AP World History AMSCO 1 Flashcards
7214500546 | Neolithic Age | The Stone Age between 10,000 and 6,000 years ago; period in which adaption of sedentary agriculture occurred. | 0 | |
7214510060 | Clan | Multiple kinship groups that travel together; typical of Paleolithic Age peoples. | 1 | |
7214517118 | Domestication | The taming of wild plants and animals for the purpose of being utilized by humans. | 2 | |
7214520485 | Bronze Age | The period in ancient human culture when people began to make and use bronze; began around 6,000 years ago and signaled the end of the stone age. | 3 | |
7214525630 | Paleolithic Age | The Old Stone Age ending around 10,000 years ago; | 4 | |
7214537471 | Specialization of Labor | The process of allowing people to focus on diverse social roles or tasks due to the growth of agriculture and surplus of food. | 5 | |
7214536125 | Jericho | One of mankind's first cities; built on the west bank of the Jordan River dates from 9000 BCE. | 6 | |
7214534522 | Homo Sapiens Sapiens | Modern humans | 7 | |
7214535352 | Patriarchal | Societies dominated by men | 8 | |
7214531426 | Tribes | Large groups formed for the purpose of group hunting or mutual defense from enemies | 9 | |
7214531010 | Neolithic Revolution | Succession of technological innovations and changes in human organization that led to the development of agriculture, 8500-3500 BCE. | 10 | |
7214529864 | Hunter-foragers | Groups of people that migrate from place to place, constantly searching for sources of food; typical for Paleolithic Age peoples. | 11 | |
7214532678 | Pastoralism | The keeping of large herds of animals and leading them from one area to another in order to graze | 12 | |
7214527744 | Catal Huyuk | Early urban site,located in modern southern Turkey; larger in population than Jericho; dates from 7500 BCE. | 13 |
AP World History Strayer Chapter 1 Flashcards
4797461537 | Venus Figurines | Paleolithic carvings of the female form, often with exaggerated breasts, buttocks, hips, and stomachs, which may have had religious significance | ![]() | 0 |
4797461538 | Dreamtime | A complex worldview of Australia's Aboriginal peopel that held that current humans live in an echo of ancestral happenings | ![]() | 1 |
4797461539 | Clovis Culture | The earliest widespread and distinctive culture of North America; named from the Clovis point, a particular kind of projectile point | ![]() | 2 |
4797461540 | Megafaunal Extinction | The dying-out of a number of large animal species, including the mammoth and several species of horses and camels; occured around 11,000-10,000 years ago at the end of the Ice Age. The extinction may have been caused by excessive hunting or by the changing of climate of the era | ![]() | 3 |
4797461541 | Austronesian Migrations | The last phase of the great human migration that established a human presence in every habitable region of the earth. Austronesian-speaking people settled the Pacific island and Madagascar in a series of seaborne migrations that began around 3,500 years ago | ![]() | 4 |
4797461542 | shamans | In many early societies, a person believed to have the ability to act as a leasion between living humans and supernatural forces, often by means of trances induced by psychoactive drugs | ![]() | 5 |
4797461543 | trance dance | In San culture, a nightlong ritual held to activate a human being's innter spiritual potency [n/um] to counteract the evil influences of gods and ancestors. The practice was apparently common to the Khoisan people, of whom the Jo/'hoansi are a surviving remnant | ![]() | 6 |
4797461544 | Paleolithic settling down | The process by which some Paleolithic peoples moved toward permanent settlement in the wake of the last Ice Age. Settlement was marked by increasing storage of food and accumulation of goods, as well as growing inequalities in society | ![]() | 7 |
4797461545 | Gobekli Tepe | oldest religious structure. made by hunter gathers. Indicates that religion came before organization of labor, settlement and agriculture | ![]() | 8 |
4797461546 | Fertile Crescent | A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates | ![]() | 9 |
4797461547 | Teosinte | a wild grass found in the highlands of Mexico, is the wild ancestor of maize | ![]() | 10 |
