Unit 1 AP World History Terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Paleolithic Era | "Old Stone Age" |
| Neolithic Era | "New Stone Age" |
| foraging societies | Small nomadic communities -no politics -economic equality |
| hunter/gatherers | follow animals/wild plants from season to season |
| Neolithic Revolution | start of farming |
| domestication | taming of wild plants and animals |
| matrilineal | belonging to mother's lineage |
| patrilineal | father's line |
| sedentary agriculture | domestication of plants and animals |
| slash and burn agriculture | cutting down trees, burning plot, planting |
| cultural diffusion | spread of ideas, culture, tech, etc. |
| independent invention | creating a solution to a problem |
| specialization of labor | different jobs other than agriculture |
| gender division of labor | different jobs for men and women (hunting/gathering) |
| Fertile Crescent | site of first civilizations |
| Epic of Gilgamesh | first literary epic |
| Code of Hammurabi | first set of defined laws (written) |
| hieroglyphics | Egyptian writing |
| Hittites/iron weapons | first to produce iron |
| Assyrians/calvary | first to use in battle |
| democracy | majority rule |
| Persian Wars | Greeks v. Persians |
| Hellenism | adoption and spread of Greek culture throughout the lands that Alexander conquered |
| plebians v. patricians (Rome) | peasants v. elites |
| Silk Road | trade route throughout Asia |
| caste system | social system of India |
| Ashoka | Mauryan ruler (India), conversion to Buddhism |
| aristocracy | upper class |
| oligarchy | rule by few (Sparta) |
| Zoroastrianism | ancient monotheistic religion (Persia) |
| Torah | Jewish holy book |
| Talmud | set of laws to live by (Judaism) |
| samsara | migration of soul from one body to the next |
| dharma | personal obligations, duties |
| Four Noble Truths | foundation of Buddhism |
| Eightfold Path | way to end suffering (part of Four Noble Truths |
| Nirvana | realization of absolute truth (end of the road) |
| Theravada Buddhism | Buddha is a guy |
| Mahayana Buddhism | Buddha is a god |
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