AP World Chapter 1 Flashcards

10609134353	Rosetta Stone	Bouchard discovered it in the Nile Delta. Young and Champollion decoded it. Made in 200 BCE. Decoded hieroglyphics.	0
10609134354	Troy	Heinrich Schliemann discovered it in Hisarlik, Turkey. This fell around 1200 BCE. Helped establish modern archaeology.	1
10609138930	Nineveh's Assyrian Library	Austen Layard discovered it in the Kuyunjik mound. Decoded cuneiform.	2
10609138931	King Tut's Tomb	Howard Carter discovered it in the Valley of the Kings. Explains Egyptian burial tombs.	3
10609140495	Machu Picchu	Hiram Bingham discovered it in the Peruvian Jungle. Insight into the Lost City of the Inca.	4
10609140496	Pompeii	Found by a farmer in Southern Italy near Mount Vesuvius. Insight into Roman culture.	5
10609142472	Dead Sea Scrolls	Bedouin boys discovered it in Qumran. Revolutionized perception of early Christianity.	6
10609142473	Thera	Spyridon Marinatos discovered it in the Aegean Sea. Gives us an understanding of Mediterranean sea trade.	7
10609143914	Olduvai Gorge	The Leakey family discovered it in East Africa. Supported theory of evolution.	8
10609148369	Tomb of 10,000 Warriors	Farmers discovered it in China. Made in 220 BCE. Awakened western interest in Chinese history.	9
10609148370	Period 1	8000 BCE - 600 BCE	10
10609149772	Paleolithic Age	Nomads, homo sapiens, tribal bands, hunting and gathering.	11
10609151557	Nomads	People who traveled for food and shelter.	12
10609151558	Homo sapiens	Humans	13
10609154302	Tribal Bands	Groups of people with strong kinship ties that travel together to hunt and gather food.	14
10609154303	Hunting and Gathering	People who hunted for food or gathered from wild plants.	15
10609155733	Neolithic Age	Neolithic revolution, slash and burn agriculture, bronze age, catal huyuk, domestication, civilization.	16
10609155734	Neolithic Revolution	Gateway to Neolithic Age.	17
10609157686	Slash and Burn Agriculture	A farming technique where you burn the trees, and farm until you can't anymore, then move to another field.	18
10609157687	Bronze Age	End of the Stone Age. Start of metalworking.	19
10609160405	Catal Huyuk	Neolithic village in southern Turkey.	20
10609160406	Domestication	Process of taming an animal.	21
10609162311	Civilization	Defined by specialization of labor and an agricultural surplus.	22
10609162312	Mesopotamia	Between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. City-states, ziggurats, Hammurabi, cuneiform, Babylonians, Sumerians, monotheism, Phoenicians.	23
10609164848	City-states	Made by Sumerian political structures. Ruled by a king who claimed divine authority.	24
10609164849	Ziggurats	Temples used as a monument in Sumerian civilizations.	25
10609166426	Hammurabi	Ruled the Babylonians. Created the first known code of law.	26
10609166427	Cuneiform	First writing language.	27
10609166428	Babylonians	Helped bring civilization to other parts of the Middle East.	28
10609168588	Sumerians	Developed cuneiform.	29
10609170009	Monotheism	Jewish religion. Basis to Christianity.	30
10609170010	Phoenicians	Made a 22 letter alphabet.	31
10609172416	Ancient Egyptian Society	Pharaoh, pyramids, matrilineal.	32
10609172417	Pharaoh	Possessed tons of power.	33
10609174238	Pyramids	Godlike structures for pharaohs.	34
10609174239	Matrilineal	Having kinship with female side of the family.	35
10609176975	Indus River Valley	Harappa, Indo-Europeans.	36
10609176976	Harappa	Lived in Indus River Valley. Had running water.	37
10609178468	Indo-Europeans	Speakers of Indo-European languages.	38
10609178469	Shang Dynasty	Between Yellow and Yang-tse rivers. Ideographs.	39
10609180057	Ideographs	Symbols that expressed ideas on paper.	40
10609189729	Rift Valley of East Africa	Where did the genetic ancestor of all modern humans live?	41
10609193757	Tools and Weapons	How did people make up for their lack of natural weapons?	42
10609195364	Fire	What invention gave us smaller stomachs, bigger brains, and functions to protect us from predators?	43
10609195365	Hunting in Packs	What is the hunting technique that we share with wolves?	44
10609201234	They could tailor clothes	Why were the clothes in this period better than clothes humans used before?	45
10609206726	Heightened Senses	What advantages do humans gain by hunting with wolves?	46
10609210195	Threw seeds in the trash	What did the first farmer observe that led her to the idea of farming?	47
10609212501	Disease	What was the problem that was introduced when people settled in villages?	48
10609212502	Theft and War	Land ownership and agriculture led to what ongoing problem?	49
10609217914	New ways of religion	All the death from disease and war led to what other invention?	50
10609339468	Grain and Beer	How did they pay the pyramid builders?	51
10609339469	Writing	What invention allowed Hemiunu to organize the pyramid workers?	52
10609341758	Made it a competition	What did they do to inspire the pyramid builders to work faster?	53
10609344916	Broken bones in cemeteries	What evidence do we have of accidents among the pyramid workers?	54
10609346611	Clay Tablet Letters	How do we know so much about Imdi Ilum?	55
10609346612	Bandits	What did Amur face on the tin-trading trip?	56
10609362262	Key to world trade networks	Why was Megiddo important?	57
10609363824	First battle in history	What was significant about Tutmoses' battle at Megiddo?	58
10609366397	Went first into Megiddo	How did Tutmoses prove he was able to lead his people?	59
10609369123	He'd kill the children	How did Tutmoses ensure that the people near Megiddo never rose against him?	60
10609369124	Iron	What new material brought the era of the godlike king to an end?	61
10611408568	Venus of Willendorf (Fertility Goddess)		62
10611428611	Hebrews	Religious text was the Torah	63
10611430799	SPICE	Social, Political, Intellectual, Culture, Environment	64
10611441882	Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro	NOT CIVILIZATIONS	65
10611447254	Olmecs	"Mother" civilization of Mesoamerica.	66