AP World History Chapter 6 Commonality and Variations Flashcards

7573514178	Ancestral Pueblo	Formerly known as Anasazi, people established mixed agricultural and gathering, hunting society in southwestern part of North America	0
7573521344	Apedemek	Lion god of classical Meroë; his popularity shows a turn away from Egyptian cultural influence	1
7573521345	Axum	Classical-era kingdom-East Africa, present-day Eritrea, northern Ethiopia (100 to 600)	2
7573532153	Bantu expansion	Gradual migration from their homeland southern Nigeria, Cameroons into eastern and southern Africa (ca. 3000 B.C.E. Continued for several millennia). Agricultural techniques, ironworking technology gave them an advantage over the gathering and hunting peoples they encountered.	3
7573538703	Batwa	Forest-dwelling (Central Africa) adopted ways of Bantu neighbors while retaining distinctive features of their own culture; also known as "Pygmies."	4
7573543050	Cahokia	Dominant center important Mississippi valley mound-building culture, near present-day St. Louis, Missouri (900 to 1250 C.E.)	5
7573548212	Chaco Phenomenon	Major process of settlement, societal organization occurred in period (860-1130 C.E.)Chaco canyon (northwestern New Mexico) settlements large pueblos and building of hundreds of miles of roads (the purpose of which is not known).	6
7573552071	Chavín	Andean town center of large Peruvian religious movement (900 to 200 B.C.E.)	7
7573556079	Coptic Christianity	Egyptian variety of Christianity, belief Christ has only single, divine nature.	8
7573559324	Ezana	King of Axum (early 4th century C.E). - established Christianity in his state.	9
7573564654	Hopewell culture	Most important site (in present-day Ohio), elaborate and widespread of North American mound-building cultures; flourished from 200 B.C.E. to 400 C.E.	10
7573569389	Jenne jeno	Largest and most fully studied of cities of Niger Valley civilization.	11
7573573055	Maya	Major classical civilization of Mesoamerica; flourished from 250 to 900 C.E.	12
7573578126	Meroë	City southern Nubia center of Nubian civilization between 300 B.C.E. and 100 C.E.	13
7573580613	Moche	Important regional civilization of Peru, governed by warrior-priests; (100 to 800 C.E.)	14
7573583832	Mound Builders	Cultures developed east of Mississippi River distinguished by large earthen mounds, built 2000 B.C.E. -1250 C.E.	15
7573587829	Nazca	southern coastal Peru, became famous for underground irrigation channels and their gigantic, mysterious lines in desert-form of monkeys, birds, spiders, and other designs.	16
7573589928	Niger Valley civilization	Distinctive city-based civilization flourished (300 B.C.E.-900 C.E.) in middle western Africa, major cities like Jenne-jeno; civilization noteworthy for lack of centralized state structures-organized in clusters of economically specialized settlements.	17
7573593082	Pueblo	"Great house" large, apartment building-like structure that could house hundreds of people.	18
7573599117	Semi sedentary	Describes peoples eastern woodlands United States, Central America, Amazon basin, & Caribbean combined partial reliance agriculture w/ gathering& hunting.	19
7573602220	Teotihuacán	Largest city pre-Columbian America, population(100,000-200,000) built to plan in Valley of Mexico, (flourished 300-600 C.E.) governed or influenced much of surrounding region. Term means "city of the gods."	20
7573607651	Tikal	Major Maya city, with a population of perhaps 50,000 people.	21