AP World History Unit 1 Flashcards

10499398763	Paleolithic Age	called the old stone age; concerned with food supply, used bone tools, nomadic hunters and gatherers; (750000 BCE - 10000 BCE)	0
10499404258	Neolithic Age	called the new stone age (referring to the latest period of the stone age); transition from food gathering to food producing; plants and animals play a key role in this transition; about 10000 years ago	1
10499409964	Bronze Age	time period between the stone age and the iron age; characterized by weapons made of iron; involves hunting, gathering, and traveling frequently; (4000 BCE - 1500 BCE)	2
10499418187	civilization	a human society with advanced forms of government, culture, job specializations, and social classes	3
10499430152	city-state	A small independent state consisting of an urban center and the surrounding agricultural territory. A characteristic political form in early Mesopotamia, Archaic and Classical Greece, Phoenicia, and early Italy.	4
10499517225	oracle	a person thought to be a source of wisdom or prophecy; thought to be able to predict the future	5
10499517226	Monotheism	belief in a single God	6
10499530110	Homo sapiens sapiens	modern humans; "wise, wise humans," a species that appeared in Africa between 150,000 and 200,000 years ago; they were the first anatomically modern humans	7
10499533501	Neolithic Revolution	The switch from nomadic lifestyles to a settled agricultural lifestyle is this revolution.	8
10499544272	slash and burn agriculture	a farming technique in which trees are cut down and burned to clear and fertilize the land	9
10499545875	Nomads	people who move from place to place	10
10499547895	ideographic symbols	A type of writing system in which a character or symbol represents an idea or thing without expressing the pronunciation of a word or words. Used in writing systems like those of China or Japan, where it directly represents a concept, idea, or thing.	11
10499550902	Phoenicians	located on eastern Mediterranean coast; invented the alphabet which used sounds rather than symbols like cuneiform	12
10499560251	Polytheism	belief in more than one god	13