AP World History Period One Flashcards

8751102622	Patriarchy	A social system ruled by men	0
8751108379	Matriarchy	Asocial society ruled by women	1
8751123037	Tribe	A group of people who were united by a common culture with social, religious, economic, and family ties	2
8751132657	Clan	A group of people united by a kinship with common ancestors	3
8751194311	Caste System	A religious hierarchy found only in India	4
8751206447	Thocracy	A government that operates by religious authority in the name of God	5
8751216698	Monarchy	A system of government where the head of a government is a single person such as a king or queen	6
8751251254	Big Man	The influential leader of a group of followers	7
8751274780	City-state	A sovereign city with its own government	8
8751282921	Village	A small settlement group of residents smaller than a town	9
8751295873	Hierarchy	A system of social order	10
8751308787	Priestly class	A ruing or powerful class of leaders	11
8752626774	Polytheism	A religious system that favors the belief in multiple gods	12
8752639151	Naturalism	A religious system that believes in multiple gods	13
8752690661	Animism	A religious system that believes in multiple gods	14
8752692477	Monotheism	A religious system that believes that there is one god	15
8752718259	Ancestor Worship	It emphasized the importance of reverence for ancestors	16
8752721901	Mandate of Heaven	The belief stated that the emperor held on to power if he was judged to be righteous by the gods in the afterlife	17
8752721902	Epic of Gilgamesh	An epic poem about the Mesopotamian kingdoms	18
8752844150	Cuneiform	One of the first systems of writing found in the classical world from the Sumerian kingdom in Mesopotamia	19
8752846994	Hieroglyphics	One of the earliest forms of writing	20
8752849503	Pictographs	A form of writing based on pictures	21
8752878315	Paleolithic Age	The "Old Stone Age" of society	22
8752879881	Neolithic Age	The "New Stone Age" of society	23
8752935849	Metallurgy	The process of mixing minerals together to create a new, stronger form of metal	24
8752935898	Iron and bronze	The products of metallurgy used these metals for farming and warefare	25
8753013094	Surpluses of food	The products of sedentary societies	26
8753016344	Trade routes	The early trade routes in the Classical Era included the land-based Silk Roads and the sea-based Indian Ocean	27
8753025414	Cereal grains	Include wheat, barley, sorghum, rye, and millet	28
8753093460	Division of labor	A specialized tasks that led to different jobs for people in society	29