4797461548 | Diffusion | Is the process by which a characterictic spreads | ![]() | 11 |
4797461549 | Bantu Migrations | (1500BCE to 500CE) As the Bantu people migrated, they spread the Bantu family of languages and culture. The Bantu also spread the use of iron, which improved farming techniques and agricultural efficiency, the greater food supply sparked economic development and population growth. The changes instigated by the Bantu migration increased the vitality of sub-Saharan Africa. | ![]() | 12 |
4797461550 | Ishi | The last the Yali people found in northern California in 1951. He is a good example of how the growth of agricultural societies led to the collapse of gathering and hunting communities. | ![]() | 13 |
4797461551 | "secondary products revolution" | A term used to describe the series of technological changes that began c.a. 4000 B.C.E., as people began to develop new uses for their domesticated animals, exploiting a revolutionary new source of power. Examples: milk, transportation, wool, hunting help, glue, muscle power, eggs, blood, feathers, bones, ivory, manure/fertilizer, and hides/fur. | ![]() | 14 |
4797461552 | Pastoral Societies | Based on the domestication of animals and use their products as main source of food. Groups move where there is foods but they are more settlers than nomads. Independent and warlike. | ![]() | 15 |
4797461553 | Catalhuyuk | Good example of agricultural village society. Social structure, buried dead, many people, well built houses, specialization. | ![]() | 16 |
4797461554 | Chiefdoms | A society that is led by a ruler of decent, but seldom used force to lead their people. They relied on generosity, charisma, and leadership to rule. | ![]() | 17 |
4797461555 | "the original affluent society" | term coined by the scholar Marshall Sahlins in 1972 to describe Paleolithic societies, which he regarded as affluent not because they had so much but because they wanted/needed so little | 18 | |
4797461556 | Banpo | An archaeological site discovered in 1953 in China during the Neolithic Revolution | 19 | |
4797461557 | Flores Man | Extinct species that were very human-like. | 20 | |
4797461558 | Stateless societies | a society that is without government | 21 |
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Pre-AP World History Time Period 1 - #3 Flashcards
5290940964 | Origins of man | Africa. | ![]() | 0 |
5290940965 | Homo sapiens sapiens | Direct ancestor of modern humans. Developed in East Africa between 200,000 and 100,000 years ago. | ![]() | 1 |
5290940966 | Paleolithic | 2.5 million to - 10,000 years ago (8,000BCE) . Literally means "Old Stone". Although humans also made tools from bone, antlers, and wood. Culture: hunting, gathering (foraging), and nomadism. Perhaps the most remarkable feat was Paleolithic people's ability to migrate and adapt to a wide range of environments. | ![]() | 2 |
5290940967 | Hunter- Forager Society | At center of society was the nuclear family which then expanded outward to include ties between related families. These larger groups were called a Kinship group and included between 20-40 people. The Kinship group expanded out further to include a larger group called a clan. Often clans could further group together in time of need to form a tribe. - Trade often further connected these groups too. | 3 | |
5290940968 | Patriarchal | Characteristic of a system of society or government controlled by men. | 4 | |
5290940969 | Animism | The belief that the spirit world is connected intimately to all elements of nature, rivers, mountains, animals, etc. | ![]() | 5 |
5290940970 | Shamanism | Religious leaders who were believed to have special connection with spirit world and an ability to connect with ancestors and cure the sick. | 6 | |
5290940971 | Bering Strait Land Bridge | Colder temperatures and lower ocean levels allowed for early humans to cross from Asia into Americas in larger numbers in search of food | ![]() | 7 |
5290940972 | Egalitarian | Relative equality within a human society. Typical of Paleolithic/Pre-civilized societies in which only small differences separated the poorest from wealthiest. | ![]() | 8 |
5290940973 | Domestication | Taking an animal or plant and adapting it to human use. | ![]() | 9 |
