AP World History Unit 0 A Flashcards
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| 14739810248 | Neolithic Revolution | (10,000 - 8,000 BCE) The development of agriculture and the domestication of animals as a food source. This led to the development of permanent settlements and the start of civilization. | 0 | |
| 14739813738 | Polytheism | Belief in many gods | 1 | |
| 14739816194 | Civilization | A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes | 2 | |
| 14739820953 | Cuneiform | the world's first system of writing | 3 | |
| 14739824003 | Monotheism | Belief in one God | 4 | |
| 14739828967 | Patriarchy/Patriarchal | Where men are the rulers over women in the society. | 5 | |
| 14739839666 | Theocracy | A government controlled by religious leaders | 6 | |
| 14739844589 | Filial Piety | In Confucian thought, one of the virtues to be cultivated, a love and respect for one's parents and ancestors. | 7 | |
| 14739850430 | Mandate of Heaven | a political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source | 8 | |
| 14739852149 | Diaspora | A dispersion of people from their homeland | 9 | |
| 14739856894 | Bureaucracy | A system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials | 10 | |
| 14739862772 | Pastoralism | developed at various sites in the grasslands of Afro-Eurasia because these places supported large mobile herds and nomadic lifestyle but not farming or cities. | 11 |