AP World History Chapter 1 Guided Reading
A.P. World History
Guided Reading 1
"The Origins of Agriculture to the First River-Valley Civilizations”
TERMS:
Culture - Socially transmitted patterns of action and expression
Foragers - Hunting and food gathering people Animal domestication - The killing of animals for food
Pastorialism - Way of life dependent on large herds of grazing livestock
Matrilineal - Kinship with mother Patrilineal - Kinship with father
Lineages - the holding of land by large kinship (blood relationship) units
Megaliths - very large stones constructed for ceremonial and religious purposes in Neolithic times
Civilizations - Any group of people sharing a set of cultural traits
Babylonian Creation Myth - climaxes in a vast battle between Marduk, the chief god of Babylon, and Tiamat
City-State - A small independent state consisting of an urban center and the surrounding agricultural territory
Lugal - “big man” (king)
Cuneiform - System of writing in wedge shaped symbols that represented words Dynasty - the chief god of that town gained prominence throughout the land
Hammurabi’s Law Code - reflects social divisions that may have been valid for other places and times despite inevitable fluctuations
Scribes - an administrator or scholar charged by the temple or palace with reading and writing tasks
Anthropomorphic gods - Gods with human characteristics
Ziggurat - A massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mud bricks
Amulets - Small charm meant to protect the bearer from evil
Technology - tools and processes by which humans manipulate the physical world
Cataract - Large waterfall
Pharaoh - The central figure in the ancient Egyptian State
Ma’at - Egyptian term for the concept of divinely created and maintained order in the universe
Pyramid - A large, triangular stone monument, used in Egypt and Nubia as a burial place for the king The Great Pyramid - The age of the great pyramids lasted about a
Guided Reading 1
"The Origins of Agriculture to the First River-Valley Civilizations”
TERMS:
Culture - Socially transmitted patterns of action and expression
Foragers - Hunting and food gathering people Animal domestication - The killing of animals for food
Pastorialism - Way of life dependent on large herds of grazing livestock
Matrilineal - Kinship with mother Patrilineal - Kinship with father
Lineages - the holding of land by large kinship (blood relationship) units
Megaliths - very large stones constructed for ceremonial and religious purposes in Neolithic times
Civilizations - Any group of people sharing a set of cultural traits
Babylonian Creation Myth - climaxes in a vast battle between Marduk, the chief god of Babylon, and Tiamat
City-State - A small independent state consisting of an urban center and the surrounding agricultural territory
Lugal - “big man” (king)
Cuneiform - System of writing in wedge shaped symbols that represented words Dynasty - the chief god of that town gained prominence throughout the land
Hammurabi’s Law Code - reflects social divisions that may have been valid for other places and times despite inevitable fluctuations
Scribes - an administrator or scholar charged by the temple or palace with reading and writing tasks
Anthropomorphic gods - Gods with human characteristics
Ziggurat - A massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mud bricks
Amulets - Small charm meant to protect the bearer from evil
Technology - tools and processes by which humans manipulate the physical world
Cataract - Large waterfall
Pharaoh - The central figure in the ancient Egyptian State
Ma’at - Egyptian term for the concept of divinely created and maintained order in the universe
Pyramid - A large, triangular stone monument, used in Egypt and Nubia as a burial place for the king The Great Pyramid - The age of the great pyramids lasted about a