Ap world history Chapters 1-6 Flashcards

4881699414	Tigris and Euphrates	Two main rivers that run through the fertile crescent. This is were the earliest complex societies were thought to have existed. The flooding of the two rivers was unpredictable.	0
4881701897	Mesopotamia	Means "land between two rivers"	1
4881705241	Fertile crescent	Fertile strip of land that runs across the Mesopotamia region.	2
4881705242	Carthage	Colony established by Phoenicians later become dominant empire in eastern Mediterranean.	3
4881727210	Sahara	Largest desert in northern Africa	4
4881761023	Kalahari	Desert in sub-Saharan Africa.	5
4881761024	Nile River	long river provided fertile soil for Egyptians and the flooding was predictable.	6
4881759421	Desertification	process of semi-arid land becoming dessert. Causing migration of Sudanic people in 5000 B.C.E.	7
4881759422	Indus River valley	Home of Harappan/Dravidian people flooding was unpredictable but provided alluvial plain	8
4881759423	Environmental degradation	Overuse of available resources led to migration or downfall of societies.	9
4881759424	Deforestation	Clearing of forests	10
4881759425	Huang He	Another name for yellow river	11
4881759426	Chiang Jiang	another name for Yangtze river. Used for economic growth and connected to the east sea.	12
4881759427	Loess	Light colored soil caused excessive build often led to flooding	13
4881758422	Mesoamerica	term used to describe areas of central and south America BEFORE THE INVASION OF THE SPANISH	14
4881758423	Maize	Corn staple crop of the maya	15
4881758424	Oceania and Polynesia	Islands of central and s. pacific ocean	16
4881754164	Abraham		17
4881757542	Obsidian	glass used for weapons and tools	18
4881757543	Slash-burn agriculture	burning and slashing of fields in preparation of farming	19
4881757544	Division of labor	system managing labor division for optimal production	20
4881757545	Barter	to trade	21
4881752509	Aten	name of sun god under cult of Akhenaton. forced into one of first monotheistic religions known to exist	22
4881757546	polytheistic	belief of more than one god	23
4881757547	Ziggurats	tiered temples built by Sumerians for political and religious purposes. built in Mesopotamia	24
4881757548	Astronomy	Studying of stars and planets in ancient world	25
4881757549	Astrology	study of stars and planets influence on human affairs	26
4881755786	Hebrews	nomads left Ur. Monotheistic	27
4881755787	Israelites	Hebrews who established kingdom of Israel.	28
4881748366	Papyrus	Paper made of papyrus reeds	29
4881748367	Book of the Dead	Book incantations used for the journey into the after life.	30
4881748368	Indo-European	Refers to the group of people in Southwest Asia that spoke various Indo-European languages.	31
4881748369	Sanskrit	The written language of the Aryans	32
4881748370	Rig-Veda	Part of the Vedas	33
4881748371	Upanishads	Teachers of Hinduism that supports the Vedas and also a book written between the 8th and 6th centuries B.C.E. about the unity of Brahman and Atman	34
4881748372	Pictographs, glyphs	symbols, drawings used to represent language	35
4881747167	Austronesian speakers	Those who speak austronesian languages. Malayan, Indonesian, Filipino, Polynesian	36
4881747162	Moche	River where the Mochica state emerged.	37
4881747163	Huaca del Sol	An abode brick temple of Mochica civilization	38
4881745817	Ayllus	Traditional communities divided along clan lines	39
4881926025	Huaca de la Luna	Large adobe structure built by the Moche People of Peru	40
4881745800	Teotihuacan	Thriving city of Mayan civilization and later Aztec civilization	41
4881745801	Maya	Things that cloud the mind or the heirs of Olmec civilization	42
4881745802	Mayan	Things related to Mayan culture	43
4881745803	Mother Civilization	Place of origin before colonization took place	44
4881744666	Classic Period	A time in which most cultural flourishment happens	45
4881744654	Caracol	An observatory tower used to study the stars	46
4881744655	Chiche'n Itza'	Major city of Mayan civilization.	47
4881744656	Patriarchal	Male dominated society	48
4881744657	Clans	Groups of people that are descended from the same ancestors	49
4881743509	Feudalism	A social, political, and economic system that relies on the interdependency of all levels	50
4881743510	Sumer and Sumerians	Early in inhabitants of the Fertile Crescent who built many city-states and adapted well to the river valley region of Mesopotamia	51
