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Barron's Unit 2 Flashcards

AP World History Unit 2, Barrons

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152920438What are 4 things encourage growth of an advanced civilization?The presence of a nearby river, temperate climatic conditions, proximity to a lakeshore or seacoast, rich metal deposits in the neighboring hills0
152920439What is an example to resource extraction?Mining for iron ore1
152920440What do the Code of Hammurabi and Roman law have in common?The represented a step away from the arbitrary exercise of power2
152920441How were women generally treated in Stone Age societies?Although not as pronounced as it would later becomes, gender division of labor was the norm3
152920442What are 4 things associated with the Neolithic revolution?Domestication of many types of animals, widespread adoption of agriculture, emergence of the first cities, the rapid growth of global population4
152920443What terms accurately describe agricultural societies?allowed humans to manipulate their environments, Women played a key role in the transition, promoted formation of permanent settlements, People began producing their own food about 12,000 years ago.5
152920444In an oligarchy...a small elite group hold political power6
152920445Why are rivers so important in the development of early civilizations?They make full-scale agricultural production easier7
152920446Where did slave trade prevail?Africa, Eurasia, and the Americas8
152920447In what way are the histories of the Bantu and the Polynesians similar?Their migrations led to the dispersal of a single ethnocultural group over vast distances9
152920448What is a major similarity between Hinduism and Buddhism?Both rest on a belief in karma and reincarnation10
152920449What is diffusion in the context of early societal development?The spread of goods, ideas, and inventions from one people to another11
152920450What did the Indian caste system prohibit?Social mobility12
152920451What caused the fall of the Indus River civilization?Environmental factors13
152920452What do Shinto and Egyptian sun worship have in common?They both legitimated the authority of a powerful monarch14
152920453In what way did the Olmec and Andean civilizations develop among similar lines?Both arise without the benefit of a river nearby15
152920454Early Islamic political thought included the belief that...The islamic political and religious community should be identical16
152920455What are 4 of Rome's cultural legacies?Respect and preservation of Greek culture, roads and fortifications, legal code, sophisticated engineering and construction skills17
152920456"The ruler should be just, those who are ruled should be loyal. The father should be loving, the son respectful" are from which belief system?Confucianism18

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