AP World History - Era 1 Flashcards

8484018747	Culture	Socially transitted patterns in human action: dwellings, clothing, foods, beliefs	0
8484018748	History	Study of past events/changes in past	1
8484018749	Stone Age	Period using stone tools and nonmetallic substances	2
8484018750	Paleolithic	Old Stone Age	3
8484018751	Neolithic	New Stone Age - Agricultural Revolution	4
8484018752	Foragers	Hunter/gathering people	5
8484018753	Pastoralism	Living with herds/livestock	6
8484018754	Holocene	Great global warming in 11,000 BC	7
8484018755	Megaliths	Complex large stones for Neolithic religious ceremonies	8
8484018756	Çatal Hüyük	Neolithic settlement in Anatolia- obsidian tools; economy based on agriculture	9
8484018757	Mesopotamia	"Land between the rivers"- mostly in modern Iraq- Fertile Crescent- depended on irrigation	10
8484018758	Sumerians	People who dominated Southern Mesopotamia	11
8484018759	Semetic	Related languages- Hebrew, Aramaic, Phonecian	12
8484018760	City State	Small independent state, urban center, agricultural territory	13
8484018761	Sargon of Akkad	Ruler of Akkad- creator of first empire in Mesopotamia	14
8484018762	Akkad	Mesopotamian city-state; world's first empire	15
8484018763	Cuneiform	Writing in Sumerian	16
8484018764	Hammurabi	Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia	17
8484018765	Scribes	Professional men with lots of training who read and wrote in cuneiform and hieroglyphics	18
8484018766	Ziggurat	Pyramidal tower made of mud bricks- unknown function- god's residence	19
8484018767	Amulets	Small charms meant to protect the bearer from evil	20
8484018768	Pharoh	Central figure in ancient Egyptian state, considered a god sent to earth to maintain ma'at	21
8484018769	Ma'at	Divinely created and maintained order in the universe	22
8484018770	Pyramid	Large triangular stoke monuments, burial places for kings	23
8484018771	Memphis	Capital of Old Kingdom Egypt, near Cairo	24
8484018772	Thebes	Capital city of Egypt- home of ruling dynasties	25
8484018773	Hieroglyphics	Pictorial symbols that represented sounds , syllables, or concepts	26
8484018774	Papyrus	Reed that grows along bank of Nile River in Egypt	27
8484018775	Mummy	Body preserved by chemical/natural process in belief that the person would have a good afterlife	28
8484018776	Indus Valley Civilization	Mesopotamian urban society with a sophisticated trade network	29
8484018777	Great Monsoon	Seasonal winds unusually accompanied by floods	30
8484018778	Harappa	A major city of the Indus Valley civilization; zone of cultivation	31
8484018779	Mohenjo Daro	Biggest Indus Valley Civilization	32
8484018780	Hittites	People from Central Anatolia who established an empire in Syria and Anatolia in the Bronze Age	33
8484018781	Akkadian	First "official" language	34
8484018782	Hebrew Bible	Sacred books with origins, experiences, and beliefs of Israelites	35
8484018783	1st Temple	Sanctuary built by Solomon for God	36
8484018784	Diaspora	Ethnic group living outside homeland	37
8484018785	Zhou Dynasty	Took over North China from Shang- MANDATE OF HEAVEN	38
8484018786	Mandate of Heaven	Belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods	39
8484018787	Confucius	Chinese philosopher, founder of Confucianism	40
8484018788	Confucianism	System of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by Confucius	41
8484018789	Daoism	A religion in China which emphasizes the removal from society and to become one with nature.	42
8484018790	Yin and Yang	Opposing forces that bring balance to nature and life	43
8484018791	Zoroastrianism	System of religion founded in Persia in the 6th century BC by Zoroaster	44
8484018792	Polytheism	Belief in many gods	45
8484018793	Hatshepsut	5th Pharaoh of Egypt, 2nd female Pharaoh	46
8484018794	Monotheism	Belief in one God	47
8484018795	Hebrews	Slaves from Egypt, wandered desert for 40 years	48
8484018796	Cyrus the Great	King of Persia and founder of the Achaemenid Empire	49
8484018797	Satraps	Governor of a Persian province	50
8484018798	Aryans	Immigrants who arrived at the Ganges river valley	51
8484018799	Scapulimancy	Practice of divination, oracle bones, divination with bones	52