AP World History Strayer Chapter 6 Vocabulary Flashcards

10731866604	Meroe	Definition: City in southern Nubia that was the center of Nubian civilization. Significance: Governed by a female monarch. Gained its wealth through long-distance trade. Declined after Islam invaded.	0
10731866605	Axum	Definition: Northern Ethiopian city that relied on highly productive agriculture with plow-based farming. Significance: A part at Adulis and used taxes to gain revenue from other empires. They didn't rely on hoe and digging stick.	1
10731866606	Piye	Definition: 8th century BCE, Africa. Paid respect to gods for great victory. Significance: Reunified Egypt and conquered ruler and began to govern/lead war.	2
10731866608	Maya Civilization	Definition: Mesoamerican civilization known for the only fully developed written language of the Pre-columbian Americas. Significance: Resembled the competing city-states of Mesopotamia and written language.	3
10731866609	Teotihuacan	Definition: Largest city of Pre-Columbian America that governed and/or influenced much of the surrounding region ("City of the gods"). Significance: Had long-distance trade which enabled them to live a more luxurious life.	4
10731866610	Chavin	Definition: Andean town that was the center of a large Peruvian religious movement. Significance: Religious movement within class system of elites. Decline due to famine and drought.	5
10731866611	Moche	Definition: Important regional civilization of Peru, governed by warrior-priests. Significance: Elites lived luxuriously, prisoners and poor were sacrificed in rituals.	6
10731866613	Bantu Expansion	Definition: Gradual migration of Bantu peoples from their homeland. Significance: Their ironworking and agricultural techniques gave them an advantage over gathering and hunting peoples.	7
10731866614	Chaco Phenomenon	Definition: Name given to a major process settlement and social organization among the peoples of Chaco Canyon. Significance: Drought caused people to start depending on agriculture which made a large population develop.	8
10731866615	Mound Builders/Cahokia	Definition: Members of a number of cultures that developed along the Mississippi that built large mounds that they buried people with their stuff under. Significance: Buried people with all their things in hopes to make it to the afterlife (only for wealthy people).	9