AP World History Unit 1 Flashcards

7338844689	Hominid	a primate of a family including humans and ancestors	0
7338844690	"Lucy"	Oldest human skeleton ever found	1
7338844691	Homo Sapiens	The humanoid species that emerged as most successful at the end the Paleolithic period	2
7338844692	Migration	Seasonal movement of creatures from one are to another	3
7338844693	Adaptation	A change made in response to a change in the environment	4
7338844694	Ice Ages	Glacial episode during past geologic period	5
7338844695	Paleolithic	The old Stone Age ending in 12000 BCE typified by use of crude stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence	6
7338844696	Neolithic Revolution	The succession of technological innovations and changes in human organization that led to the development of agriculture	7
7338844697	Hunter-forager	A way of getting food by hunting animals and foraging for fruits and nuts	8
7338844698	Bands	A group of 20-30 people with gender roles. Men hunt, women gather	9
7338844699	Out of Africa Theory	Humans originate in Africa and spread out of it	10
7338844700	Cave paintings	Prehistoric paintings on caves. Tell about how our ancestors lived	11
7338844701	Beringia	Land bridge connecting Russia and Alaska	12
7338844702	Clovis Peoples	Prehistoric people that crossed Beringia to N. America	13
7338844703	Outrigger canoes	canoe featuring one or more lateral support floats known as outriggers	14
7338844704	Sedentary	To stay in one place	15
7338844705	Agriculture	Practice of farming and domesticating animals	16
7338848076	Neolithic Revolution	Widespread shift from hunting-foraging to sedentary agriculture and pastoralism	17
7338848077	Sedentary	Stay in one place	18
7338848078	Agriculture	Growing crops and domesticating plants and animals	19
7338848079	Irrigation	Supply of water to land or crops	20
7338848080	Patriarchy	Father is in charge	21
7338848081	Matriarchy	Mother is in charge	22
7338848082	Forced labor	Servants or slaves required to work in fields	23
7338848083	Pastoralism	Domesticating livestock for agricultural reasons	24
7338848084	Overgrazing	Land is grazed to such a degree that it is liable to erosion	25
7338848085	Specialization of Labor	Jobs become specialized, need specific ability or trade in order to do them	26
7338848086	Bronze Age	4000-1500 BC when bronze tools were first introduced in Middle East	27
7338848087	Animism	Sees gods in many aspects of nature and propitiates them to help control and explain nature	28
7338848088	Slash and Burn Agriculture	Slash down vegetation and burn it to make soil fertile for growing	29
7338848089	Terracing	Terrace farming on mountains	30
7338875733	Hominid	a primate of a family including humans and ancestors	31
7338875734	"Lucy"	Oldest human skeleton ever found	32
7338875735	Homo Sapiens	The humanoid species that emerged as most successful at the end the Paleolithic period	33
7338875736	Migration	Seasonal movement of creatures from one are to another	34
7338875737	Adaptation	A change made in response to a change in the environment	35
7338875738	Ice Ages	Glacial episode during past geologic period	36
7338875739	Paleolithic	The old Stone Age ending in 12000 BCE typified by use of crude stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence	37
7338875740	Neolithic Revolution	The succession of technological innovations and changes in human organization that led to the development of agriculture	38
7338875741	Hunter-forager	A way of getting food by hunting animals and foraging for fruits and nuts	39
7338875742	Bands	A group of 20-30 people with gender roles. Men hunt, women gather	40
7338875743	Out of Africa Theory	Humans originate in Africa and spread out of it	41
7338875744	Cave paintings	Prehistoric paintings on caves. Tell about how our ancestors lived	42
7338875745	Beringia	Land bridge connecting Russia and Alaska	43
7338875746	Clovis Peoples	Prehistoric people that crossed Beringia to N. America	44
7338875747	Outrigger canoes	canoe featuring one or more lateral support floats known as outriggers	45
7338875748	Sedentary	To stay in one place	46
7338875749	Agriculture	Practice of farming and domesticating animals	47
7338875750	Neolithic Revolution	Widespread shift from hunting-foraging to sedentary agriculture and pastoralism	48
7338875751	Sedentary	Stay in one place	49
7338875752	Agriculture	Growing crops and domesticating plants and animals	50
7338875753	Irrigation	Supply of water to land or crops	51
7338875754	Patriarchy	Father is in charge	52
7338875755	Matriarchy	Mother is in charge	53
7338875756	Forced labor	Servants or slaves required to work in fields	54
7338875757	Pastoralism	Domesticating livestock for agricultural reasons	55
7338875758	Overgrazing	Land is grazed to such a degree that it is liable to erosion	56
7338875759	Specialization of Labor	Jobs become specialized, need specific ability or trade in order to do them	57
7338875760	Bronze Age	4000-1500 BC when bronze tools were first introduced in Middle East	58
7338875761	Animism	Sees gods in many aspects of nature and propitiates them to help control and explain nature	59
7338875762	Slash and Burn Agriculture	Slash down vegetation and burn it to make soil fertile for growing	60
7338875763	Terracing	Terrace farming on mountains	61
7338875764	Cultural diffusion and adaptation	Mixing of cultures	62
7338875765	State	a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government.	63
7338875766	City-state	A form of political organization consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king	64
7338875767	Pharaoh	Ruler of Egypt (king)	65
7338875768	Dynastic cycle	Cycle in China that all rulers must gain Mandate of Heaven and dynasty keeps on going until a sign from gods shows that it is time for a new dynasty	66
7338875769	Mandate of Heaven	Shows that according to Heaven certain person should rule	67
7338875770	Surplus	Extra	68
7338875771	Polytheism	More than one god	69
7338875772	Alphabets	Greek/Phoenicians	70
7338875773	Pictographs	Indus Valley	71
7338875774	Hieroglyphics	Egypts	72
7338875775	Cuneiform	Sumer	73
7338875776	Quipu	Andeas Mt. People (Chavin)	74
7338875777	Sumer, Babylon, Hittities	Mesopotamia	75
7338875778	Phoenicians	Coastal Europe, N. Africa	76
7338875779	Egypt, Nubia (Kush)	N. Africa (Middle East)	77
7338875780	Harappa, Mohenjo Daro	Indus Valley	78
7338875781	Shang and Dynasties	China	79
7338875782	Olmecs, Chavin	Olmecs (Mexico) Chavin (Peru/Andes)	80
7338875783	Pyramids	Egyptian Tombs	81
7338875784	Ziggurats	Places where Sumerians would pray to gods	82
7338875785	Temples	Place for religious practice	83
7338875786	Hammurabi Code	Law code by Babylonian king Hammurabi, united all of Mesopotamia	84
7338875787	Ur-Nammu	Oldest law code found (Sumer)	85
7338875788	Zoroastrianism	Animist religon, material existence as battle between forces of good and evil; importance of moral choice; righteous lived in "House of Song"	86
7338875789	Vedic Religion	Indo-European, karma, reincarnated, brahmans	87
7338875790	Hebrew Monotheism	Monotheism; God guiding the destinies of people, god was orderly and just, covenant, god seemed abstract	88
7338875791	Technology	Iron Age, Composite Bow	89
7338875792	Trade Routes	Mesopotamia-Egypt, Egypt-Nubia, Indus-Mesopotamia	90
7338875793	Transportation	Chariots, boats, horseback riding	91
7338875794	Urban Planning	Walls, streets, roads, sewage and water systems	92