AP World History Review Flashcards

2435576955	Paleolithic Era	development of spoken language, ability to control and use fire, and ability to make simple tools out of stone	0
2435580294	Foraging Societies	composed of small groups of people who traveled from point to point as the climate and availability of plants and animals dictated	1
2435586326	Pastoral Societies	characterized by the domestication of animals, found in mountainous regions and in areas with insufficient rainfall, women had few rights, status based on size of herd	2
2435596126	Neolithic Revolution	nomadic to agricultural lifestyles, settlements, added sense of unity and helped build and sustain cultural traditions, people tied to a piece of land	3
2435609467	Impact of Agriculture	specialization, food surplus, irrigation, environmental change, roads built, clothing	4
2435617141	Technology in Neolithic Era	farming tools, pottery, weaving, wheels, sails, knowledge of how to use metals, weapons	5
2435627309	Early Civilizations	located in river valleys, large areas of land with large populations and distinct cultures, composed of loosely connected city-states	6
2435636198	Mesopotamia	"land between the rivers", Tigris and Euphrates rivers, Fertile Crescent, build canals and dikes	7
2435640800	Sumer	Sumerian civilization, developed cuneiform as writing system, laws, treaties, social and religious customs, developed 12 month calendar and math system based on units of 60, polytheistic, built ziggurats or temples	8
2435655292	Babylon	Overthrew Akkadian (developed first known code of laws), developed The Code of Hammurabi; distinguished major and minor offenses, fell to the Hittites	9