3017482738	neolithic era	New Stone Age	3
3017483189	specialization of labor	To train or specialize people in certain areas of work so that people can accomplish tasks quicker focusing work effort on a particular product or a single task	4
3017484473	pastoralists	nomadic people who herded animals	5
3017485598	Patriarchy	a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line	6
3017486052	Metallurgy	the science of working with metals	7
3017486693	sumerian city states	Uruk, Kish, Lagash, and Umma	8
3017487645	hammurabi's code	first written code/set of laws that all were expected to obey.	9
3017488035	indus valley civilizations	An ancient civilization that flourished in the Indus and Ghaggar-Hakra river valleys from 2600-1900 BCE.	10
3017489213	epic of gilgamesh	A famous poem that describes ancient Sumerian life. It is also called the "oldest story in the world"	11
3017522187	mohenjo	Indus Valley city laid out in a grid pattern. Had a complex irrigation and sewer system.	12
3017530805	hominid	A member of a biological group including human beings and related species that walk upright	13
3017542379	mandate of heaven	A political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source	14
3017545803	teosinte		15