10290222450 | Overfarming | Agricultural land that loses its fertility through time. | 0 | |
10290225363 | Overgrazing | Pastures that erode from the continual eating of grasses or their roots without allowing them to regrow. | 1 | |
10290230870 | Artifact | Something that tells us about the past. | 2 | |
10290239504 | Homo sapiens sapiens | Modern human. | 3 | |
10290243127 | Paleolithic Period/Stone Age | Earliest evidence of humans which started 2.5 million years ago and ended 10,000 years ago (8000 B.C.E.). | 4 | |
10290250734 | Neolithic Revolution | A set of dramatic changes in how people lived based on the development of agriculture which started about 10,000 years ago (8000 B.C.E.). | 5 | |
10290258228 | Monotheism | A type of religion which only worships one deity. | 6 | |
10290261097 | Bronze Age | Metal that was made by melting tin and copper together, which started around 3300 and 2300 B.C.E. | 7 | |
10290263019 | Civilization | A large society with cities and powerful states. | 8 | |
10290266460 | Core and Foundational | Influenced future generations. | 9 | |
10290270389 | Jericho | Community which was built on the west bank of the Jordan River. | 10 | |
10290274805 | Catal Huyuk | Another community which was founded in 7500 B.C.E. in modern day Turkey. | 11 | |
10290281091 | Textiles | Items made of cloth. | 12 | |
10290282403 | Specialization of Labor | Process of allowing people to focus on limited tasks. | 13 | |
10290282404 | Copper | One of the first metals that people used in tools. | 14 | |
10290283547 | Bronze | Alloy made of tin and copper. | 15 | |
10290285495 | Hunter-forager Society | The first type of society . | 16 | |
10290299971 | Agriculture | The practice of raising crop of livestock on a continual and controlled basis. | 17 | |
10290303517 | Surplus | More than needed. | 18 | |
10290304636 | Domestication | The taming of a plant or an animal (I know you don't tame a plant). | 19 | |
10290310188 | Nomadic Pastoralism | People moving herds of animals from pasture to pasture. | 20 | |
10290317784 | Kinship Group | Several related families that moved together in search of food. | 21 | |
10290319459 | Clan | Multiple kinship groups together. | 22 | |
10290322037 | Tribe | Multiple clans. | 23 | |
10290323435 | Patriachal | Societies lead by males. | 24 | |
10290323878 | Artisians | A skilled craft worker. | 25 | |
10290333012 | Merchants | People who buy and sell goods for a living. | 26 | |
10290334254 | Social Stratification | People who accumulated wealth in the form of jewelry and the other coveted items and built larger and better decorated houses. | 27 | |
10290342001 | Priests/Priestesses | People who lead religious practices. | 28 | |
10427181550 | How did culture change between 1,000,000 years ago and 10,000 years ago? | People adapted to new environments and developed new tools. | 29 | |
10427193957 | The best explanation for the change in world population between 10,000 years ago and 7,000 years ago is the development of? | Better means of food production. | 30 | |
10427200305 | Most historians agree with which theory explaining early human migration? | Humanity began in East Africa and spread to the rest of the world. | 31 | |
10427216391 | What was an important factor determining a "favorable location' in the evolution of a village into a city? | A predictable supply of drinking water. | 32 | |
10427221310 | A major difference between a village and a city in Neolithic times was? | Cities possessed greater specialization of labor. | 33 | |
10427224628 | What feature was most important in the complex societies of the Neolithic times? | Specialization of labor. | 34 | |
10427232289 | A pestle for mashing taro found in Papua, New Guinea, and believed to be 8,000 years old indicates that the people in the region had? | Relied upon crops that they grew. | 35 | |
10427237899 | The creation of this pestle indicates that the people who made it had what form of technology? | Farming implements. | 36 | |
10427249147 | Identify ONE similarity in the Neolithic Revolution as it occurred in East Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East. | They had all developed agriculture. | 37 | |
10427254743 | Identify ONE change in the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age. | Went from hunter-forgers to farmers. | 38 | |
10427266208 | Explain ONE significant technological change that occurred during the Neolithic Age. | They developed metallurgy which gave them the ability to upgrade their tools. | 39 |
AP World History Period 1, Chapter 1 Flashcards
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