AP World ch. 1 vocab

Question 1

an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia that is one of the earliest surviving works of literature

Accepted Answer

Epic of Gilgamesh

Question 2

system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia

Accepted Answer

Cuneiform

Question 3

prehistoric part of human history defined by the development of the most primitive stone tools

Accepted Answer

Paleolithic Age

Question 4

"the land between two rivers"

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamia

Question 5

very large Neolithic proto-city settlement in Anatolia which existed from approximately 7500 BC

Accepted Answer

Catal Huyuk

Question 6

extinct genus of hominins that evolved in eastern Africa around 4 million years ago

Accepted Answer

Australopithecus

Question 7

the central reference of Judaism

Accepted Answer

Torah

Question 8

first urban civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia

Accepted Answer

Sumerians

Question 9

a form of temple common to the Sumerians, Babylonians and Assyrians of ancient Mesopotamia

Accepted Answer

Ziggurats

Question 10

wide-scale transition of many human cultures from a lifestyle of hunting & gathering to farming

Accepted Answer

Neolithic Revolution, Agricultural Revolution

Question 11

a well-preserved Babylonian law code of ancient Mesopotamia, dating back to about 1754 BC

Accepted Answer

Code of Hammurabi

Question 12

major river system that flows from eastern Turkey through Syria, Iraq & the Persian Gulf

Accepted Answer

Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Question 13

Ancient Anatolian people who established an empire centered on Hattusa in northcentral Anatolia

Accepted Answer

Hittites

Questions 13