AP World History Chapter 2 Terms Flashcards

7027261471	Neolithic	the last division of the Stone Age, immediately preceding the development of metallurgy and corresponding to the ninth to the fifth millennia BC, it was characterized by the increasing domestication of animals and cultivation of crops, established agricultural communities, and the appearance of such crafts as pottery and weaving.	0
7027263479	Innovation	the explanation that similar cultural traits, techniques, or objects found among different groups of people were invented independently rather than spread from one group to another	1
7027264858	Diffusion	the spread of ideas, objects, or traits from one culture to another	2
7027267351	Ziggurat	a temple tower of ancient Mesopotamia, constructed of square or rectangular terraces of diminishing size, usually with a shrine on top built of blue enamel bricks, the color of the sky	3
7027268857	Pictograms	a pictorial symbol or sign representing an object or concept	4
7027269197	Cuneiform	a writing system in use in the ancient Near East from around the end of the fourth millennium to the first century BC	5
7027271665	Ideogram	a character or figure in a writing system in which the idea of a thing is represented rather than its name (Chinese uses ideograms)	6
7253200209	What are the distinctive characteristics of Neolithic pottery?	fine designs and colors	7
7253205538	Which region witnessed the earliest urban settlement?	Mesopotamia	8
7253211398	What does the use of ceramics indicate?	That they were village dwellers	9
7253231864	Of the following, which is located farthest from the Fertile Crescent?	Iranian plataeu	10
7253234917	What was the earliest staple crop in India?	Rice	11
7253236464	The Bronze Age	was a time of significant technological breakthroughs	12
7253242269	Sumerian cuneiform writing was displaced primarily due to the actions of?	Alexander the Great	13
7253272635	How far did Sumer trade extend?	extended as far as the Indus valley	14
7253275071	Who dominated Mesopotamia for nearly a millennium?	The Sumerians	15
7253279788	In Sumerian times, the idea of legal identity and loyalty was based most fundamentally on:	Geography	16
7253302727	The city-states of Mesopotamia were especially vulnerable due to what?	Inter-urban warfare	17
7253304740	Which type of writing occurred first?	Pictographic writing	18