Periods 1 & 2 AP World History

hunting and gathering to farming, occurred worldwide between 10,000 BC and 2000 BC

a government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility

a person belonging to a tribe or group that is considered uncivilized; a savage brutal or cruel person

a community of people smaller than a town and bigger than a village

a socially or culturally superior person, a member of the upper classes from New England

a society in an advance state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)

a structure used to govern the people around it the specialization of trade

a type of money; a country's currency

a god or goddess; a divine being

a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

principle or cosmic order, teaching or religion of Buddha; you must accept what caste you are born into and do your duties in order to move on in your next life

the spreading something more widely

large selection of foods

tamed animals; can live with humans without harming them

important political theory in China, every dynasty goes through a certain cycle

belief that all people are created equal and deserve equal rights

a system of principles about morality and acceptable conduct

border separating 2 countries

a person who hunts or kills for food

global episode during a past geological period; when everything froze (the ice age)

agricultural production system characterized by high inputs or labor

artificial application of water to the soil; used to assist the growing of agricultural crops

sum of a person's actions in all their states of existence, viewed as their deciding fate (what they will be judged on)

traditional Chinese philosophical concept concerning the legitimacy of rules

practice or state of being married to one person

person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions

branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock

system of government in which the father or the eldest male is head of the family

practice of having more than one wife or husband

act of keeping detailed notes about activities and events

denoting attitudes, activites, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis

production of raw silk

population of people who stayed in their location; in their location (in one location)

state of being a slave

the learned skill of a specific job

amount of something left over when the requirements of what you need have already been met

the amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought

branch of industry involved in the making of cloth

system of government in which priests rule in the name of god or a god

system of governing in which most important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected officials

Veneration of the dead is based on the belief that the deceased, often family members, have a continued existence and/or possess the ability to influence the fortune of the living

the belief in a supernatural power that organizes and animates the material universe

Buddhism; a deity or being who has attained enlightenment worthy of nirvana but who remains in the human world to help others

a social structure in which classes (social classes) are determined by heredity (the family you are born with)

urban center and agricultural around it under its control; loosely connected with others by cultural characteristics, but was independent and competed

in the style of ancient Greece or Rome, especially in architecture; relating or belonging to the ancient Greeks or Romans or their cultures

to arrange things, especially laws, rules, or principles, into an organized system or code

the ultimate principle of the universe, the "way" in Chinese Daoism philosophy

scattered communities around the middle east; communities of a given ethnic group living outside their homeland

use reason and experience rather than religion or tradition to understand the world and help it progress

the virtue and reverence for family (CONFUCIANISM)

culture derived from Greek civilization that flourished between 800 and 400 B.C.E. ; Greek culture spread throughout the Mediterranean world

an act of showing or demonstrating something; the condition of being shown or being perceptible

somebody who buys and sells goods, especially as a whole saler or internationally

somebody sent to another country by a church to spread its faith or to do social and medical work

a political system in which a state is ruled by a monarch (a monarch and his or her family)

a building or buildings with grounds in which a group of people observing religious vows, especially monks, live together

a period of heavy rainfall, especially during the summer over South and Southeast Asia

a chief of a group of nomadic Aryans. They later became kings of small villages in India; title given to an Indian prince or king

body in which someone is reborn; a person or animal in whose body somebody's soul is born again after he, she, or it has died

exchanged labor

a political system or form of government in which people elect representatives to exercise power for them

the observance of actions or procedures in a set, ordered, and ceremonial way

sacred language by the Vedas in India, mainly for religion

sacred writings of the bible; a passage from the bible

a religion of northern Asia, in which shamans are believed to be able to intercede

to acquire a Chinese idiom, form, or cultural trait, or give somebody or something a Chinese idiom, form, or cultural trait

relating to human society and how it is organized; peace for all

an organized collection of beliefs; what is believed in throughout every religion