10412726591 | "Out of Africa" Migrations | The migrations of humans away from our origins in Africa to other places, beginning between 100,000 and 60,000 years ago | 0 | |
10412736329 | Agricultural Transition | The gradual transformation of human societies from hunting and gathering to farming | 1 | |
10412744303 | B.C.E. | Before Common Era | 2 | |
10412745402 | C.E. | Common Era | 3 | |
10412745999 | Civilization | More complex societies that were based in bustling cities and governed by formal states | 4 | |
10412751678 | Clovis Point | The fluted projectile point characteristic of North American Paleoindians | 5 | |
10412756240 | Eurasia | The large landmass that includes both Europe and Asia | 6 | |
10412758578 | Homo Sapiens | The species name for modern humans | 7 | |
10412760664 | Hunter-Gatherer | A member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting, fishing, and harvesting wild food | 8 | |
10412762105 | Ice Age (30,000 - 15,000 Y.A.) | A period of extremely cold temperatures when part of the planet's surface was covered with massive ice sheets | 9 | |
10412765511 | Kinship | A social bond based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption | 10 | |
10412767626 | Land Bridge Theory | The theory that Native Americans crossed into North America from Asia over a land bridge that once connected North America and Asia | 11 | |
10412772308 | Papua New Guinea | An island country in the Southwest Pacific | 12 | |
10412775547 | Neolithic Revolution | (10,000 - 8,000 BCE) The development of agriculture and the domestication of animals as a food source. This led to the development of permanent settlements and the start of civilization | 13 | |
10412778025 | Neolithic Era | Period during which humans obtained food by raising crops and animals and continued to use tools primarily of stone, bone, and wood | 14 | |
10412779562 | Pastoralism | A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter | 15 | |
10412781999 | Patriarchy | A form of social organization in which males dominate over females | 16 | |
10412783110 | Paleolithic | Literally "old stone age"; the term used to describe early Homo sapiens societies in the period before the development of agriculture | 17 | |
10412789006 | Root Crops | Crops that are reproduced by cultivating either the roots or cuttings from the plants | 18 | |
10412790227 | Tree Crops | Crops that are harvested from trees | 19 |
AP World History Summer Vocabulary Flashcards
Primary tabs
Need Help?
We hope your visit has been a productive one. If you're having any problems, or would like to give some feedback, we'd love to hear from you.
For general help, questions, and suggestions, try our dedicated support forums.
If you need to contact the Course-Notes.Org web experience team, please use our contact form.
Need Notes?
While we strive to provide the most comprehensive notes for as many high school textbooks as possible, there are certainly going to be some that we miss. Drop us a note and let us know which textbooks you need. Be sure to include which edition of the textbook you are using! If we see enough demand, we'll do whatever we can to get those notes up on the site for you!