AP World Chapter 1 Flashcards

275851670	earliest known writing in a civilization first develpoed in	the Middle East	0
275851671	Neolithic Revolution first occured in	the Middle East	1
275851672	metal tools were preferred over stone tools EXCEPT	they were easier for ordianry people to make at home	2
275851673	why did the original inhabitants of Australia not develop agriculture?	they were too isolated to learn of developements elsewhere until recently	3
275851674	Sumerian civilization produced the first	written law code	4
275851675	river valley civilization most completely destroyed by natural disasters such as climate change	Indus	5
275851676	what emphasized teh power and abstraction of God	Jewish monotheism	6
275851677	developement of agriculture cause important changes in all EXCEPT	the tendency to believe in many gods	7
275851678	organize rather small groups into political units	hunting and gathering societies	8
275851679	society becomes a civilization if	it practices sedentary agriculture	9
275851680	most isolated among early river civilizations	Huanghe culture in China	10
275851681	NOT one of the earliest civilizations to develop	west africa	11
275851682	Paleolithic Age refers to	period in which simple stone tools were developed	12
275851683	political organization of Tigris-Euphrates civilization	regional city states	13
275851684	characteristic of humans before advent of civilization	ability to spread to various geographic settings and climate zones	14
275851685	egypt differed from mesopotamian civilization my stressing	well-organized, durable empired	15
275851686	most responsible for humans moving toward civilization	rise of agriculture	16
275851687	writing is important because	it helped organize elaborate political structures	17
275851688	NOT a feature of Sumerian civilization	simplitied alphabet of 22 letters	18
275851689	Metal working was important EXCEPT for	large metal boats could be contructed, improving trade	19
275851690	start of sedentary agriculture	started in the middle east first but developed independently in other areas	20
275851691	chinese civilization developed	after civilization in the Nile Valley and Mesopotamia	21
275851692	in china unity and cultural identiy were provided by	a common system of writing	22
275851693	Homo sapiens credited which accomplishment	fire	23
275851694	occured as result of the developement of agriculture in societies that previously relied on hunting and gathering	population density increased	24