AP world history definitions Flashcards

7354452655	Bantu Migration	1. The movement of the Bantu peoples southward throughout Africa, 2. spreading their language and culture, 3. 500 b.c. to around A.D. 1000	0
7354469098	Chiefdom	1. Form of political organization with rule by a hereditary leader who held power over a collection of villages and towns. 2. Less powerful than kingdom and empire, 3. they were based on gift giving and commercial links.	1
7354485955	Civilization	1. Additional and somewhat controversial term to describe an urbanized 2. society with written language, complex social political, and religious institutions.	2
7354497831	Culture Diffusion	the spread of ideas, custom, and technologies from one people to another.	3
7354503557	Egypt	1. Society was ruled by a Pharaoh 2. considered the incarnation of the sun god who 3. controlled access to the Nile 4. they had hieroglyphs (type of writing) 5. the 365-day calendar 6. they were polytheistic (many gods) 7. Worshiped the dead	4
7354529218	Fertile Crescent	1. A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East 2. stretching in a broad semicircle (1/2 circle) from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates	5
7354546120	Harappa	1. A large ancient city of the Indus civilization, 2. created in present day Pakistan	6
7354566878	Independent Innovation	E.G.: plant of domestication occurred at the same time several places around the world	7
7354572668	Indus Valley civilization	1. Also known as Harappan civilization 2. located in India along the Indus River, near the Thar Desert and the Himalayas Mountains.	8
7354584707	Neolithic	1. The period of the Stone Age 2. associated with the ancient Agricultural revolution 3. It follows the Paleolithic period.	9
7354598721	Norte Chico	1. Andes Mountains region, 2. c 3000 B.C.E-1800 B.C.E.	10
7354608855	Nubia	1. A civilization to the south of Egypt in the Nile Valley, 2. noted for development of an alphabetic writing system and a major iron working industry by 500 B.C.E.	11
7354633374	Olmec Civilization	1. Located along the Gulf Coast now known as Southern Mexico, 2. most people were commoner, 3. had a writing system using glyphs.	12
7354645592	Paleolithic	1. The period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans. 2. It predates the Neolithic period	13
7354652405	Pastoral Societies	Societies whose subsistence derives from the rearing of domesticated animals.	14
7354660011	Patriarchy	A form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line	15
7354665859	Prehistory	A period of time that refers to events or objects that date before the written record existed.	16
7354675053	Shamans	Religious specialist who possessed supernatural powers, communicated with the gods and nature spirits, invoked divine aid on behalf of their communities, and informed their companions of their gods' will	17
7354699821	Social Inequality	A condition in which members of society have differing amounts of wealth, prestige, or power	18
7354705142	Sumer	1. The world's first civilization 2.founded in Mesopotamia, 3. which existed for over 3,000 years.	19