Chapter 1 - AP World History Flashcards

7272098165	Civilization	a group of people sharing a set of cultural traits - complex societies	0
7272098166	Culture	socially transmitted patterns of actions and expression	1
7272098167	History	the study of past events and changes	2
7272098168	Stone Age	production of tools from stone and other nonmetallic substances like natural items such as wood	3
7272098169	Paleolithic	evolution of human (Stone Age time period)	4
7272098170	Neolithic	the ancient Agriculture Revolution (Stone Age time period)	5
7272098171	Foragers	hunters and gatherers	6
7272098172	Agriculture Revolutions	food gathering to food production (Neolithic Revolution time period)	7
7272098173	Megaliths	structures and complexes of very large stones for ceremonial and religion purposes (Neolithic Revolution time period)	8
7272098174	Sumerians	were responsible for the creations of Mesopotamian culture like irrigation technology, cuneiform, and religious conception	9
7272098175	Semitic	family of related languages spoken in western Asia and northern Africa such as Hebrew, Aramaic, and Phoenician. most popular language in the Semitic family is Arabic	10
7272098176	City - State	small independent state, urban center, and agriculture territory	11
7272098177	Babylon	largest and most important city in Mesopotamia	12
7272098178	Hammurabi	amorite ruler of Babylon and is known for code laws	13
7272098179	Scribe	a professional position reserved for men, required to be able to read using cuneiforms, hieroglyphics, or cumberstoneg writing systems	14
7272098180	Ziggurat	massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mud bricks built for religious purposes in ancient Mesopotamian cities	15
7272098181	Amulet	small charm to protect bearer from evil	16
7272098182	Cuneiform	a system of writing - shaped systems represented words or syllables made in Mesopotamia and now used western Asia	17
7272098183	Bronze	an alloy of copper and with a small amount of tin	18
7272098184	Pharaoh	the central figure in the ancient Egyptian	19
7272098185	Ma'at	Egyptian term for the concept of divinely created and maintained order in the universe	20
7272098186	Pyramid	a large triangular stone monument, used in Egypt and Nubia as a burial place for the king	21
7272098187	Memphis	the capital of Old Kingdom Egypt, near the Nile Delta	22
7272098188	Thebes	capital city of Egypt and home of the ruling dynasties during Middle and New Kingdoms	23
7272098189	Hieroglyphics	a system of writing in which pictorial symbols represented sounds, syllables, or concept	24
7272098190	Papyrus	a reed that grows along the banks of the Nile River in Egypt	25
7272098191	Mummy	a body preserved by chemical processes or special natural circumstances, the belief that the decreased will need it again in the afterlife - wrapping the body with linen bandages and enclosing it in a wooden sarcophagus	26
7272098192	Harappa	one of the great cities of the Indus Valley civilizations of the third millennium B.C.E - a center for the acquisition of raw materials	27
7272098193	Mohenjo - Daro	largest of the cities of the Indus Valley civilizations	28
7272098194	Greece	near by Black Sea, Asia Minor (Turkey), and Aegean Sea	29
7272098195	Mediterranean Sea	near Egypt, Nile River and Mesopotamia (Iraq)	30
7272098196	Egypt	near Africa, Nile River and Mediterranean Sea	31
7272098197	Red Sea	near Egypt, Nile River and Saudi Arabia	32
7272098198	Mesopotamia (Iraq)	near Mediterranean Sea, Tigris River, and Euphrates River	33
7272098199	Persian Gulf	near Mesopotamia (Iraq), Saudi Arabia and Persia (Iran)	34
7272098200	Persia (Iran)	near Asia, Caspian Sea, and Tigris River	35
7272098201	Harappa (city)	near Hindu Kush, Indus River, and Mohenjo - Daro (city)	36
7272098202	India	near Ganges River and Himalaya	37
7272098203	Deccan Plateau	near India, Arabian Sea, and Bay of Bengal	38
7272098204	Indian Ocean	near Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal	39
7272098205	South China Sea	near Pacific Ocean and Yangzi River	40
7272098206	Vietnam	near Yangzi River and South China Sea	41
7272098207	China	near Yangzi River	42
7272098208	Mongolia	near Gobi Desert and Korea	43