4881743511	Uruk	One of the most important Sumerian city-states, hub of trade and administration	52
4881743512	City-states	And independent urban center and the agricultural area that surrounds it .	53
4881743513	King and kingdom	Single ruler who usually operates though the dynastic rule and rules over a specific region	54
4881743514	Babylonians	People of the Babylonian kingdom	55
4881742342	Empire	A large amount of territory under the leadership of a centralized authority	56
4881742344	Phoenicians	Created an empire by monopolizing on trade goods	57
4881754180	Jews	Person who worships Judaism and is of Hebrew descent.	58
4881754165	Moses	Prophet of Judaism primarily author of Torah	59
4881741298	Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms	Division of Egyptian history	60
4881741299	Hyksos	Horse riding nomads that spoke a Semitic language, used bronze weapons and probably brought horses to Egypt	61
4881754166	Ten Commandments	The law the Hebrews	62
4881754167	Monotheism	belief in one god	63
4881741300	Hittites	Developed iron forging/ spiked chariot wheels conquered the majority of Anatolia	64
4881741301	Kush	Established by Nubians and developed bronze weapons/defeated Egyptians/ beat by assyrians and learned the art of iron metallurgy.	65
4881754168	Jewish Diaspora	Stereotype of Jews with degrading jobs or who didn't stand up to anti-Semitic persecution.	66
4881741302	Axum	Christian kingdom in Africa below Egypt	67
4881754169	Theocrats	Person who rules or supports theocracy	68
4881752510	Mummification	Practice of preparing the body for the after life.	69
4881741303	Dravidians	Those residing in the Indus River valley prior to aryan migration	70
4881741304	Harappa	City and major trade center of the Harappa civilization	71
4881752511	Aryans	Nomadic herders who migrated to the Indus river valley	72
4881738536	Mohenjo-Daro	Major city and trade center of Harappan civilization	73
4881752512	Hindi	Language of India	74
4881752513	Vedas and Vedic age	Vedas is the book of poems and hymns about the Vedic age. A time when Aryans and the Dravidians culture constantly clashed	75
4881738537	Chavin Civilization	Located in South America and was a pre-inca civilization	76
4881738538	Olmec	Early mesoamericana society that created a strong foundation of agriculture and religion for the maya to follow	77
4881750979	Brahmin	Priests	78
4881738539	Easter Island	An island in the S. Pacific belonging to Chile/ is home to large monolithic statues that are still a mystery	79
4881750980	Brahma	The creator god	80
4881738540	Aboriginals	Original or earliest known people of Australia	81
4881750981	Dharma	Right law or right action	82
4881750982	Karma	Belief that your actions carry on to your next life.	83
4881738541	Tribute	Payments made To another nation for protection	84
4881750983	Moksha	state of changeless bliss	85
4881738542	Hammurabi	Proclaimed to have created the most complete set of formal written law code in Babylon	86
4881737425	King Menes	Started pharaonic rule in Egypt after unifying the region in 3100B.C.E.	87
4881749597	Ancestor veneration	worshipping of ancestors and believing that they play an active role in the lives of humans.	88
4881749598	Golden Age	Time period in which most cultural flourishment happens	89
4881737426	Pharaoh	King ruler of Egypt beloved to be an extension of the sun god	90
4881737427	Akhenaton	Amenhotep IV changed his name to Aten	91
4881749599	Scribes	position requires the documentation of formal and informal records.	92
4881736095	Ramses the Great	Ramses II/3rd Pharaoh of the 19th dynasty / created monuments all over Egypt	93
4881749600	The Epic of Gilgamesh	An epic poem that provides many details about ancient life in Sumeria	94
4881736096	Xia Dynasty	First documented dynasty in china founded Yu	95
4881749601	Cuneiform	Wedge shaped system of writing believed to be the oldest in the world.	96
4881736097	Shang Dynasty	1st documented dynasty with a centralized rule, Known for bronze casting and monopolizing the copper and tin ores	97
4881749602	Alphabetic script	A form of writing that uses an alphabet instead of pictographs or ideographs	98
4881736098	Mandate of heaven	Impersonal law of nature the belief that the heavens determines who rule based on virtue	99
4881749603	Hieroglyphics	Sacred writings or priests carvings. Used for formal writing in egypt	100
4881736099	Zhou Dynasty	Longest lasting Chinese dynasty	101