AP World History: Chapter 1 Flashcards

6142336818	Mungo Man	Remains of a male found near Mungo Lake in the southeastern Australian state of New South Wales, dated to about 40,000 B.C.E.	0
6142336819	ocher	A reddish-brown iron-based pigment that ancient peoples used to color the soil and to decorate cave walls.	1
6142339746	Homo sapiens sapiens	Biological term for modern human beings belonging to the genius Homo, species sapiens, and subspecies sapiens	2
6142339747	hominins	Term referring to all humans and their ancestors but not to chimpanzees, gorillas, or orangutans.	3
6142341709	evolution	Model proposed by Charles Darwin to explain the development of new species through genetic mutation and natural selection.	4
6142345257	mitochondrial Eve	The first female ancestor shared by all living humans, who was identified by analysis of mitochondrial DNA.	5
6142345258	religion	Belief system that holds that divine powers control the environment and people's futures.	6
6142348256	Neanderthals	Group of premodern humans who lived between 100,000 and 25,000 B.C.E. in western Asia and Europe, eventually replaced by Homo sapiens sapiens.	7
6142348257	Beringia	Landmass now submerged below water that connected the tip of Siberia with the north-eastern corner of Alaska.	8
6142351699	Monte Verde, Chile	Earliest site in the Americas, where evidence of human occupation has been found dating to 12,000 B.C.E.	9
6142354960	stratigraphy	Archaeological principle that, at an undisturbed site, material from upper layers must be more recent than from lower layers.	10
6142354961	carbon-14	Isotope of carbon whose presence in organic material can be used to determine the approximate age of archaeological samples.	11
6142358778	Clovis technological complex	The characteristic stone spear points that were in use around 11,000 B.C.E. across much of modern-day America.	12
6142360372	agriculture	The planting of seeds and harvesting of crops using domesticated animals.	13
6142363035	Neolithic	"New Stone Age," the archaeological term for societies that used stone tools and practiced agriculture.	14
6142363036	Natufians	The first people to cultivate crops and domesticate animals, ca. 9400 B.C.E., who lived in Palestine and southern Syria.	15
6142366279	Jericho	The first walled settlement, built between 8300 and 7500 B.C.E. with a population of around one thousand people.	16
6142369858	Catalhoyuk	The world's largest earl settlement, with a population of 5,000 in 6000 B.C.E., located in modern Turkey.	17