AP World History Flashcards
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7202186810 | Venus figurines | upper paleolithic statuette that protray deep interest in fertility | 0 | |
7202188594 | Clovis culture | pre-historic paleo-indian culture known for distinct stone tools | 1 | |
7202190579 | megafunal extinction | transition from Pleistocene to Holocene epoch,quaternary period, numerous (up) species | 2 | |
7202200409 | austronesian migration | human migration to every habitable region on earth | 3 | |
7202203911 | Shamans | religious specialists who had supernatural powers | 4 | |
7202212218 | trace dance | (san culture) activates human beings inner spiratual potency | 5 | |
7202215148 | Paleolithic ("settling down") | normadic-> making communities-> agricultural revolution | 6 | |
7202216569 | fertile crescent | moist+ fertile land -> arid W asia | 7 | |
7202218053 | diffusion | the spread | 8 | |
7202221073 | bantu migration | by 1,000 CE they occupied most of Africa S of the equator | 9 | |
7202224372 | pastoral societies | (normadic societies) relied on animals | 10 | |
7202226073 | catalhuyuk | (early agricultural village society) few equalities | 11 | |
7202230174 | cheifdoms | (society) people are under the influence of a central power | 12 | |
7228859006 | Flores man | a recently discovered hominid species in Indonesia | 13 | |
7228860051 | Gobekli tepe | The oldest religious structure. Proves religion came before organization of labor, settlement and agriculture | 14 | |
7228860958 | "the original affluent society" | coined by Marshall Sahlins in 1972, to describe paleolithic societies. They needed/ used so little it worked | 15 | |
7228861610 | "the secondary products revolution" | A further set of technological changes, beginning around 4000 B.C.E. These technological innovations involved new uses for domesticated animals, beyond their meat and hides. They learned to ride horses and camels and to hitch various animals to plows and carts. | 16 | |
7228863769 | stateless societies | Village-based agricultural societies, that function without a formal government. | 17 |