5290940974 | Mesolithic | Literally "Middle Stone". Sort of transition between Paleolithic and Neolithic. (12,000 to 8000 B.C.E.). More sophisticated tools, and first animal domesticates | ![]() | 10 |
5290940975 | Neolithic/Neolithic Revolution | Literally "New Stone". Agriculture is the big game changer! Begins as early as 10,000 years ago (8000 BCE) in the Middle East - with agriculture humans begin moving toward what we call "civilization". | ![]() | 11 |
5290940976 | Pastoralism | raising of livestock on natural pastures. (early pastoralist people spread farming technology because of mobility) | ![]() | 12 |
5290940977 | Civilization | Agriculture eventually led to societies with settled communities (more urban) . Characteristics: specialization of labor, towns and cities, government, organized religion, technological innovations, including writing. | ![]() | 13 |
5290940978 | Code of Hammurabi | Babylonian King laid down the procedure for law courts and regulated property rights and duties of family members, setting harsh punishments for crimes. Standardizing a legal system was one of the features of early river valley civilizations | ![]() | 14 |
5290940979 | Cuneiform | Sumerian (Mesopotamian) writing. Perhaps the first writing system. | ![]() | 15 |
5290940980 | Ziggurats | Temples to gods in Mesopotamia | ![]() | 16 |
5290940981 | First Empire | Akkadian Empire (Mesopotamia) c. 2260-2223 B.C.E | 17 | |
5290940982 | Egyptian political + state-organization | Unlike Mesopotamian civilization, Egyptian civilization featured very durable and centralized institutions led by pharaohs who ruled over Egypt's vast Empire. | 18 | |
5290940983 | Religious make-up of pre-civilized societies | polytheistic | ![]() | 19 |
5290940984 | Egyptian writing | hieroglyphics | ![]() | 20 |
5290940985 | Olmecs | Olmec civilization prospered in Pre-Classical (Formative) Mesoamerica from c. 1200 BCE to c. 400 BCE and is generally considered the forerunner of all subsequent Mesoamerican cultures such as the Maya and Aztecs. | ![]() | 21 |
5290940986 | Chavin | The Chavin civilization flourished between 900 and 200 BCE in the northern and central Andes and was one the earliest pre-Inca cultures. | ![]() | 22 |
5290940987 | Phoenician's key cultural contribution | Phoenician's were a seafaring people from the Levant that eventually settled in North Africa. They developed a simplified alphabet that greatly influenced Greek and Latin culture | ![]() | 23 |
5290940988 | Developed Monotheism | Hebrews worshipped 1 god. (remember this was exceptional at time - most people polytheistic) | ![]() | 24 |
5290940989 | Theocracy | A form of government in which a ruler has political and religious authority | ![]() | 25 |
AP World History Themes Flashcards
6820716121 | Theme 1: Interactions Between Humans and the Environment | -demography & disease -migration -patterens of sertlement -technology | 0 | |
6820716122 | Theme 2: Development and Interaction of Cultures | -religions -beilief systems, idelologies, & philosophies -science & technology -the arts and agriculture | 1 | |
6820716123 | Theme 3: State-building, expansion, & conflict | -political structures & forms of governance -empires - nations & nationalism - revolts & revolutions - regional transreigional, & global structures & organizations | 2 | |
6820716124 | Theme 4: Creation, Expansion & interaction systems | -agricultural & pastoral production -trade & commerce -labor systems -industrialization -capitalism & socialism | 3 | |
6820716125 | Theme 5: Development & transformation of social structures | -gender roles & relations - family & kinship -racial & ethnic constructions -social & economic classes | 4 | |
6820716126 | Period 1; Theme 1 | During Neolithic Revolution ( new stone age), early people began moving into cities(sumer). Food surpluses created now technologied wich allowed for greater specialization of labor among members of cities. Dense population led to easier sharing of ideas. Technology: pottery, plows,woven textiles, metallugy, & wheels. | 5 | |
6820716127 | Period 1; Theme 1 -- metallurgy | Advances in metallurgy dueing the neolithic revolution revolutionized the creation of tools and weapons. Iron, copper, & bronze were all utalized for farming & warfare. | 6 | |
