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381460867What period is the Foundations Period?8000 B.C.E - 600 C.E0
381460868What is a civilization?A cultural group with advanced cities, complex institutions, skilled workers, advanced technology, and a system of record keeping.1
381460869What is climate?The pattern of temperature and precipitation over a period of time.2
381460870What is cultural diffusion?The transmission of ideas and products from one culture to another.3
381460871What is a monsoon?A seasonal wind4
381460872What is steppe?A dry grassland5
381460873The Artic Oceansmallest, packed with ice, difficult to navigate, famed northwest passage sought by european explorers6
381460874Indian Oceanthird largest, extensive trade since Harappan Civilization,traders use monsoon winds to guide commercial activity, center of intense rivalries7
381460875Atlantic Oceanexchange between the Eastern and Western hemispheres after voyage of Columbus., saw the meeting of three cultures, includes mediterranean sea, saw glories of early middle eastern and greco-roman civilizations.8
381460876Pacific Oceanlargest, islands that witnessed voyages of Polynesian people, used for strategic purposes during World wars.9
381460877East Asia includesChina Japan NorthKorea SouthKorea10
381460878SouthEast AsiaVietnam Thailand Laos Indonesia Malaysia11
381460879SouthAsiaIndia, Pakistan Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh12
381460880SouthWest Asia, Middle East, North AfricaEgypt Saudi Arabia Morocco Israel Turkey Iran Iraq Afghanistan13
381460881Central AsiaRussia Mongolia, Kazakhstan14
381460882SubSaharan AfricaNigeria, Somalia Democratic Republic , Kenya South Africa15
381460883Eastern Europepoland Slovakia Lithuania, Croatia16
381460884Western EuropeSpain United Kingdom Sweden Italy Germany Austria17
381460885North AmericaCanada United States Mexico18
381460886Latin AmericaMexico cuba Panama Brazil Argentina19
381460887OceaniaAustralia New Zealand Papua New Guinea20
381460888SocietiesCultural Groups that do not meet all criteria for civilizations ex. Papua New Guinea21
381460889Interactions between Muslims and Europeans during the seventeenth century are most commonly found inThe Indian Ocean22
381460890An advanced placement world history region that can be defined as a cultural regionLatin America23
381460891An example of diffusion rather than independent invention isthe origin of greek alphabet24
381460892Periodization in the Advanced Placement World HIstory courseassists students in comparing societies and trends within periods25
381460893The study of oceans in world historycoordinates with an emphasis on societies as well as civilizations26

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