AP World History RVC Flashcards
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| 2864157059 | Interactions Between Humans and the Environment (Egypt) | -Successful farming is more guaranteed -Isolated from invasions -Floods were predictable | 0 | |
| 2864161328 | Development and Interaction of Cultures (Egypt) | -Easy defensibilty and predictable river meant there was a happy outlook on the afterworld | 1 | |
| 2864170399 | State Building, Expansion, and Conflict (Egypt) | -Dealt with conflict less often due to natural barriers like the desert and mountains | 2 | |
| 2864175431 | Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems (Egypt) | -Economic system created through the use of hieroglyphics to keep track of taxes -The Nile was used to trade | 3 | |
| 2864182375 | Development and Transformation of Social Structures (Egypt) | -Women were closer to equal with men -No infanticide -Had an optimistic view on life -Pharaohs were at the top of the social structure | 4 | |
| 2864187707 | Interactions Between Humans and the Environment (Mesopotamia) | -Successful farming is less guaranteed -Less isolated from invasions -Floods were unpredictable as well as destructive | 5 | |
| 2864194707 | Development and Interaction of Cultures (Mesopotamia) | -Invaded often due to no natural barriers an the river destroyed things when it flooded so the had a depressing outlook on the afterlife | 6 | |
| 2864198434 | State Building, Expansion, and Conflict (Mesopotamia) | -Dealt with conflict more often because it was on flat land which was easily invaded | 7 | |
| 2864201122 | Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems (Mesopotamia) | -Had easier forms of trade due to location | 8 | |
| 2864204082 | Development and Transformation of Social Structures (Mesopotamia) | -Women were inferior to men -Had a pessimistic view on life -Infanticide because they preferred boys so they could work on the fields | 9 | |
| 2864210895 | Interactions Between Humans and the Environment (Similarities) | -Agriculture -Located near rivers | 10 | |
| 2864213411 | Development and Interaction of Cultures (Similarities) | -Heavily based on religion -Polytheistic | 11 | |
| 2864216824 | State Building, Expansion, and Conflict (Similarities) | -Had forms of conflict | 12 | |
| 2864220109 | Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems (Similarities) | -Used rivers to assist in trading with other groups -Started economic systems with taxes | 13 | |
| 2864225349 | Development and Transformation of Social Structures (Similarities) | -Had social hierarchy -Had slaves | 14 | |
| 2864230975 | The Hitties | These craftsmen in Anatolia developed iron forging techniques to make the strongest weapons yet created. These Indo-Europeans migrated throughout Anatolia using their weapons to build an empire. They also pioneered horse-drawn chariots. They adopted Mesopotamian deities and cuneiform. Initially they traded w/ the Babylonians, but in 1595 B.C., the Hittites conquered Babylon | 15 | |
| 2864238189 | Characteristics of Civilization | -Specialization of labor -Patriarchy -Record keeping -Political structure -Social classes -Belief system -Trade -Agriculture and supporting technology | 16 | |
| 2864246438 | Social Stratification | A system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy | 17 |