XCP AP World History Chapter 1 Vocabulary Flashcards

7199108632	Australopithecus	Oldest known ancestor of humans; it li ed from around 400 million down to around one million years ago, and it could walk on hind legs, freeing up hands for use of simple tools.	0
7199109721	Catal Huyuk	Important Neolithic settlement in Anatolia. (7250-6150 B.C.E)	1
7199109722	Cave Paintings	Paintings that the homo sapiens made in caves that were usually of animals and main things in their lives.	2
7199110183	Complex Society	Social formation that is described as a formative or developed state.	3
7199110184	Domestication	The process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm.	4
7199110563	Gender	Gender equality was in place early on in history but later due to urbanization was declined.	5
7199110564	Hominidae	A creature belonging to the Hominidae, which includes human and humanlike species.	6
7199111414	Homo Erectus	Upright walking human which existed from two million to two hundred thousand years ago; home erectus used cleavers and hand axes and learned to control fire.	7
7199111415	Homo Sapiens	Consciencly thinking humans which first appeared around two hundred fifty thousand years ago and used sophisticated tools.	8
7199112528	Metallurgy	Trhe branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals and their production and purification.	9
7199112842	Neandertal	Early humans who were prebalent during the Paleolithic period.	10
7199112844	Paleolithic	Old stone age, a long period of human development before the development of agriculture.	11
7199112843	Neolithic	New stone age which was marked by the discovery and mastery of agriculture.	12
7199113536	Patriarchy	The institutional domination of men over woman.	13
7199113537	Speacialization of Labor	The idea that people focus on one type of labor like pottery and metalworking.	14
7199114011	Technology	The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.	15
7199114013	Urbanization	The process of making an area more urban.	16
7199114012	Textile	People made these of newly raised crops and then found new tech to help them with spinning.	17
7199114363	Venus Figures	Small Paleolithic statues of women with exaggerated sexual features.	18