AP World History Period I Flashcards
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| 4866946285 | Paleolithic Period (date) | 2.5 million BC | 0 | |
| 4866946286 | Paleolithic Period (technology) | fire | 1 | |
| 4866946287 | Paleolithic Period (society) | small groups of nomads, egalitarian | 2 | |
| 4866946288 | Paleolithic Period (daily life) | hunting/gathering, moving, basic survival | 3 | |
| 4866946289 | Neolithic Revolution (dates) | 8000BC-5000BC | 4 | |
| 4866946290 | Neolithic Revolution (technology) | irrigation, stone and compound tools, wheel, textiles, metallurgy, pottery, plows | 5 | |
| 4866946291 | Neolithic Revoltution (systems) | more complex economic and social systems | 6 | |
| 4866946292 | China River Valley | Yellow River |  | 7 |
| 4866946293 | Indus River Valley | Indus River |  | 8 |
| 4866946294 | Egypt River Valley | Nile River |  | 9 |
| 4866946295 | Sumer River Valley | Tigris and Euphrates River |  | 10 |
| 4866946296 | Olmecs and Chavins | civilizations that developed in Americas | 11 | |
| 4866946297 | Mesopotamia | -2900 BC | 12 | |
| 4866946298 | Egypt | -3150 BC -based around religion and Nile | 13 | |
| 4866946299 | Mohenjo-Darro and Harappa | -Indus River Valley -built 2600BC, abandoned 1800 BC -present day Pakistan | 14 | |
| 4866946300 | Shang | -in Yellow River Valley (Huang He) (AKA China) -1600BC-1064BC -could work bronze -ruled by rebel leader Tang | 15 | |
| 4866946301 | Olmecs | -1500BC-400BC -tribe in now Mexico -first Mesoamerican society | 16 | |
| 4866946302 | Chavin | -in Andean South America -900BC-200BC -modern day Peru -skill in drainage, metallurgy, and environment control methods -feline based religion -Quipu | 17 | |
| 4866946303 | 8 points of Civilization | -central government -religion -social classes -art and architecture -cities -public works -writing -job specialization | 18 | |
| 4866946304 | Hieroglyphics | -Egypt -based off of Cuneiform -used religiously | 19 | |
| 4866946305 | Cuneiform | -primitive writing form -Mesopotamia | 20 | |
| 4866946306 | Quipu | -form of record keeping using knots -Chavin | 21 | |
| 4866946307 | Hammurabi's Code | -harsh Babylonian legal code -Mesopotamia | 22 | |
| 4866946308 | Epic of Gilgamesh | -Mesopotamia -Sumerian poem about king of Uruk | 23 | |
| 4866946309 | Rig Veda | -Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa -hymm and prayer book -Hindu texts | 24 | |
| 4866946310 | Book of the Dead | -Egypt -book of spells for dead | 25 | |
| 4866946311 | States | powerful systems of rule that mobilized surplus labor and resources over large areas | 26 | |
| 4866946312 | State Characteristics | -divine ruler/strong military -new weapons -able to conquer | 27 | |
| 4866946313 | Temples | used religiously as places of worship and for priests and preistesses | 28 | |
| 4866946314 | Ziggurats | -Mesopotamian -monolithic building devoted to gods | 29 | |
| 4866946315 | Pyramids | sarcophagi for wealthy and pharaohs | 30 | |
| 4866946316 | Religions | -Hebrew Monotheism~first major "one god" religion -Zoroastrianism~prophet Zoroaster (before 600BC) -Vedic Religion~ (1500-500BC) precursor to Hinduism` | 31 | |
| 4866946317 | Timeline | -2.5millionBC~ Homo Sapien appears in Africa -3million BC~Homo erectus tames fire -12,000BC~ end of last ice age -10,000-5,000BC~Neolithic Revolution -3000BC~River Valleys begin to form | 32 | |
| 4866946318 | Cultural Diffusion | spread of culture, culture traits, or cultural patterns from a central point | 33 | |
| 4866946319 | Pastoralism | raising of animals, and came around in Neolithic Revolution | 34 |