AP World History Vocab Unit 1 Flashcards
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| 7200609050 | Patriarchal/Matriarchal Society | A social system in which one specific gender holds primary power, such as the Amazon warrior women. | 0 | |
| 7200614015 | Specialization of Labor | When a group of workers all work on one specific thing to have things built quicker and better, such as the Ford assembly line. | 1 | |
| 7200615584 | Urbanization | Making an area more urban | 2 | |
| 7200616744 | Centralization of Power | One main power controls all the smaller powers, which control smaller powers, all the way to the people. This way one group can effectively control many. | 3 | |
| 7200621474 | Polytheism | Belief in multiple gods, like the Greeks, the Romans, and the Norse. | 4 | |
| 7200622800 | Monotheism | Belief in a single god, such as God, Yahweh, or Allah. | 5 | |
| 7200623775 | Torah | The holy text of Judaism. | 6 | |
| 7200624856 | Vedas and Upanishads | Holy texts of the Hindu people. | 7 | |
| 7200627482 | Zoroastrianism | The religion of the Persians. The Z in RITZ. | 8 | |
| 7200629606 | Ziggurat | The worship temples of the Mesopotamian people. |  | 9 |
| 7200631481 | Pyramids | Where the ancient Egyptian pharaohs were entombed. |  | 10 |
| 7200632657 | Paleolithic | The early stone age, when stone tools were used. No agriculture and no metals. | 11 | |
| 7200635121 | Neolithic | The new stone age. Agriculture became a thing, as did pottery. | 12 |