6820716128 | Period 1;Theme 1 -- wheels | wheels allowed materials and goods to be transported quickly across long distances. Also used for farming as plows and other machinery could be hooked up to horses. | 7 | |
6820716129 | Mesopotamia ( Tigris & Euphrates River Valleys) P1T1 | This was the site of the first large scale civilizations(many new technologies). The first code of laws (Hamnurabis Code).. dense population lead ro tensions between people | 8 | |
6820716130 | Egypt in Nile River Valley P1T1 | Civilization based around religion & Nile. Took regular(helpful) flooding of Nike ( symbol of gods good will towards them. | 9 | |
6820716131 | Other Period1- Theme 1 examples | -Mohenjo-Caro & Harappa (Indus River Valley) - Olmecs (Mesoamerica) stoneheads - Shang (Yellow River/Huang He) | 10 | |
6820716132 | Period 1, Theme 2 Examples | -Vedic Religion (modern Hinduism) Zoroastrianism ( teaching of Zoroaster) | 11 | |
6820716133 | Period 1: Theme 4 Examples | -Egypt & Nubia -Mesopotamia & Indus River Valley | 12 | |
6820716134 | Period 1, Theme 3 | -iron weapons were more durable -Cuneiform (sumer) forst written language & allowed keeping of deatailed records -hieroglyphics(Egypt) used religiously -Quipu was a system of utilizing knots | 13 | |
6820716135 | Period 2 Theme 3 | Religious and cultural systems were transformed as states and emipres increased in size. Religious and belief systems provided an ethical code to live by. Religious & pokitical autority often merged as rulers ( used religion to justify their rule | 14 | |
6820716136 | Period 2, Theme 3 | Assyrian, Babylonian, & Roman empires conquered various jewish states at different point of time. this contributed to the growth of Jewish diasporic communities (Mediterranean & Middle East) | 15 | |
6820716137 | Period 2, Theme 5 | Core beliefs of Vedic religions (hinduism) contributed to the development of the social and political roles of a caste system & reincarnation. | 16 | |
6820716138 | Period 2, Theme 2 Examples Religion | -Buddha (Enlightment, South Asia- India) -Confucianism (china) -Daoism ( china) -Christianity (Afro-Eurasia-Constantine) -GrecoRoman philosophy &science.. LOGIC | 17 | |
6820716139 | period 2, Theme 3 Example | -Persian empire untied through a network of roads -Qin & Han trade & culture grew "golden age" | 18 | |
6820716140 | Period 2, Theme 4 Examples | -Silk Road ( East & west brought goods, culture & ideas) -TransSaharan caravan routes (North& South Africa) -corvée( labor system-- governmment (powerful official subjugates a weaker one ( | 19 | |
6820716141 | Period 2, Theme 2 Examples Technology | -lateen sail (Roman) made ships more maneuverable -dhow ships ( Arabs --indian ocean) transport supplies | 20 | |
6820716142 | Period 3, Theme 3 | Rise of the mongol Empire(asia). Europeans began to be influenced by philosophy, science & math | 21 | |
6820716143 | Period 3--Empires | -Caliphates (islamic empire.. controlled much of North Africa & middle East) - Mongols (almost all of asia.. excellent horsemen*advantage.. large increase of trade) | 22 | |
6820716144 | Period 3, Theme 1 | -Invasions (vikings &Mongols) -Disease ( plauge Europe -Little Ice Age ( period of extremely cold winters) | 23 | |
6820716145 | Period 3, Theme 4 | -indentured servitude -serfdom (japan) -taxes -Swahili city states (east Africa created due to trade - dominated by Europe) - India & Egypt dominated silk/cotton textiles until industrialization -spices (india/China --》Europe -paper money ( allowed trade to grow | 24 | |
6820716146 | Hanseatic League (period 3) theme4 | organization composed of trading cities (northern Europe) to protect commercial interests of merchants | 25 | |
6820716147 | Explorers ( Period 3) | -Ibn Battuta (muslim) -Marco Polo traveled mongol empire -Xuanzang (buddist monk) | 26 | |
6820716148 | Food(period 3) | -bananas(Africa)--vital food.. supplied oils, nutirents -rice (East Asia) -- increased Chinas agricultural efficiency &population growth -sugar/citrus (Dar al-Islam) -- muslims spread crops &changed agricultural landscape of Middle East | 27 | |
