AP World History Chapter 3 Vocabulary Flashcards

7291202100	Bantu	African peoples that originally lived in what is now Nigeria the Bantu had a linguistic influence among others	0
7291202101	Cataracts	are/is a descent of water over a steep surface, such as a waterfall, especially one of considerable size distinctly formed the Egyptian region; specifically in regards to the first determined the boundary line between the Egyptian and Nubian territory	1
7291202102	Demographic Pressures	things such as human populations, including their size, growth, density, and distribution which affect or "pressure" their environment early Egyptians placed this on the Nile River because the lack of water in the dry, arid climate	2
7291202103	Hieratic	of or in the ancient Egyptian writing of hieroglyphics used by priests. made hieroglyphics	3
7291202104	Hieroglyphics	ancient Egyptian written language. helped uncover much of their lost culture and how it developed	4
7291202105	Hyksos	invaders who seized the Nile delta and played a big role in the end of Egyptian Middle Kingdom brought and end to the Egyptian Middle Kingdom	5
7291202106	"Kingdoms"	a country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen. many kingdoms existed as a result of Egypt and Nubia.	6
7291202107	Menes	an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the early dynastic period, united Upper and Lower Egypt, is the founder of the first dynasty the 1st Pharaoh of Egypt to extend his reign from lower to upper Egypt, created the city Memphis, which was a capital between the two regions and binded them together	7
7291202108	Mercenary	a professional hired to serve in a foreign army many Nubian men became mercenaries in the Egyptian military forces, and often intermarried with Egyptian women, further binding their societies	8
7291202109	Merotic	language developed by the Kushites came from Egyptian hieroglyphics	9
7291202110	Mummification	the process of preserving a diseased body, by a process of embalming and drying bodies and tomb that were discovered have brought many insights into the ways and traditional culture of early Egyptians	10
7291202111	Osiris	ancient Egyptian god that represent the forces of nature. highly worshipped god of Ancient Egypt	11
7291202112	Pharoah	Egyptian kings considered to be gods on earth through the authority of Pharaohs, Egypt became an iconic figure of the ancient times, commanded amazing architectural and technological advancements	12
7291202113	Pyramids	Quadrilateral tombs for Ancient Egyptian peoples and Pharaoh the construction showed signs of improved architecture and enforcement of labor	13
7291202114	Savanna	a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees during the dramatic climate change in early African development, the Savannah grassland throughout the continent dried up in to the Sahara and other arid deserts, this made Africans cluster around certain water sources.	14
7291202115	Scribe	a person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was a common occupation of women under a patriarchal system, one of the few ways to record important information	15