AP World History 1 Flashcards

7318177828	Paleolithic Age	Early period in human history; 2,500,000BC- 10,000BC; humans used simple stone tools.	0
7318183173	Neolithic Age	New Stone Age - the period of time when people started to farm, make pottery and weave. Started in the Middle East, and it was around 8,000 BC.	1
7318187933	Slash and Burn Agriculture	The practice of burning forest in order to clear land for planting	2
7318189940	Neolithic Revolution	The switch from nomadic lifestyles to a settled agricultural lifestyle is this revolution.	3
7328676492	Pastoralism	The raising of animals. Mostly in places that have bad earth.	4
7328678931	Domestication	the taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food	5
7328683236	Sedentary	Characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place	6
7328685757	Animism	The belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits	7
7328689253	Polytheism	Belief in many gods	8
7328692504	foraging	Searching for food. Hunting and gathering.	9
7341273072	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.	10
7341276730	Egalitarian societies	All members enjoy roughly the same degree of wealth, power and prestige	11
7341280030	Shaman	A person believed to have the power to summon spirits and heal the sick	12
7341281591	Hunting and Gathering Societies	Societies that use simple technology for hunting animals and gathering vegetation	13
7341283125	Monotheism	The belief in one God	14
7341289698	Nomadic	Wandering, moving about from place to place	15
7359999673	Sumer	Region in southern Mesopotamia. First writing language.	16
7360000364	Mesopotamia	Birthplace of the Sumerian civilization among many others.	17
7360001653	Uruk	The largest city of ancient Mesopotamia	18
7360005125	Pyramids	Huge stone tombs with four triangle-shaped walls that met in a point on top	19
7360005675	Pharaohs	Egyptian god-kings	20
7371178241	Civilization	A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes	21
7371179470	Son of Heaven	The title Son of Heaven comes from the Mandate of Heaven, created by the monarchs of the Zhou dynasty to justify deposing the Shang dynasty.	22
7371182551	Mandate of Heaven	A Chinese political and religious doctrine used to justify the rule of the Emperor of China.	23
7371185037	Mohenjo Daro Harappa	Major cities of the Indus Valley civilization; both of which flourished around 2000 BCE	24
7371186366	Epic of Gilgamesh	An epic poem from Mesopotamia, and among the earliest known works of literary writing.	25
7371187991	Code of Hammurabi	Based on system of strict justice	26
7383307859	Quipu	A system of knotted strings used by the Inca people for keeping records	27
7383318407	Patriarchal	Relating to or characteristic of a system of society or government controlled by men	28
7383316569	Specialization	A focus on a particular activity or area of study	29
7383371572	Matriarchal	The mother is the head of the family.	30
7394166380	Hieroglyphic	A character of the ancient Egyptian writing system.	31
7394218390	Ziggurat	A form of temple.	32
7394224366	Metallurgy	Working with metals	33