6820716149 | new Agricultural technique (period 3) | -Waru Waru (andean) small pages of land with irrigation run through .. prevented soil erosion -improved terracing --asked crop fields to be built on hills reduced soil erosion -Chinampa field system (Mesoamerica) small rectangles of land to cultivate cross | 28 | |
6820716150 | Period 4, Theme 3 Empires | -Ottomans (islamic) built on trade & military force b/w east & west -Russia--agricultural society.. serf (later ended by Peter the Great) | 29 | |
6820716151 | Period 4, Theme 3 Maritime Empires | -Portuguese (1st to circumvent Africa) -Dutch( used powerful ships & joint stock companies to establish colonies & embark expeditions--Indonesia | 30 | |
6820716152 | Period 4, Theme 2 | -Astrolabe navagational device used ro determine time & location using sun & stars | 31 | |
6820716153 | Period 4, Theme 4 Colombian Exchange | -potatoes ( to Europe.. booted population) -Maize(corn ) beought to New World -- Americas -sugar (South Americ) triangular trade spread to North America) - tabacco (new word ) to Eurasia | 32 | |
6820716154 | Period 4, Theme 2 Renaissance | Artists used exciting new paints & materials to create realistic paintings -Michelangelo -Brunelleshi -Leonardo da Vinci (mona lisa) Donatello - shakspere (literature for entertainment) | 33 | |
6820716155 | Period 4, Theme 4 | -indentured servitude(person works as unpaid servant until a debt is fulled (Americas) -Encomienda system (spanish colonies brutal & unfair -Mita (Inca) used by spanish to control indigenous people | 34 | |
6820716156 | Period 4, Theme 5 | -mestizo( mixed heritage.. middle of spains hierachies) -mulatto ( one white & black parent) | 35 | |
6820716157 | Thirty Years War ( period 4) | a conflict between Catholic & Protestant (Martin Luther) | 36 | |
6820716158 | Period 5, Theme 3 | -Europes location on the Atlantic Ocean allowed easy access to its colonies - distribution of coal, iron, timber.. abundant in Europe.. coal fueled Industrial Revolution **would not be one w/o coal | 37 | |
6820716159 | Period 5, Theme 4 Industrial Revolution | -Europe demographic (population grew& middle class.. factory jobs) - urbanization.. changed files of women & children -rivers & canals( easier transportation of goods ( Suez& Panama) -railroads ( mobilize cheaper trans-siberian railroad -telegraphs -steamships | 38 | |
6820716160 | Period 5, Theme 3 | -Declaration of Independence (America) -French Declaration of the Rights of Man & Citizen -Simon Bolivar's Jamaica(Latin America independence movements) -American Revolution -French revolution -Haitian Revolution (1st successful slace revolt) | 39 | |
6820716161 | Period 5 , Theme 4 | Chinese & Indian indentured servants & worked long enough to pay off debts | 40 | |
6820716162 | Period 5, Theme 4 Stock Markets | Internationally connected & tie financial world together | 41 | |
6820716163 | Rebellions Period 4-5, Theme 3 | -indian revolt 1557--sepoys (India) against British rulers ( didnt gain independence for almost a century -Boxer rebellion-- national movement (china) .. lead to reforms across china -Ghost Dance (native American religion.. centered around ending american expansion - Xhosa Cattle killing Movement (south Africa) destoyed food & livestock to plrase gods.. &push british from region | 42 | |
6820716164 | Woman Nationalism Period 5, Theme 5 | - Mary Wollstonecraft ( Vindiction of the roghts of Woman) struggle for woman sufferage & equality -Olympe de Gouges(Declaration of the rights of Women & Female citizen)challenged inequality of women **both genders | 43 |
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AP World History Chapter 9 Flashcards
5210791458 | The trade between the Arabs and the Sasanid Empire was beneficial because they supplied | camels | 0 | |
5210799697 | The Sasanid Empire was centered in what present-day area? | iran | 1 | |
5210803059 | The Sansanid and Byzantine empires avoided political fragmentation such as occurred in Medieval Europe because they | central control, aristocracy, arts, integrating frontier people as mercenaries or caravaneers | 2 | |
5210806781 | The establishment of Zoroastrianism and Christianity as official faiths in the Byzantine and Sasanid empires set what precedent? | the subsequent rise of Islam as the focus of a political empire | 3 | |
