AP World History Chapter 1 Flashcards

5714309229	Australopithecus	-"southern ape" oldest known ancestor of human - it lived from around four million years ago - could wak on hind legs, freeing up hands for use of simple tools	0
5714309230	Çatal Hüyük	-(7250 - 6150) Important Neolithic Settlement in Anatolia	1
5714309231	Cave paintings	-Art found in southern France/northern Spain from 34,000 - 12,000 years ago depicting animals and people	2
5714309232	Complex society	-form of large-scale social organization that emerged in several parts of the ancient world - social formation that is described as a formative or developed state	3
5714309233	Domestication	- to convert to domestic use; ESPECIALLY by generations of breeding - to live in close association with humans creating a dependency so that animal loses it ability to live in the wild	4
5714309234	Gender	- either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated by social and cultural roles and behavior - A social construct to devide the sexs	5
5714309235	Hominidae	- great ages or hominids - taxonomic family of primates that includes seven extant species in four genera: Pongo, Gorilla, Pan, and Homo	6
5714309236	Homo erectus	- "Upright-walking human" - existed from two million to 200,000 years ago - used cleavers ad hand axes and learned how to control fire	7
5714309237	Homo sapiens	-"Consciously thinking human" -first appeared around 250,000 years ago and used sophisticated tools	8
5714309238	Metallurgy	-The branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals and their production and purification	9
5714309239	Neandertal	- Early humans who were prevalent during the Paleolithic period - 100,000 - 35,000 years ago	10
5714309240	Neolithic	-New Stone age which was marked by the discovery and mastery of agriculture -10,000 - 4000 BCE	11
5714309241	Paleolithic	- Old stone age - a long period of human development before the development of agriculture	12
5714309242	Patriarchy	- a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line	13
5714309243	Specialization of labor	- To train or specialize people in certain areas of works so that people can accomplish tasks quicker	14
5714309244	Technology	- The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry	15
5714309245	Textile	- a type of cloth or woven fabric	16
5714309246	Urbanization	- the social rocess whereby cities grow and societies become urban	17
5714309247	Venus figurines	- small paleolithic statues of women with exaggerated sexua feature	18