AP World history Vocab chapter 1 (Sanchez) Flashcards

7189955997	Paleolithic Age	(Old Stone Age) Early period in human history; 2,500,000BC- 10,000BC; the earliest usage of stone tools	0
7189957996	Homo Sapiens	The biological species to which modern human beings belong.	1
7189959086	Neolithic Age	(New Stone Age) New Stone Age - the period of time when people started to farm, make pottery, and weave	2
7189960080	Neolithic Revolution	The switch from nomadic lifestyles to a settled agricultural lifestyle is this revolution.	3
7189960697	Hunting and Gathering	the use of simple tools to hunt animals and gather vegetation, before agriculture	4
7189961861	Bronze Age	4000 BCE - 1500 BCE the period in ancient human culture when people began to make and use bronze	5
7189962698	Slash and Burn Agriculture	farmers clear land for planting by slashing vegetation and burning the debris, Farming till the soil is bad, n then moving	6
7189963338	Bands	Small, loosely organized groups of 20-30 people held together by informal means.	7
7189963940	Catal Huyuk	early urban culture in southern Turkey with agriculture, greater degree of social and population	8
7189964233	Civilization	A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes the stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced.	9
7189964234	Cuniform	wedge shaped writing developed in Sumer	10
7189964527	Nomads	Cattle and Sheep herders, normally found on fringes of civilized societies	11
7189964738	Mesopotamia	"land between the rivers" in ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers	12
7189964739	Sumerians	the creators of the first Mesopotamian civilization First ancient civilization a people who had migrated into the area from the north about 4000 B.C.E.	13
7189965481	Ziggurats	temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshipped Massive towers usually associated with Mesopotamian temple complexes.	14
7189965482	Babylonians	Mesopotamia Code of Hammurabi Hanging Gardens of Babylon	15
7189966609	Hammurabi	Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia	16
7189966897	Pharoah	a king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political leader	17
7189966898	Pyramids	monumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs.	18
7189966899	Kush	an ancient Nubian kingdom whose rulers controlled Egypt between 2000 and 1000 B.C.	19
7189967319	Indus River	A river that flows from Tibet, through the Himalayas and Hindu Kush into the Arabian Sea.	20
7189967320	Harappa	A major city of the Indus Valley civilization; flourished around 2000 b.c.e.	21
7189968026	Mohenjo Daro	large city in the ancient Harappan civilization	22
7189968027	Huanghe	Yellow River civilization in China. Ruled by the Shang dynasty.	23
7189968453	Ideographic	Types of symbols used for Huanghe writing.	24
7189968862	Shang	Greatest Chinese dynasty 1700 to 1027 B.C. The first family of Chinese rulers to leave written records.	25
7189969083	Phoencians	these people created a wealthy trading society . established the first alphabet the new most powerful traders in the Mediterranean	26
7189969363	Monotheism	The belief in one God	27