6692634126 | 5 Themes in World History | •Interaction between humans and the environment. •Developement and interaction of cultures. •State-building, expansion, and conflict. •Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems. •Development and transformation of social structures | 0 | |
6692634127 | Interaction between humans and the environment: | Demography Migration Patterns of Settlement Creation of technology | 1 | |
6692634128 | Developement and interaction of cultures: | Religions Belief systems Science and technology Arts and architecture | 2 | |
6692634129 | State building, expansion, and conflict: | Political structures Empires Nations and nationalism Revolts and revolution Regional, transregional, and global structures and organizations | 3 | |
6692634130 | Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems: | Agricultural and pastoral production Trade and Commerce Labor Systems Industrialization | 4 | |
6692634131 | Developement and transformation of social structures: | Gender roles and relations Family and kinship Racial and ethnic constructions Social and economic classes | 5 | |
6692634135 | What makes a group of people civilized? | Surplus food, cities, job specialization, organized government and religion, writing (in most cases), social classes, public works, and arts & architecture. Also war, patriarchy, and oppression of lower classes were evident in nearly all the 1st Era advanced settlements.. | 6 | |
6692634136 | What prevented a civilization from being civilized? | Did not have a written language, food, b/c of migration they could not form a permanent settlement | 7 | |
6692634141 | Name the staple crops: | Wheat, rice, corn, yams/sweer potatoes, potatoes | 8 | |
6692634142 | Name the characteristics of staple crops : | Very versitile, nutritious, do not spoil very easily, last very long, a little bit can fill you up | 9 | |
6692634143 | What new crop conquers the world? | Wheat | 10 | |
6692634144 | What era did mankind settle all the major continents? | Paleolithic | 11 | |
6692634147 | What does BCE stand for? | Before common era | 12 | |
6692634148 | What does CE stand for? | Common era | 13 | |
6692723988 | Historical thinking skills: | 1. Analyzing historical evidence: primary & secondary 2. Chronological reasoning (CCOT, Causation, & Periodization) 3. Comparison and Contextualization 4. Making Historical Connections (Synthesis) 5. Creating and supporting an historical argument | 14 | |
6692770523 | Analyzing historical evidence (primary & secondary) | Historical thinking skill which includes: the ability to analyze a source (6 sourcing questions and/or HIPPO) to demonstrate understanding of the significance, usefulness, reliability and/or limitations of a source. | 15 | |
6692821466 | HIPPO | Analysis of a document which includes: Historical context (Who? Where? When? Significance of the document?) Intended audience (Who? Why?) Purpose of the document (Why?) Point of view (What is the author's background?) Outside information (Is it reliable compared to facts? Does/does not corroborate another source?) | 16 | |
6692911190 | 6 Sourcing questions | An alternative to HIPPO which includes: Who wrote the document? What is the author's background/perspective? (point of view) Where? When? Why was it written? And then ask: Is it reliable? (And then remember to corroborate with facts or other sources). | 17 | |
6692943024 | Chronological reasoning | Historical skill which includes: 1) Causation: Understanding historical causes and effects including short term and long term. 2. CCOT: Recognizing and explaining historical Continuity (things stay the same) and Change Over Time. 3) Periodization: Describing, analyzing, and evaluating the ways historians divide time into different eras. | 18 | |
6692999932 | Comparison and Contextualization | Historical thinking skill which includes: 1) The ability to compare and evaluate different perspectives on history, historical events, or historical developments across or between different societies in different times or places. 2) The ability to connect historical events and processes to specific circumstances or time, place, or geography. | 19 | |
6693046985 | Making Historical Connections (Synthesis) | Historical thinking skill which includes: 1) The ability to connect a historical issue to a different historical context, era (including current issues), and/or geographical area. 2) The ability to make connections between different course themes or approaches to history (i.e. political, social, economic). 3) The ability to use insights from another field of inquiry (i.e. economics, politics, art history, etc.) to better understand a historical issue. | 20 | |
6693081989 | Creating and supporting an historical argument | Historical thinking skill which includes: 1) Creating a clear and comprehensive thesis 2) Gathering and using supporting evidence 3) Analyzing evidence in a way to support the thesis. | 21 | |
6693106032 | Organizational strategies for DBQ/LEQ questions | Ways to organize evidence and then develop body paragraphs by historical skill: 1. Comparison: subject-by-subject; OR point-by-point. 2. Continuity and change over time: Chronological OR Topical 3. Periodization: subject-by-subject OR point-by-point | 22 |
AP World History Themes & Skills Flashcards
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