AMSCO AP World History Chapter 1 Flashcards

7215933789	Overfarming	To farm so much that land looses its fertility	0
7215933790	Overgrazing	The continual eating of grasses or their roots, without allowing them to regrow	1
7215933791	Artifacts	objects made and used by early humans, usually dug up by archaeologists	2
7215934663	Paleolithic Period	The Early Years of human history, ended around 8000 B.C.E., also call the "Stone Age"	3
7215935143	Neolithic Revolution	A set of dramatic changes in how people lived based on the development of agriculture	4
7215935776	Monotheism	The religious practice of worshiping only one deity	5
7215935777	Bronze Age	The era (around 3300-2300 B.C.E.) in which the practice of metallurgy arose	6
7215935778	Civilization	A large society with cities and powerful states	7
7215936774	Core and Foundational Civilizations	Civilizations that developed ways of life, such as language, religious beliefs, and economic practices, that would heavily influence successor civilizations in their regions	8
7215936775	Jericho	One of humankind's first cities	9
7215937507	Catal Huyuk	An ancient city in present-day Turkey that was founded in 7500 B.C.E.	10
7215937508	Textiles	Items made of cloth	11
7215938194	Specialization of Labor	The process of allowing people to focus on limited tasks	12
7215938705	Copper	The first metal used in replacement of stone	13
7215938706	Bronze	A combination of tin and copper that was found to be stronger than either of the two metals by themselves	14
7215939493	Hunter-foragers	People who hunt and forage for their food	15
7215939494	Agriculture	The practice of raising crops or livestock on a continual and controlled basis	16
7215940236	Surplus	More than needed	17
7215940237	Domestication	The process of taming wild animals so that they can be brought up to live with humans	18
7215942678	Nomadic Pastoralism	People moving herds of animals from pasture to pasture	19
7215942679	Kinship Groups	Related families that moved together in search of food (20-40 people)	20
7215942680	Clan	Kinship Groups were sometimes a part of a larger group of relatives called a:	21
7215943356	Tribe	A group of clans	22
7215943357	Patriarchy	A society dominated by men	23
7215944122	Artisans	People who made objects or tools that people needed	24
7215944123	Merchants	People who buy and sell goods for a living	25
7215944138	Social Stratification	Society's categorization of people into groups based on wealth, posessions, etc.	26
7215944746	Priests	people who performed religious ceremonies	27
7215946187	Priestesses	females who conducted religious rituals	28
7215962150	Animism	The belief that animals, rivers, and other elements of nature embody spirits	29
7216033190	Metallurgy	The science and study of metals	30