AP World History Chapter 1 Flashcards

7097668149	Paleolithic Period	Began 2.5 million years ago and ended about 10,000 years ago in 8000 B.C.E. Often called the stone age, because humans used stone tools and weapons.	0
7097668150	Neolithic Revolution	A set of dramatic changes in how people lived based on the development of agriculture	1
7097668519	monotheism	To worship one god	2
7097668520	Bronze Age	A time period between 3300 and 2300 B.C.E. in which bronze became the primary metal used.	3
7097668835	Specialization of labor	Allowing people to focus on limited tasks	4
7097668836	hunter-forager	People who survived by hunting animals and foraging for seeds, nuts, fruits, and edible roots	5
7097669234	Nomadic pastoralism	Moving animals from one grazing land to another.	6
7097669235	patriarchal	A society dominated by men.	7
7097669508	artisans	People who made objects that were needed by others.	8
7097669509	merchants	People who buy and sell goods for a living	9
7097669510	Social stratification	Categorizing people by their wealth and belongings.	10
7097670336	Kinship group	Several related families that moved together in search of food	11
7097670337	clan	A larger group of relatives	12
7097670516	tribe	Combination of multiple clans	13
7097670517	artifacts	Objects made by people in the past.	14
7097671506	Homo sapiens sapiens	Modern Humans	15
7097671639	textiles	Items made of cloth	16
7097671640	Jericho	One of the first cities which was built on the west bank of the Jordan River.	17
7097672303	Catal Huyuk	An ancient city in present day Turkey, on a river that has dried up.	18
7097672304	Overfarming	The loss of soil fertility because the farm land has been used to much	19
7097672305	Overgrazing	The continual eating of grasses or their roots, without allowing the grass to regrow.	20