AP World Chapter 2 (Strayer) Flashcards

9949406786	Aryans	Indo-European migrants who came into South Asia after the Indus Valley civilization; developed the culture that would form the basis for Indian civilizations afterwards.	0
9949406787	Book of the Dead	An Egyptian book of spells and chants to be completed by a dead person in order that his soul might be rejoined with his body in paradise after death.	1
9949406788	Chinese Ideograms	Chinese writing system; originally a pictographic system that evolved into ideograms, in which symbols represent ideas regardless of the pronunciation.	2
9949406789	City-States	A political system in which an urban-based king ruled his city and its surrounding area with a centralized government; each city-state thought of itself as an independent unity.	3
9949406790	Cuneiform	"Wedge-shaped"; the writing system invented by the Sumerians and used by all Mesopotamian civilizations afterwards.	4
9949406791	Dynasties	A family line of rulers, in which a father passed his political authority down to his son.	5
9949406792	Epic of Gilgamesh	Earliest known written epic poem, which tells the legendary deeds of Gilgamesh, a historical king of Uruk; later became the model for all Mesopotamian kings.	6
9949406793	Hammurabi's Code	Earliest known written laws, established by the King of Babylon	7
9949406794	Social Hierarchy	A system of class distinctions in which some people have higher status than others.	8
9949406795	Hieroglyphs	"Sacred writing"; the writing system developed by the ancient Egyptians; also included a kind of "cursive" script known as Demotic.	9
9949406796	Indo-Europeans	A very large linguistic group that originated near the Caucasus mountains; eventually migrated to most of Eurasia, bringing the idea of civilization with them.	10
9949406797	Indus Script	Undeciphered writing system used by the Indus Valley civilization.	11
9949406798	Loess	Silt that was blown from the Himalayas and deposited in East Asia, turning the Huang He yellow and providing nutrients to the soil as it flooded.	12
9949406799	Monsoons	A very regular pattern of winds that provided most of the rainfall for a whole year.	13
9949406800	Monumental Architecture	Large buildings that were designed to glorify the ruler and to strengthen the authority of the state and the elite.	14
9949406801	Patriarchy	A system of gender distinctions in which men were superior to women.	15
9949406802	Public Works	Construction projects that were required for the good of the general public; examples include defensive walls, flood control and irrigation, places of public worship, and plumbing.	16
9949406803	Quipu	Record-keeping system using string and knots to make and record calculations; used by all of the civilizations in the Andes	17
9949406804	Semites	A very large linguistic group that originated in the fertile crescent; eventually migrated into most of the Middle East, Mediterranean, and North Africa, spreading the idea of civilization with them.	18
9949406805	Sumerians	The original inhabitants of Mesopotamia; invented civilization without any previous model; would be replaced by other peoples but their civilization was copied.	19
9949406806	Urbanization	The process of living in large cities; a key feature of civilizations	20
9949406807	Ziggurat	A large pyramid-like structure constructed in Mesopotamia and used as a temple for the public displays of ritual.	21