Ap World History Vocabulary Flashcards

7252162740	Agricultural Revolution	The introduction of agriculture, domestication of animals, and a more sedentary life during the Neolithic Age	0
7252162741	Artifact	an object made by human hands	1
7252163930	Chariot	A light vehicle pulled by one or more horses that became the ultimate military weapon in Eurasia from 1700 BCE-600 BCEA light vehicle pulled by one or more horses that became the ultimate military weapon in Eurasia from 1700 BCE-600 BCE	2
7252170105	Chiefdom	Agricultural societies that ran under the authority of a chief. These societies had less complex political systems and social stratification than civilizations.	3
7252170860	Civilization	A cultural group with advanced cities, complex institutions, skilled workers, advanced technology, and a system of recordkeeping.	4
7252170861	Covenant	Agreement; in the Judeo-Christian heritage, an agreement between God and humankind	5
7252170862	Climate	The pattern of temperature and precipitation over a period of time	6
7252171776	Cultural Diffusion	The transmission of ideas and products from one culture to another	7
7252171777	Cuneiform	A system of writing originating in Mesopotamia in which a wedge-shaped stylus was used to press symbols into clay	8
7252172435	Diaspora	the exile of an ethnic or racial group from their homeland	9
7252176536	Egalitarian	Relating to equality within society	10
7252181041	Foraging	A term for hunting and gathering	11
7252181042	Independent Invention	The idea that ancient civilizations were able to achieve characteristics of civilization without contact with others	12
7252182046	Irrigation	The supply of water to land or crops, typically through manmade channels	13
7252182047	Metallurgy	The science and technology of producing and forming metals	14
7252182048	Neolithic Era	The New Stone Age that was marked by the discovery and mastery of agriculture	15
7252183784	Neolithic Revolution	The transition from foraging to the cultivation of food occurring about 8000 - 2000 BCE	16
7252183785	Paleolithic Era	"Old Stone" Age that consisted of hunting and gathering societies	17
7252184454	Pastoralism	The practice of herding animals	18
7252184455	Patriarchal	Pertaining to a social system in which the father is the head of the family	19
7252185866	Pharaoh	An Egyptian Monarch	20
7252187323	Plow-based Agriculture	Intensive agriculture that utilized a farming implement pulled by animals to prepare soil for farming. Often connected to increased patriarchal societies.	21
7252187324	Polytheism	The belief in many gods.	22
7252201764	Slash-and-Burn Cultivation	An agricultural method in which farmers clear fields by cutting and burning trees, then use the ashes as fertilizer.	23
7252202678	Specialization of Labor	The division of labor that aids the development of skills in a particular type of work	24
7252202679	Ten Commandments	The moral law of the Hebrews.	25
7252205937	Theocracy	A government ruled by God or by church leaders	26
7252187325	Torah	The first five books of the Jewish scripture.	27
7252188385	Vedas	"Wisdom," early collections of prayers and hymns that provide information about the Indo-European Aryans who migrated to India around 1500 B.C.E.	28
7252188386	Yahweh	God of the monotheistic religion of Judaism that influcenced later religions of Christianity and Islam	29
7252188387	Ziggurat	Mesopotamian Temples	30
7252189155	Zoroastrianism	Persian religion based on the teaching of the 6th century BCE prophet Zarathustra; its emphasis on the duality of good and evil and on the role of individuals in determining their own fate would influence later religions	31
7252189156	Animism	The belief that spirits inhabit the features of nature	32
7252190272	Divine Right	The "will of the gods", that granted a ruler the right to rule	33
7252190273	Indo-Europeans	A group of semi-nomadic people who, around 2000 B.C.E. began to migrate from central Asia to India, Europe, and the Middle East	34
7252190274	Steppe	Dry grassland.	35
7252192241	Out-of-Africa Hypothesis	The dominant theory of archaeologists that modern humans first emerged in Eastern Africa and migrated throughout the globe from there.	36
7252192242	Aristocracy	a class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, especially the hereditary nobility	37
7252192243	Artisan	A craftsman	38
7252193036	Hieroglyphics	A system of picture writing in Egypt	39
7252193705	Monotheism	The belief in one god.	40