7320639531 | Lucy | Famous Australopithecus, only 40% of her bones uncovered. She demonstrates that earliest ancestors of modern human beings walked upright. | ![]() | 0 |
7320679212 | Homo sapiens | modern day humans, appeared around 200,00 years ago | ![]() | 1 |
7320689655 | Australopithecus | the southern ape. Flourished in east Africa during 4 million to 1 million years ago Covered in hair and limited intelligence with the capacity to plan complex ventures without much language | ![]() | 2 |
7320727085 | Olduvia Gorge, Tanzania and Hadar, Ethiopia | Archaeology cites of the Australopithecus | 3 | |
7320730657 | Homo Erectus | Greater intelligence than Australopithecus, flourished from about 2 million years ago to 200,000 years ago. Had more sophisticated tools, fire, defense against larger animals. Communication begins | 4 | |
7320792191 | Neandertal | named after the valley in which they were found. Flourished in Europe and Asia. They recognized the significance of life and death by having elaborate burials, showed emotion and caring for another | ![]() | 5 |
7320826551 | Cave painting | finest examples of early creativity in Lascaux France | ![]() | 6 |
7320835772 | Venus Figurines | most visually impressive creations in history. Shows sculptor's principle in fecundity and the generation of life. | ![]() | 7 |
7320856116 | Neolithic Era | New stone age, refinements of tool making techniques. People experienced the ice age, then people move into more agriculture than hunter gather | 8 | |
7320882104 | Villages | The increased population in one specific area lead to the formation of these because of the abundant food supply due to agriculture | 9 | |
7320893217 | Jericho | early examples of a village. Know for its wall. It grew mostly wheat and barley | ![]() | 10 |
7320910446 | Catal Huyuk | one of the best examples for specialized labor in early history. Probably the center of tool production and trade. Fine examples of social classes emerging as well | ![]() | 11 |
7320919615 | Pottery | the earliest of the craft industries. Created to store more food | ![]() | 12 |
7320926733 | Metallurgy | Copper was the earliest examples of humans working in the craft. after some time gold bronze iron and other metals came into the works | ![]() | 13 |
7320943456 | Textile Production | As soon as crops and keeping animals developed people experimented in this craft and developed new technology to make it easy such as the making fibers into threads and weaving those threads different shapes and such | ![]() | 14 |
7320970915 | Cities | developed from villages as population increases. Most likely had social classes, specialized work, building for homes and protection | ![]() | 15 |
Chapter 1-- AP World History Flashcards
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