AP World History Period 1 Flashcards

6734869359	Hunting and Gathering	Means of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization	0
6734875455	Civilization	Societies with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of non-farming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups	1
6734891798	Paleolithic	Typified by use of evolving stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence Old Stone age- ended 12,000 BCE	2
6734909994	Neolithic	period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished (New Stone Age 8000-5000 BCE)	3
6734918414	Culture	Combination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction	4
6734926079	Agrarian revolution	increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing(8000-5000 BCE)	5
6734934940	Mesopotamia	"between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys	6
6734940091	Sumerians	People who migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 B.C.E.; created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states	7
6734945350	Cuneiform	A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets	8
6734952153	City-state	form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king	9
6734955652	Ziggurats	Massive towers usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections	10
6735132178	Babylonian Empire	Unified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.	11
6735645926	Hammurabi	An important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law	12
6735659095	Pyramids	Monumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs	13
6735663549	Hieroglyphs	Form of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuneiform	14
6735669649	Olmec	Civilization of Mesoamerica	15
6735673367	Monotheism	The exclusive worship of one god; introduced by Jews into Middle Eastern civilization	16
6735683544	Harappa and Mohenjo Daro	Major urban complexes of Indus River Valley civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern	17
6735689483	Chavin	Civilization in Andean South America	18
6735692971	Shang	1st Chinese dynasty	19
6735696598	Metallurgy	Process of extracting, molding and shaping metal	20
6735713455	Hierarchy	Any system of persons or things ranked one above another	21
6735720613	Patriarchy	A form of social organization in which the male is the supreme authority	22
6735724697	Hitittes	Civilization that developed the use of iron	23
6735728803	Vedic Religion	Eventually led to modern Hinduism	24
6735733116	Hebrew monotheism	Jewish religion that also led to modern Christianity	25
6735740380	Zoroastrianism	Persian religion	26
6735745837	Epic of Gilgamesh	Early work of literature originating in Ancient Sumer	27
6735754104	Rig Veda	A collection of 1000 hymns and mythology of Hindi gods	28
6735756370	Quipu	Series of knots used as a means of record keeping by Andean South American civilizations	29