AP World History Sumeria Flashcards

2890817831	Hominid	Taxonic family of primates (aka great apes)	0
2890817832	Homo Sapien	the binomial nomenclature for the human species.	1
2890817833	Hunter Gatherers	early human society is one in which most or all food is obtained from wild plants and animals	2
2890817834	Five characteristics of Civilization	1. Advanced cities 2. Specialized workers 3. Complex institutions 4. Record keeping 5. Advanced technology	3
2890817835	Neolithic Revolution	shift from hunting & gathering to agriculture led to permanent settlements, the establishment of social classes, and the eventual rise of civilizations, major turning point in human history	4
2890817836	Agriculture	the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.	5
2890817837	Slash and burn	technique that involves the cutting and burning of plants in forests or woodlands to create fields	6
2890817838	City States	a sovereign state consisting of a city and its dependent territories.	7
2890817839	Ziggurat	(in ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple.	8
2890817840	Polytheism	the belief in or worship of more than one god.	9
2890817841	Monotheism	the doctrine or belief that there is only one God.	10
2890817842	Fertile crescent	a crescent-shaped region containing the comparatively moist and fertile land of otherwise arid and semi-arid Western Asia, the Nile Valley and Nile Delta of northeast Africa	11
2890817843	Mesopotamia	Fertile Crescent, means "land between the rivers", Tigris and Euphrates	12
2890817844	Bronze Age	Starts about 2300 BC in Europe, and is using bronze to make tools and weapons.	13
2890817845	Specialization of labor	the specialization of cooperating individuals who perform specific tasks and roles.	14