AP World History Chapter 1 Flashcards

10499680927	Megalith	a giant rock that forms a prehistoric monument	0
10499680928	Holocene	the era since the end of the Ice Age 11,000 years ago.	1
10499683184	Agricultural Revolution	when people accidentally grew plants, thought it was cool, and started growing plants on purpose	2
10499683651	Forager	someone who goes out and collects plants for food	3
10499683652	Neolithic	newer part of the Stone Age	4
10499685350	Paleolithic	older part of the Stone Age	5
10499686341	Stone Age	when people started making tools	6
10499686342	History	study of the past	7
10499687694	Culture	the traditions and beliefs of a group of people	8
10499688680	Civilization	cities, jobs, basic government	9
10499688681	Babylon	largest and most important city in Mesopotamia	10
10499689817	Sumerians	the creators of the first Mesopotamian civilization	11
10499689818	Semitic	language family spoken across parts of western Asia and northern Africa	12
10499690957	City-state	a state that is just a city and it's immediately surrounding land	13
10499691737	Hammurabi	king of Babylon, known for creating laws	14
10499691738	Scribe	someone who writes stuff down	15
10499694714	Ziggurat	rectangular stepped pyramid in Mesopotamia	16
10499695788	Amulet	necklace that's supposed to ward evil	17
10499696534	Cuneiform	first writing system; clay tablets	18
10499697535	Pharoh	ruler of Egypt	19
10499697536	Ma'at	goddess of truth and justice	20
10499699711	Pyramid	burial tombs of ancient egypt	21
10499699712	Memphis	capital of Old Kingdom Egypt	22
10499700658	Thebes	capital of New Kingdom Egypt	23
10499701179	Hieroglyphics	pictures representing language	24
10499705484	Papyrus	paper made from reeds growing on the river	25
10499705485	Mummy	a preserved body	26
10499706335	Harappa	large ancient city of the Indus civilization in Pakistan	27
10499707319	Mohenjo-daro	major city of the Indus valley civilization	28