AP World History Period 1 Flashcards

4548021441	Migration	Movement from one part of something to another	0
4548021442	Centralized	Concentrate under a single authority	1
4548022527	Bantu	Collective name of a large group of sub-Saharan African languages and of the peoples speaking these languages	2
4548023062	Shang	The dominant people in the earliest Chinese dynasty for which we have written records (ca. 1750-1027 B.C.E.). Ancestor worship, divination by means of oracle bones, and the use of bronze vessels for ritual purposes were major elements of Shang culture.	3
4548024764	Phoenicians	Semitic-speaking Canaanites living on the coast of modern Lebanon and Syria in the first millennium B.C.E. From major cities such as Tyre and Sidon, Phoenician merchants and sailors explored the Mediterranean, and engaged in widespread commerce	4
4548025809	Harrappa/Mohenjo Daro	Civilizations along the Indus River valley	5
4548025810	Nile River Valley	fertile land in North Africa near the Nile River	6
4548026224	Forage	Search widely for food or provisions	7
4548026225	Commodities	a raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold	8
4548026867	Neolithic Revolution	the origin and consequences the introduction of agriculture, domestication of animals, and a more sedentary life during the later part of the Stone Age	9
4548026868	Climate	the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period	10
4548029422	Domesticated	an animal that is tame and kept as a pet or on a farm.	11
4548029911	Pastorialism	A type of agriculture activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter. (Domesticating Livestock for agricultural purposes)	12
4548029912	Hierarchy	a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.	13
4548030421	Specialization	the process of concentrating on and becoming expert in a particular subject or skill.	14
7348846225	Paleolithic	The period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans. It predates the Neolithic period	15
7348847646	Governance	the action or manner of governing.	16
7348849663	Divine	of, from, or like God or a god.	17
7348852158	Emergence	the process of coming into being, or of becoming important or prominent.	18
7348857990	Patriarchy	a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line.	19
7348859897	Commercial	making or intended to make a profit	20
7348862419	Artisan	a worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand	21
7348864768	Diffusion	the spreading of something more widely.	22
7348866790	Agrarian	relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land	23
7348925653	Surplus	an amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand.	24
7348927169	External	belonging to or forming the outer surface or structure of something	25
7348929031	Internal	of or situated on the inside	26
7348930815	Mobilize	make (something) movable or capable of movement	27
7348933307	Disseminate	spread or disperse (something, especially information) widely	28
7348935481	Dissolution	the closing down or dismissal of an assembly, partnership, or official body.	29
7348940616	Alliance	a state of being joined or associated	30
7348942284	Monumental	great in importance, extent, or size	31
7348945251	Subsequent	coming after something in time; following	32
7348947535	Vedic	records of Aryans describe deities - one was the war leader and strongest on Indra, destroyer of cities and god of thunder and storm. rituals for the gods is found in the vedas = 4 books of sacred knowledge originally recited orally in Sanskrit. the oldest - Rig Veda = collection of hyms from 1800 to 1300. by late Vedic period, Hindu gods were Shiva and Vishnu - examples of Brahma = universal, eternal force	33
7348950260	Hebrew Monotheism	Definition: The Hebrew idea of there being only one God and none other. This God is not anthropomorphic but is omnipotent Cause: Diffusion of Zoroastrianism ; nature gods; the need to bring together a people Consequence: Has influenced countless religions such as Christianity, Islam, Judaism, etc. Unification of peoples' through religion; no individual gods to blame for ex. Losing a war or no rainfall for crops	34
7348960028	Facilitate	make (an action or process) easy or easier	35
7348961253	Interregional	relatinɡ to or occurring between different regions.	36
7348964904	Zoroastrianism	dual gods of equal power to form early monotheism; Persian; cosmic struggle over good and bad; those that do good go to heaven and bad go to hell; influenced Judaism and Christianity	37
7348966009	Transregional	Across regions	38
7348969975	Oceania	the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia	39
7348973453	Olmec	They were the first major civilization in Mexico	40
7348979950	Mesopotamia	an ancient region in west Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: now part of Iraq	41
7348986539	Chavin	First major urban civilization in South America (900-250 B.C.E.) . It's capital, Chavín de Huantar, was located in the Andes Mountains of Peru. Chavín became politically and economically dominant in a densely populated region that included two distinct ecological zones, the Peruvian Costal Plain and the Andean Foothills	42
7348990117	B.C.E	Before Common Era	43
7348991289	C.E.	Common Era	44