11054192616 | Two types of early humans: ____ _______ _______ and ____________ | Homo Sapiens Sapiens and Neanderthals | 0 | |
11054206560 | Early humans used these to kill whales | spears | 1 | |
11054208631 | Lithic | Rock | 2 | |
11054215776 | Early humans were always focused on ____ | food | 3 | |
11054226532 | Key discovery of the earliest humans; helped with preparing food | fire | 4 | |
11054234857 | Early humans lived in _____ groups (large or small) | small | 5 | |
11054242612 | Name three moderate developments of early humans | 1. Technology Developments 2. Artistic Ability 3. Religious Belief | 6 | |
11054255932 | Most important daily task of early humans | Food gathering | 7 | |
11054265438 | common thing you constantly need | staple | 8 | |
11054277735 | The Neolithic Revolution was the beginning of _______ | Farming | 9 | |
11054285007 | Four qualities of a staple crop | 1. Easy to grow 2. Easy to store 3. Nutritious 4. Filling | 10 | |
11054297947 | Name a few staple crops | grains, cereal, potatoes, corn | 11 | |
11054311434 | Early humans before the neolithic revolution that only focused on food | hunter-gatherers | 12 | |
11054323800 | Staple crops lead an increase of ____ which leads to an increase in the __________ | Food Population | 13 | |
11054332688 | Name the 8 needed parts of a civilization | 1. Advanced Cities 2. Organized central government 3. Complex religion 4. Job specialization 5. Social classes 6. Forms of art and architecture 7. Organized public works 8. A system of writing | 14 | |
11054369144 | Nickname for Mesopotamia | The crescent land | 15 | |
11054374538 | Where do nutrients come from | dead thing-animals, plants, humans | 16 | |
11054384873 | River near Egyptian civilization | Nile River | 17 | |
11054389435 | River near Shang China | Yellow River | 18 | |
11054392632 | Nickname for Mesopotamia | The fertile crescent | 19 | |
11054399930 | Rivers near Mesopotamia | Tigris and Euphrates | 20 | |
11054407440 | explain supply and demand | if there is a lot of something and not a lot of need for it, the price goes down if there is a scarce amount of something and a high need for it, prices soar | 21 | |
11054429244 | Three main roles of the government | 1. Protection 2. Mobilize surplus of labor and resources 3. The creation of infrastructure and public works | 22 | |
11054443772 | Give examples of public works | Roads/road maintenance; Irrigation systems for farming; Defensive walls/structures; Monuments, buildings, temples | 23 | |
11054465618 | Why was religion created by early humans | As a way to explain natural disasters-floods, earthquakes, etc. | 24 | |
11054476457 | As states grow, so does the competition for ____ and _________ | 1. Food 2. Resources | 25 | |
11054487574 | Name 5 public works in early civilizations | 1. Egyptian Pyramids 2. Sumerian step pyramid 3. Ancient Babylon 4. Ancient (Roman) Roads 5. Irrigation systems | 26 | |
11054545001 | Key factor that helped in the growing of staple crops | Irrigation systems | 27 | |
11054548340 | Explain Bureaucracy | HOW things get done; the system put in place to get things done | 28 | |
11054560185 | President's job | enforce laws | 29 | |
11054567404 | The bigger the bureaucracy, the more it _____ | costs | 30 | |
11054580201 | Say 1 way civilizations try to differentiate themselves from other civilizations | Through art/cultural expression | 31 | |
11054591217 | Name 1 example of cultural expression in Egypt | Pyramids, sphinx, hieroglyphics | 32 | |
11054598403 | Name 1 example of cultural expression in China | The great wall of China | 33 | |
11054600678 | Name 1 example of cultural expression in India | Buddha statues | 34 | |
11054606957 | Explain cultural diffusion | when civilization come into contact with one another, there cultures can mix; happens during war, trade, exploration, or tourism | 35 | |
11054625713 | The first written language was _____ | Sumerian/Sumer | 36 | |
11054638736 | Who spreads religion from place to place | missionaries | 37 | |
11054666926 | True or False: All humans came and evolved from thousands of humans long ago | False: All humans evolved from a small group of humans | 38 | |
11054675475 | Humanity began in which continent | Africa | 39 | |
11054678867 | Anatomically modern humans | Homo sapiens sapiens | 40 | |
11054699963 | What allowed people to migrate to america | Beringia land bridge | 41 | |
11054708826 | The first walled settlement | Jericho | 42 | |
11054712818 | The planting of seeds and harvesting of crops | Agriculture | 43 | |
11054724814 | First people to harvest crops, domesticate animals, and plant seeds | Natufians | 44 | |
11054746500 | The three main things we'll be learning in AP World History | 1. Content content content 2. Themes in history 3. Historical thinking skills | 45 | |
11054785261 | Name one of the oldest recorded works of literature | The Epic of Gilgamesh | 46 | |
11054792748 | Who wrote "An eye for an eye" | Hummurabi | 47 | |
11054804925 | The leader of egyptian society | Pharaoh | 48 | |
11054819845 | Humans came about nearly __ ________ years ago | 13 billion | 49 | |
11054856485 | The _______ were the first civilization to fight with iron tools | Hitties | 50 | |
11054862128 | Another name for the Old Testament | Hebrew Bible | 51 | |
11054898416 | Violent punished people who didn't give in to their rule | Assyrians | 52 | |
11054931295 | Monotheism | belief in one God | 53 | |
11054935563 | hieroglyphs | Egyptian pictorial writing | 54 | |
11054960110 | Name the 5 historical themes | 1. Interaction between humans and the environment 2. Development and interaction of cultures 3. State-building, expansion and conflicts 4. Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems 5. Development and transformation of social structures | 55 | |
11054997586 | Describe Interaction between humans and the environment | Includes Demography, migration, patterns of settlement, creation of technology to overcome natural phenomenon | 56 | |
11055000508 | Describe Development and interaction of cultures | Includes religions, belief systems, philosophies, ideologies, science/technology, the arts/architecture | 57 | |
11055003079 | Humans came about nearly __ ________ years after the big bang | 13 billion | 58 | |
11055006565 | Describe Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems | Includes Agriculture/pastoral production, trade/commerce, labor systems, industrialization | 59 | |
11055006566 | Describe Development and transformation of social structures | Gender roles/relations, family/kinship, racial/ethnic constructions, social/economic classes | 60 |
AP World History Flashcards
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