AP World History Unit 1 Vocabulary Flashcards

10549642607	Hunter-gatherer	People who live by collecting food rather than producing it	0
10549644040	Neolithic Revolution	The transformation of human existence through the cultivation and taming of various plants and animals	1
10551030067	Pastoralism	A lifestyle relying primarily on domesticated animals as opposed to cultivated plants, did not settle in permanent civilizations	2
10551034662	State	Centralized center of urban life that rose during the first civilizations era out of a need for coordination and leadership	3
10551039205	City-State	A sovereign, self-governing urban center with no outside rule	4
10556251735	Empire	A group of states or territories under a single ruling party	5
10556254153	Domestication	The conscious changing of nature for the benefit of humankind	6
10556255937	Specialized Labor	The division of laborers into groups based on their skilled areas	7
10556259252	Social Stratification	The division of society by status into a hierarchical system	8
10556263568	Hierarchy	Ranking of peoples based on ability or status	9
10556266603	Urban Planning	Pre-emptive designing of a populated area	10
10556269287	Monumental Architecture	Large, man-made structures generally used in a commemorative fashion	11
10556274871	Bronze Metallurgy	The use of copper metals to create tools, weapons, etc	12
10556278818	Iron Metallurgy	The use of iron metal to create tools, weapons, etc.	13
10556280716	Chariots	A two wheeled horse drawn vehicle used by the Hittites and Hyksos to invade and control Babylonia and Egypt, respectively	14
10556293904	Ziggurats	Religious temple or palace around which many Mesopotamian cities were built	15
10556296960	Pyramids	Structures built by Egyptians to house and protect the bodies of their dead rulers	16
10556300798	Fortifications	Defensive walls or other structures used to impede the advance of invaders	17
10556306052	Cuneiform	One of the earliest forms of written language created by the Mesopotamians	18
10556308466	Hieroglyphics	Egyptian written language consisting of images and symbols representing various ideas and sounds	19
10556314182	Alphabets	Language designed by the Phoenicians that was based on sounds instead of symbols	20
10556320349	Pictographs	Pictures that represent words or ideas	21
10556322719	Quipu	An Incan invention comprised of knotted strings on a cord that was used to record mathematical data	22
10556330738	Vedic Religion	Ancient religion of the Aryan people entering India by ~1200 BC, was a precursor to Hinduism	23
10556335743	Hebrew Monotheism	The first appearance of monotheism; the single god has a relationship to humans above all others	24
10556339738	Zoroastianism	Religion based on a good vs. evil struggle, Persian origin	25
10556342257	Epic of Gilgamesh	Mesopotamian story emphasizing fear of death and desire for immortality through a flood story similar to that of Noah's ark	26
10556348682	Rig Veda	The first of Hinduism scriptures, a major element of Hinduism	27
10556350990	Book of the Dead	Books of spells to benefit the dead in the afterlife	28
10556353490	Hammurabi's Code	Legal code created by King Hammurabi of Mesopotamia, specifying crimes and punishments	29
10556358186	Archeology	The study of the human past through remains	30
10556361561	Patriarchy	Male dominance in society	31
10556367281	Fertile Crescent	An agriculturally bountiful region of the Middle East stretching from the Nile to the Tigris	32
10556370543	Irrigation	Manipulation of the landscape to redirect water to populated areas	33
10556374205	Push/Pull Factors	Condition that facilitate the departure or attraction of people to or from an area	34
10556377375	Sedentary	Permanently settled	35
10556377376	Nomadic	A lifestyle involving frequent movement from place to place	36
10556382976	Diaspora	The expulsion and scattering of Jews from Israel	37
10556385453	Polytheism	The practice of believing in the existence of two or more deities	38
10556396990	Austronesian	Languages spoken Australia and the rest of the Pacific spread through seaborne migrations approximately 3500 years ago	39
10556415213	Bantu	Languages spoken by the native peoples of Central, East, and Southern Africa	40
10556421402	Cultural Diffusion	The absorption of cultural elements into a foreign society	41
10556423765	Oracle Bones	Animal bones with carved writing used to tell the future	42
10556429868	Indo-European Languages	Several hundred languages spoken by the peoples of present day Europe, Iran, and Northern India	43