AP World History – Bentley-Unit One

Replacement or supplementation of rainfall with water from another source in order to grow crops

Any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface

Belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group

(of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently

The spread of cultural elements from one society to another

the only surviving hominid

second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC

the shift from hunting of animals and gathering of food to the keeping of animals and the growing of food on a regular basis around 8,000 BC

a village in Jordan near the north end of the Dead Sea

One of first true cities in history, created in the Neolithic Era in 6500 to 5500 BC, from which were created agriculture, trading, temples, housing, and religions

the science or art of metals. It includes the study of their properties and structure, the separation and refining of metals from their ores, the production of alloys, and the shaping and treatment of metals by heat and rolling.

A forty percent complete skeleton discovery of an Australopithecus afarensis, or a species within the category of hominid. She was rediscovered on November 24, 1974 in Hadar, Ethiopia.

a legendary Sumerian king who was the hero of an epic collection of mythic stories

Amorite ruler of Babylon (r. 1792-1750 B.C.E.). He conquered many city-states in southern and northern Mesopotamia and is best known for a code of laws, inscribed on a black stone pillar, illustrating the principles to be used in legal cases. (p. 34)

A Babylonian king who conquered Jerusalem,and built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

first civilization located between the Tigris & Eurphrates Rivers in present day Iraq; term means "land between the rivers;" Sumerian culture

Found along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, this was the first early river civilization. The cities in this area were governed by city-states and used irrigation to produced their corps.

a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians

a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line

an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia

an ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean

(Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written

The book that contains the writings or scriptures that Christians recognize as the written word of God.

Sailing and trading people who had many colonies on the Mediterranean coast

an ancient Mesopotamian ruler who reigned approximately 2334-2279 BC, and was one of the earliest of the world's great empire builders, conquering all of southern Mesopotamia as well as parts of Syria, Anatolia, and Elam (western Iran). He established the region's first Semitic dynasty and was considered the founder of the Mesopotamian military tradition.

the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob)

Founder of Judaism who, according to the Bible, led his family from Ur to Canaan in obedience to God's command.

king of upper egypt united the two kingdoms of upper and lower egypt

Queen of Egypt (1473-1458 B.C.E.). Dispatched a naval expedition down the Red Sea to Punt (possibly Somalia), the faraway source of myrrh. There is evidence of opposition to a woman as ruler, and after her death her name was frequently expunged. (p.66)

the world's longest river (4180 miles)

an ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile

a king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader

pictures, characters, or symbols standing for words, ideas, or sounds; ancient Egyptians used instead of an alphabet like ours

a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent

chief deity of the Aryans; depicted as a colossal, hard-drinking warrior God of thunder and strength

Indo-European speaking nomads who entered India from the Central Asian steppes between 1500 and 1000 BC and greatly affected Indian society.

one of the main groups of people in India; probably descended from the Indus River culture that flourished at the dawn of Indian civilization over 4,000 yrs. ago

Civilization that developed along the Indus River (Present Day Pakistan), Controlled larges areas of land on both sides of the Indus River, Largest two settlements were _______ and Mohenjo Daro, Known for City planning, sewer systems, indoor plumbing, and fortresses around their cities

Largest city of the Indus Valley civilization. It was centrally located in the extensive floodplain of the Indus River. Little is known about the political institutions of Indus Valley communities, but the large-scale implies central planning. Not Harappa

(Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism)

sacred texts in the Hindu religion, they are a set of four collections of hymns and religious ceremonies transmitted by memory through the centuries by Aryan priests

Located in India, this river is considered sacred to Hindus and is used for spiritual cleansing, funeral rites, and other Hindu rituals.

a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth

Priests, at the top of the caste system which the Aryans established

sub castes; were groups of people within each caste that worked together for one economic function

a ritual that required a woman to throw herself on her late husband's funeral pyre or burn herself. This was done gladly and if a woman didn't comply with this she would be disgraced.

A group of writings sacred in Hinduism concerning the relations of humans, God, and the universe.

(Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation

In Hinduism, the duties and obligations of each caste

This was the earliest known dynasty. There is no written evidence of this early time period, but artifacts have been found. The people of this time were farmers and made pottery.

a major river of Asia in northern China

Second Chinese dynasty (about 1750-1122 B.C.) which was mostly a farming society ruled by an aristocracy mostly concerned with war. They're best remembered for their art of bronze casting.

People believed that heaven gave them the authority to rule. They also believed that heaven would take it away

the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism

Civil War broke out in during the Zhou Dynasty, beginning an age known in Chinese historical records as the "____________ of the ____________________ _____________________."

cattle bones or tortoise shells on which Chinese priests would write questions and then interpret answers from the cracks that formed when the bones were heated

-semiarid grasslands -stretch from Russia to the Great Wall of CHina

The Oldest of the Five Classics, preserves 305 of the earliest Chinese poems. Poems deal with political themes, ritual, and romance.

long ago, after the Flood, little trails of land connecting the continents together

(1400 B.C.E. to 500 B.C.E.) earliest known Mexican civilization,lived in rainforests along the Gulf of Mexico, developed calendar and constructed public buildings and temples, carried on trade with other groups.

a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy

the most important Maya political center between the 4th-9th centuries. It was a city that had temples, pyramids, palaces, and public buildings.

Originally a Mayan city; conquered by Toltecs circa 1000 and ruled by Toltec dynasties; architecture featured pyramid of Feathered Serpent (Quetzacoatl).

the most famous of the Maya books that recounts the Highland Maya's version of the story of creation.

first major metropolis in Mesoamerica, collapsed around 800 CE. It is most remembered for the gigantic "pyramid of the sun".

a stepped pyramid rising sharply to a height of 47 meters (154 feet); dominated the skyline and represented Tikal's control over the surrounding region

a new religion that appeared in the Andes mountains after 1000 BCE; enjoyed enormous popularity during the 900 to 800 BCE; spread in the area of modern Peru; vanished about 300 BCE; no information survives on the significance of the cults

Mochica is a society in the Andean valleys, near the Moche River, that left behind a remarkable artistic legacy. They made ceramics that represented gods and everyday life.

earliest inhabitants of New Guinea and Oceania; had remarkable seafaring skills and maritime technology; used canoes; later migrated to the Pacific Islands

Society from New Guinea to Tonga (1500-500 B.C.E.) with agricultural villages, networks of trade and communication, and hierarchical chiefdoms.