AP World History Chapter 2 Vocabulary Flashcards

7103111318	city-state	city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.	0
7103148706	polytheistic	worshipping many gods	1
7103148707	ziggurats	large stepped pyramids	2
7103148708	division of labor	separation of tasks so workers could specialize	3
7103148709	cuneiform	world's first writing system	4
7103148713	empire	large territory that included diverse cultural groups	5
7103148721	alphabetic script	system of symbols that represent the sounds of speech	6
7103235271	desertification	creation of desert-like conditions	7
7103235272	theocrats	rulers holding both religious and political power	8
7103235273	papyrus	plane that grew along the Nile River	9
7103235274	deforestation	cutting down of trees	10
7103235275	environmental degradation	deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water and soil	11
7103235276	barter	system by which one thing is exchanged for another	12
7103235277	Sanskrit	sacred language of the Aryans	13
7103235278	Indo-European language	family of several hundred related languages and dialects	14
7103235279	loess	fertile soil that is yellow in color	15
7103235280	ancestor veneration	belief that the spirits of their ancestors could speak to the gods for them	16
7103235281	Golden Age	period in a society of relative peace, prosperity, and innovation	17
7103235282	Mandate of Heaven	idea that a just ruler's power was bestowed by the gods	18
7103235283	feudaism	relationships based on mutual defense agreements	19