AP World History Period 1 Flashcards

10508104901	Paleolithic Age	The first period of the Stone Age, called the Old Stone Age, from about 2 million years ago to around 8000 B.C.E.	0
10508109107	Neolithic Age	"New Stone Age"; About 10,000 years ago marked by advances in the production of stone tools. Shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture.	1
10508113700	Bronze Age	the period in ancient human culture when people began to make and use bronze for tools and weapons.	2
10508116381	Civilization	A complex, highly organized social order	3
10508118788	city-state	A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside	4
10508121794	oracle	a person thought to be a source of wisdom or prophecy.	5
10508123863	Monotheism	Belief in one God	6
10508126242	Homo sapiens sapiens	Modern humans.	7
10508130052	Neolithic Revolution	A turning point in the stone age when humans began farming.	8
10508132764	Slash and burn agriculture	a farming technique in which trees are cut down and burned to clear and fertilize the land.	9
10508139987	Nomads	People who move from place to place.	10
10508144906	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.	11
10508148244	Phoenicians	People who spread their alphabet to others including the Hebrews, Romans, and Greeks.	12
10508151768	Polytheism	Belief in more than one god	13