AP World History Vocabulary Flashcards

2344095072	Homo erectus	An extinct human-like species.	0
2344120804	Homo sapiens	The species of bipedal (two-legged) primates to which modern humans belong.	1
2344140867	Paleolithic Era/Period	"Old Stone Age"; period before 8000 BCE; the time of hunter and gatherer peoples.	2
2344165484	Slash-and-burn agriculture	An agriculture technique which cleared out space to be used for the cultivation and the domestication of plants.	3
2344172966	Pastoralists	People who domesticated animals to use for food.	4
2344185597	Patriarchy	A system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.	5
2344229033	Hunters and gatherers	Foragers and food collectors.	6
2344342257	Ice Age	A period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers.	7
2344349030	Last Ice Age	Peaked around 20,000 years ago; thick ice sheets covered much of northern Eurasia and North America.	8
2344388624	Agriculture	The domestication or cultivation of plants for the purposes of food and money.	9
2344392571	Neolithic Era/Period	"New Stone Age"; period from 8000 BCE to 3500 BCE; time of agricultural peoples.	10
2344407997	Neolithic Revolution	The major shift nearly 12,000 years ago that marks the beginning of the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture.	11
2344445794	Bering Strait	A land bridge between Siberia and Alaska that was used to cross to the Americas.	12
2344461747	Clovis	A prehistoric Native American culture that first appears in the archaeological record of North America around 12,000-11,000 years ago.	13
2344545202	Shamans	People believed to be especially skilled at dealing with the spirit world.	14
2344591630	Egaltarianism	A belief in human equality especially with respect to social, political, and economic affairs.	15
2344599535	Jomon	Paleolithic societies in Japan.	16
2344622301	Labrador	Region in northern Canada.	17
2344639779	San	Paleolithic society on the northern fringe of the Kalahari Desert in Southern Africa.	18
2344644189	Khosian	A language whose speakers have lived throughout eastern and southern Africa for many millennia.	19
2344726017	Ju/'hoansi	A distinct group of San peoples.	20
2344733927	N/um	A spiritual potency that lies in the stomach and becomes activated during "curing dances"; used by the Ju/'hoansi.	21
2344853719	Chumash	A paleolithic society located in southern California.	22
2344862513	Tomol	Planked canoe.	23