10585916240 | person with abilities | Homo habilis | 0 | |
10585918004 | person who thinks | Homo sapiens | 1 | |
10585920016 | person who walks upright | Homo erectus | 2 | |
10585923309 | way of life | Culture | 3 | |
10585927284 | Old Stone Age | Paleolithic | 4 | |
10585929248 | Middle Stone Age | Mesolithic | 5 | |
10585929249 | New Stone Age | Neolithic | 6 | |
10585934276 | A period of extremely cold temperatures when part of the planet's surface was covered with massive ice sheets. | The Ice Age | 7 | |
10585943196 | 4.4 million years ago | How far do the first pre-hominids date back ? | 8 | |
10585945074 | Australopithecus | Who was Lucy ? | 9 | |
10585950421 | Archaeologists use this test to determine the date/age of organic artifacts | radiocarbon dating | 10 | |
10585952403 | science dealing with the origin, races, customs, and beliefs of humankind | Anthropology | 11 | |
10585955650 | humans and other creatures that walk upright | Hominids | 12 | |
10585958303 | the period of time before written records | Prehistory | 13 | |
10585962644 | Homo Erectus | What species first learned how to make fire ? | 14 | |
10585966300 | Neanderthals | What were the first Homo Sapiens ? | 15 | |
10585973232 | 35-50 | What were the size of groups Neanderthals lived in ? | 16 | |
10585976174 | they believed in life after death | What were Neanderthals beliefs | 17 | |
10585981314 | Africa | Where did modern humans originate? | 18 | |
10585986630 | Thinner, sharper blades | How did technology change ? | 19 | |
10585992662 | Canoes | What were cut down trees used for ? | 20 | |
10585998447 | This allowed for the hunting of much larger animals than before | What did spear throwers and bows and arrows allow for ? | 21 | |
10586004634 | 2 million | How many people in the world were there in 15,000 BCE ? | 22 | |
10586009098 | These people were known for spear-throwers and their vast amounts of artwork. They lived on Earth for thousands of years but stopped being distinct 10,000 years ago. They look similar to humans today. | Cro-Magnon people | ![]() | 23 |
10586019763 | change from food gathering to food producing (around 8000 BCE) | Neolithic Agricultural Revolution | 24 | |
10586036542 | Invented the plow and trained oxen to pull it | Agricultural Revolution | 25 | |
10586042545 | People started competing for land and water routes | Why did warfare begin ? | 26 | |
10586049764 | The advances made by early farming communities led people to this new stage of development. | Emergence of Civilization | 27 | |
10586052946 | river valleys | Where were the earliest civilizations located ? | 28 | |
10586056482 | The Nile river, the Tigris and Euphrates, the Indus, and the Huang He | What were the major river valley civilizations ? | 29 | |
10586064959 | They depended on the farmers surplus of food | What did the early economy depend on ? | 30 | |
10586070886 | skilled workers | What are artisans? | 31 | |
10586077195 | Government officials oversaw the collection and distribution of crops | Rise of Cities | 32 | |
10586085852 | Guard their territories and trade routes | What were soldiers hired to do ? | 33 | |
10586093529 | A king | Who led the early government ? | 34 | |
10586097231 | Priest created writing in order to take a record of religious gifts | Who first created writing ? | 35 | |
10586100273 | They wrote myths, and how the world was formed | What also did priests write about ? | 36 | |
10586112132 | On 7 clay tablets | Where did Sumerians write their myths ? | 37 |
AP World History Unit 1 Flashcards
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