ap world history: chapter 3 vocab Flashcards

chapter 3: Early African Societies and the Bantu Migrations

7166595468	mummification	the process of preserving a diseased body, through a periodic process of embalming and drying, which was also commonly associated with early Egyptian Society	0
7180948041	Savannah	a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees	1
7180973497	demographic pressures	things such as human populations, including their size, growth, density, and distribution which affect or "pressure" (in either a positive or negative way) their environment	2
7180973904	Menes	an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the early dynastic period, credited by classical tradition with having united Upper and Lower Egypt, and as the founder of the first dynasty	3
7180983743	pharaoh	the title or name given to ancient Egyptian Kings, but has later come to be known as certain kings or tyrants in general	4
7180994585	mercenary	a professional hired to serve in a foreign army	5
7180997140	scribe	trained professionals who applied their skills of reading and writing to tasks of administration	6
7181001294	cataracts	are/is a descent of water over a steep surface, such as a waterfall, especially one of considerable size	7
7181013353	hieroglyphics	ancient Egyptian pictographs in written language	8
7181017240	pyramids	quadrilateral masonry masses which have smooth, steeply sloping sides that meet at an apex, and are used as tombs for Ancient Egyptian peoples and Pharaohs	9
7181026826	Rosetta Stone	stone that contained carved messages in hieroglyphics, Greek and demotic; led to deciphering of hieroglyphics	10