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AP World History Period 1 Flashcards

Comprehensive set covering period 1 of the AP World History Curriculum Framework online book available at apcentral.collegeboard.com/

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1722550035Big GeographyA term that draws attention to the global nature of world history.0
1722550036PaleolithicThe period that ended about 3,000 years after the end of the last Ice Age, it lasted until about 10,000 years ago. (Old Stone Age) The period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans. It predates the Neolithic period.1
1722550037Path of migration for humans during Paleolithic eraFrom Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas2
1722550038EglitarianBelieving in the equality of all peoples3
1722550039During the Paleolithic era, fire was used in new ways including ___ (list 3)aid hunting and foraging protect against predators adapt to cold environments4
1722550040Humans developed a wider range of ____ specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundratools5
1722550041Neolithic RevolutionGlobal conversion to agriculture over hunter-gatherer lifestyles6
1722550042Name the advantages of agriculturemore reliable and abundant food7
1722550043name the disadvantages of agriculturedisease, malnutrition, crop reliance, etc.8
1722550044_____ and _____ developed, giving elite men concentrated power over most of the other people in their societies.Patriarchy Forced labor systems9
1722550045PastoralFather based10
1722550046Permanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean, possibly as a response to what?climatic change11
1722550047had to work cooperatively to clear land and create water control systems needed for crop rotation.Agricultural communities12
1722550048Technological innovations led to ____improvements in agricultural production, trade, and transportation13
1722550049name 5 improvements in agricultural production, trade, and transportationPottery Plows Woven Textiles Metallurgy14
1722550050civilizationlarge societies with cities with powerful states15
1722550051first urban societies developed ____ years ago or around _____.5000 years ago 3000 BC16
1722550052identify 6 core foundational civilizationsMesopotamia in the Tigris and Euphrates River Valleys Egypt in the Nile River Valley Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa in the Indus River Valley Shang in the Yellow River or Huang He Valley Olmecs in Mesoamerica Chavin in Andean South America17
1722550053Pastoralists were often the developers and disseminators of of ____ and ___ that transformed warfare in agrarian civilizationsnew weapons modes of transportation18
1722550054name one mode of new transportation by the pastoralistsChariots Horseback riding19
1722550055Early civilizations developed ____ and ____monumental architecture urban planning20
1722550056Elites, both political and religious, promoted ____ and ____arts artisanship21
1722550057____ arose independently arose independently in all early civilization and subsequently were diffusedsystems of record keeping22
1722550058the first legal code was ______, developed by _____Code of Hammurabi Hammurabi23
1722550059_____ developed in this period continued to have strong influences in later periodsNew religious beliefs24
1722550060name 3 new religious beliefsthe Vedic religion Hebrew monotheism Zoroastrianism25
1722550061trade expanded throughout this period from __ to __ and ___, with civilizations exchanging goods, cultural ideas, and technology.from local to regional and transregional26
1722550062name 2 examples of trade expansionBetween Egypt and Nubia Between Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley27
1722550063____ was also a reflection of cultureliterature28

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