World History II AP UNFINISHED Flashcards

Review for the AP test.

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