AP World History Strayer Chapter 1 Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 10523279734 | Venus Figurines | *Definition:* Paleolithic statuette portraying a woman. |  | 0 |
| 10523279735 | Dreamtime | *Definition:* Recounting of the beginning of things through ancestral beings (how it all started/create). |  | 1 |
| 10523279736 | Clovis Culture | *Definition:* Prehistoric Paleo-Indian culture, named for distinct stone tools. |  | 2 |
| 10523279737 | MegaFaunal Extinction | *Definition:* The destruction of large or relatively large animals of a particular time period. |  | 3 |
| 10523279738 | Austronesian Migration | *Definition:* Expansion of a group of people (Austronesians) from Asia to the Pacific islands. |  | 4 |
| 10523279739 | "The Original Affluent Society" | *Definition:* The gathering and Hunting people where people worked fewer hours to meet needs. Meaning they had more leisure time. |  | 5 |
| 10523279740 | Shamans | *Definition:* Person regarded as having access to the world of good and evil spirits (using drugs). |  | 6 |
| 10523279741 | Trance Dance | *Definition:* Ritual where shamans dance and sing special medicine songs. |  | 7 |
| 10523279742 | Paleolithic Settling Down | *Definition:* The process of people moving toward permanent settlements at the end of the Last Ice Age. |  | 8 |
| 10523279743 | Gobekli Tepe | *Definition:* Massive Limestone pillars carved in a T-shape in a set of circle/rings for a ceremony. World's oldest temple. |  | 9 |
| 10523279744 | Fertile Crescent | *Definition:* Region containing moist and fertile land of Western Asia. |  | 10 |
| 10523279745 | Teosinte | *Definition:* Mountain grass (ancestor of corn) in Southern Mexico. |  | 11 |
| 10523279746 | Diffusion Migration | *Definition:* Spreading of something more widely (people). |  | 12 |
| 10523279747 | Bantu Migration | *Definition:* Migrations of Bantu people. |  | 13 |
| 10523279748 | Ishi | *Definition:* Name means "Person". A man from one of the last hunter/gatherers in California. |  | 14 |
| 10523279749 | Banpo | *Definition:* Archaeological site of an ancient village. |  | 15 |
| 10523279750 | "Secondary Products Revolution" | *Definition:* Innovations in Eurasian society and culture. |  | 16 |
| 10523279751 | Pastoral Societies | *Definition:* Nomadic group of people who travel with herds of domesticated animals (food source). |  | 17 |
| 10523279752 | Catalhuyuk | *Definition:* Large settlement. One of the first cities. |  | 18 |
| 10523279753 | Chiefdoms | *Definition:* Form of hierarchical political organization society based on kinship with a formal leader. |  | 19 |