AMSCO AP World History Chapter 1 Flashcards

7264270024	Overfarming	To farm so much that land looses its fertility	0
7264270025	Overgrazing	The continual eating of grasses or their roots, without allowing them to regrow	1
7264270026	Artifacts	objects made and used by early humans, usually dug up by archaeologists	2
7264270027	Paleolithic Period	The Early Years of human history, ended around 8000 B.C.E., also call the "Stone Age"	3
7264270028	Neolithic Revolution	A set of dramatic changes in how people lived based on the development of agriculture	4
7264270029	Monotheism	The religious practice of worshiping only one deity	5
7264270030	Bronze Age	The era (around 3300-2300 B.C.E.) in which the practice of metallurgy arose	6
7264270031	Civilization	A large society with cities and powerful states	7
7264270032	Core and Foundational Civilizations	Civilizations that developed ways of life, such as language, religious beliefs, and economic practices, that would heavily influence successor civilizations in their regions	8
7264270033	Jericho	One of humankind's first cities	9
7264270034	Catal Huyuk	An ancient city in present-day Turkey that was founded in 7500 B.C.E.	10
7264270035	Textiles	Items made of cloth	11
7264270036	Specialization of Labor	The process of allowing people to focus on limited tasks	12
7264270037	Copper	The first metal used in replacement of stone	13
7264270038	Bronze	A combination of tin and copper that was found to be stronger than either of the two metals by themselves	14
7264270039	Hunter-foragers	People who hunt and forage for their food	15
7264270040	Agriculture	The practice of raising crops or livestock on a continual and controlled basis	16
7264270041	Surplus	More than needed	17
7264270042	Domestication	The process of taming wild animals so that they can be brought up to live with humans	18
7264270043	Nomadic Pastoralism	People moving herds of animals from pasture to pasture	19
7264270044	Kinship Groups	Related families that moved together in search of food (20-40 people)	20
7264270045	Clan	Kinship Groups were sometimes a part of a larger group of relatives called a:	21
7264270046	Tribe	A group of clans	22
7264270047	Patriarchy	A society dominated by men	23
7264270048	Artisans	People who made objects or tools that people needed	24
7264270049	Merchants	People who buy and sell goods for a living	25
7264270050	Social Stratification	Society's categorization of people into groups based on wealth, posessions, etc.	26
7264270051	Priests	people who performed religious ceremonies	27
7264270053	Animism	The belief that animals, rivers, and other elements of nature embody spirits	28
7264273530	Home sapiens sapiens	humans that appeared in east Africa 20000 to 100000 year ago. they ate seeds nuts fruits and roots. also called hunter-gatherers	29