5210809196 | Religious conflicts in the Byzantine Empire resulted in treatment of Nestorian Christians as | heretics for overemphasizing the humaneness of christ | 4 | |
5210811497 | Manichaeism is a faith derived from Zoroastrianism and is founded on the idea that there is | struggle between good and evil | 5 | |
5210814544 | Although the Arabs retained their religious independence, Arab contacts with religious conflicts in the region led to what? | knowledge of christianity penetrating deeper into arab peninsula | 6 | |
5210819404 | The Sasanids saw Arabs as | monkeys on the backs of camels | 7 | |
5210819405 | How did the Arabs become familiar with the lifeways of the Sasanids and Byzantines? | caravan trade | 8 | |
5210823694 | Why is Mecca an important city? | Muhammad was born in it, pilgrimage state | 9 | |
5210829117 | What does Muslim mean? | submissions | 10 | |
5210830866 | What does Islam mean? | word of god | 11 | |
5210830886 | Muhammad's teachings seem to be in agreement with | judaism and christianity | 12 | |
5210834089 | After Meccan leaders felt threatened by his popularity, Muhammad fled Mecca; his flight known as the | the hijra | 13 | |
5210834090 | What is a community accepting Islam and believing that Muhammad was the "Messenger of God" called? | umma | 14 | |
5210836969 | What did the Muslim community do after Muhammad's death? | determined abu bakr should succeed him | 15 | |
5210845294 | . Disagreements in the umma arose over what? | Sunnis | 16 | |
5210850237 | What was the dispute that caused the Muslims to fight in the Battle of the Camel? | Muhammad close friends challenged ali about becoming the caliph | 17 | |
5210852345 | What are the Muslims called who believe the first three caliphs were properly selected? | sunnis | 18 | |
5210854498 | Under the leadership of the caliphs, an enormous expansion was completed, including what territories? | Syria, Egypt, Spain, ect | 19 | |
5210856933 | What is the false assumption regarding Muslim rule over foreign lands? | forced conversion on population | 20 | |
5210861997 | . What was the cause of the decline of the Umayyad Empire? | growing unrest from many quarters, Muslims politics demanding power | 21 | |
5210864180 | Why is the Abbasid rule considered a "golden age"? | a mass multilingual, multi ethnic society of Muslims. art and science, expansion of ideas | 22 | |
5210865993 | Why did the Abbasid power decline, even though conversions to Islam were at their peak? | too big to control | 23 | |
5210868001 | The caliphs acquired a standing army of Turkish mercenaries. What were they called? | mamiuks | 24 | |
5210869726 | In 945, the Abbasid Caliphate fell under the influence of | mountain warriors, northern Iran | 25 | |
5210871678 | The increase in non-Arabic literature in the Islamic world was a reflection what? | Iran distinguishing from Arab world | 26 | |
5210873963 | Umayyad Spain developed a distinctive Islamic culture because of what? | cultural blending of roman, Germanic, and Jewish traditions with those of Arabs and Berbers | 27 | |
5210876744 | What was the impact of Islamic rule in Spain? | create new architectural and literary styles, introduced new crops, notably citrus fruits and irrigation tech | 28 | |
5210879173 | Under Islamic leadership, the Jewish people of Spain contributed what to the cultural growth of Spain? | cultural growth of some of the greatest writers | 29 | |
5210880998 | Who were the ulama? | religious scholars | 30 | |
5210883740 | Who were among the nomads that posed military threats to the Islamic Caliphate? | Seljuk Turks | 31 | |
5210885684 | Who were the foreign threats to the Islamic Caliphate? | christian crusades, mongols | 32 | |
5210888942 | The foundation of Islamic civilization is the Shari'a. What is Shari'a? | law of Islam | 33 | |
5210890935 | The great vision of the shari'a is an umma with common | common moral values, minimizing ethnic and political division | 34 | |
5210892877 | The conversion to Islam was primarily a result of what | the gradual communication of knowledge about the new ruler's religion (Islam) | 35 | |
5210895772 | While the doctrines of Sufism varied, what was the common denominator? | the quest for a a sense of union with god through ritual and training | 36 |
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