AP World History Cram Flashcards
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| 381460867 | What period is the Foundations Period? | 8000 B.C.E - 600 C.E | 0 | |
| 381460868 | What is a civilization? | A cultural group with advanced cities, complex institutions, skilled workers, advanced technology, and a system of record keeping. | 1 | |
| 381460869 | What is climate? | The pattern of temperature and precipitation over a period of time. | 2 | |
| 381460870 | What is cultural diffusion? | The transmission of ideas and products from one culture to another. | 3 | |
| 381460871 | What is a monsoon? | A seasonal wind | 4 | |
| 381460872 | What is steppe? | A dry grassland | 5 | |
| 381460873 | The Artic Ocean | smallest, packed with ice, difficult to navigate, famed northwest passage sought by european explorers | 6 | |
| 381460874 | Indian Ocean | third largest, extensive trade since Harappan Civilization,traders use monsoon winds to guide commercial activity, center of intense rivalries | 7 | |
| 381460875 | Atlantic Ocean | exchange between the Eastern and Western hemispheres after voyage of Columbus., saw the meeting of three cultures, includes mediterranean sea, saw glories of early middle eastern and greco-roman civilizations. | 8 | |
| 381460876 | Pacific Ocean | largest, islands that witnessed voyages of Polynesian people, used for strategic purposes during World wars. | 9 | |
| 381460877 | East Asia includes | China Japan NorthKorea SouthKorea | 10 | |
| 381460878 | SouthEast Asia | Vietnam Thailand Laos Indonesia Malaysia | 11 | |
| 381460879 | SouthAsia | India, Pakistan Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh | 12 | |
| 381460880 | SouthWest Asia, Middle East, North Africa | Egypt Saudi Arabia Morocco Israel Turkey Iran Iraq Afghanistan | 13 | |
| 381460881 | Central Asia | Russia Mongolia, Kazakhstan | 14 | |
| 381460882 | SubSaharan Africa | Nigeria, Somalia Democratic Republic , Kenya South Africa | 15 | |
| 381460883 | Eastern Europe | poland Slovakia Lithuania, Croatia | 16 | |
| 381460884 | Western Europe | Spain United Kingdom Sweden Italy Germany Austria | 17 | |
| 381460885 | North America | Canada United States Mexico | 18 | |
| 381460886 | Latin America | Mexico cuba Panama Brazil Argentina | 19 | |
| 381460887 | Oceania | Australia New Zealand Papua New Guinea | 20 | |
| 381460888 | Societies | Cultural Groups that do not meet all criteria for civilizations ex. Papua New Guinea | 21 | |
| 381460889 | Interactions between Muslims and Europeans during the seventeenth century are most commonly found in | The Indian Ocean | 22 | |
| 381460890 | An advanced placement world history region that can be defined as a cultural region | Latin America | 23 | |
| 381460891 | An example of diffusion rather than independent invention is | the origin of greek alphabet | 24 | |
| 381460892 | Periodization in the Advanced Placement World HIstory course | assists students in comparing societies and trends within periods | 25 | |
| 381460893 | The study of oceans in world history | coordinates with an emphasis on societies as well as civilizations | 26 |