Review for the AP test.
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| 293550711 | Throughout the Paleolithic period, humans migrated... | From East Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas. | 0 | |
| 293550712 | Early humans were mobile and creative in adapting to different... | Geological settings. | 1 | |
| 293550713 | By making an analogy with modern hunter-forester societies, anthropologists infer that... | These bands were relatively egalitarian. (Egalitarian- adjective 1. asserting, resulting from, or characterized by belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, economic, or social life.) | 2 | |
| 293550714 | Humans used fire in news ways, such as... | To aid hunting and foraging, to protect against predators, and to adapt to cold environments. | 3 | |
| 293550715 | Humans also developed varied and sophisticated technologies depending... | on their local environments. | 4 | |
| 293550716 | Religion during this period was most likely... | Animistic. | 5 | |
| 293550717 | Economic structures usually focused on kinship groups of hunting and foraging bands that could make what they needed to survive. However, not all groups were self-sufficient; they exchanged _______, ______, and _________. | Goods, ideas, and people. | 6 | |
| 293550718 | Beginning about 10,000 years ago, warming climates led to the end of the last _________. As large mammal populations died off, human societies began to __________ plants and animals for direct human use and benefit. | Ice Age/ Domesticate | 7 | |
| 293550719 | The Neolithic Revolution is... | essentially the development of agriculture, leading to more complex economic and social systems. | 8 | |
| 293550720 | Agriculture emerged at different times in a variety of locations including ________, ______, ________, ______. There are eight. Pick AT LEAST four. | The Indus River Valley, the Nile River Valley, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Huang He River Valley, Mesopotamia, Papua New Guinea, Mesoamerica, and in the Andes. | 9 | |
| 293550721 | ____________, as opposed to the cultivation of crops, developed at various sites in the grasslands of Afro-Eurasia. | Pastoralism. | 10 | |
| 293550722 | Different crops and animals were domesticated in the various core regions, depending on the available local flora and fauna; __________ had the advantage of being home to the world's most productive grain crops including _________, _______, and _________. | Eurasia/ Wheat, barley, and rice | 11 | |
| 293550723 | Agricultural communities had to work cooperatively to clear land and create _________, which were needed for crop production. These cooperative needs may have given rise to the world's first organized ___________. | Water control systems/ Governments | 12 | |
| 293550724 | These agricultural practices drastically impacted environmental __________ as natural landscapes were converted into planted fields. | Diversity | 13 | |
| 293550725 | Pastoralists also affected the enviornment by grazing a large number of animals on fragile grasslands, often leading to _______ when overgrazed. | Erosion | 14 | |
| 293550726 | Pastoralism and agriculture led to more reliable and abundant _______ which increased population. | Food supplies | 15 | |
| 293550727 | Surpluses of food and other goods led to a _________ of labor, including new classes or artisans, warriors, and an elite ruling class. | Specialization | 16 | |
| 293550728 | Technological innovations, including pottery, plows, woven textiles, metallurgy, and wheeled vehicles led to improvements in agriculture production, _______, and _______. | Transport and trade | 17 | |
| 293550729 | In both pastoralist and agrarian societies, elite groups accumulated wealth, creating more hierarchical social structures and promoting _______ forms of social organization. | Patriarchal | 18 | |
| 293550730 | Pastoralist communities tended to remain __________, so they accumulated less wealth than agricultural communities. Their mobility made them an important conduit for the spread of goods and ideas between civilizations. | Semi-nomadic | 19 |
