AP World History Spodek Ch. 1 Flashcards
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| 6560317916 | Anthropology | study of humans in social and physical aspects | 0 | |
| 6560318375 | Archaeology | study of people and culture by examining excavated artifacts and remains | 1 | |
| 6560320046 | Chauvet Cave | located in southern France; contains the earliest and best preserved cave paintings | 2 | |
| 6560322462 | Easter Island | located in southeastern Pacific Ocean; famous for the large moai statues created by an early people | 3 | |
| 6560326084 | Egalitarian | believing in the principle that everyone is equal | 4 | |
| 6560327142 | Epic | long poem about a hero ; example is the Iliad | 5 | |
| 6560330143 | Eurasia | Europe and Asia considered as one continent | 6 | |
| 6560330315 | Historiography | study of how historians make records | 7 | |
| 6560331559 | Hominid | all the types of bipedal primates (modern or extinct) | 8 | |
| 6560332446 | Ice Age | long period when cooler Earth had ice and glaciers | 9 | |
| 6560333816 | Land bridges | strips of land that connect continents and can be submerged; there's one between Alaska and Siberia | 10 | |
| 6560336436 | Mesopotamia | ancient civilization that was located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Asia | 11 | |
| 6560337213 | Natural selection | members of a species with better traits for survival will live and reproduce so future generations have the best traits; other "lesser" species will die off | 12 | |
| 6560341899 | Olduvai Gorge | located in Tanzania; excavated by the Leakeys; showed that the earliest human species lived in Africa; showed how they used tools | 13 | |
| 6560343454 | Paleoanthropology | study of early human species using fossils and remains | 14 | |
| 6560345177 | Paleolithic | the oldest part of the Stone Age | 15 | |
| 6560345471 | Patriarchy | system of male-created and male-dominated institutions | 16 | |
| 6560346425 | Political Science | study of governments | 17 | |
| 6560347293 | Prehistory | time that has no written records | 18 | |
| 6560347831 | Primary source | comes from a participant in the event | 19 | |
| 6560348801 | Radiocarbon dating | finding date of artifact by what remains of radiocarbon atoms that decay at a steady rate | 20 | |
| 6560351786 | Feminism | advocating for equality between men and women | 21 | |
| 6560352568 | Savanna | grassy plain with limited trees and rain | 22 | |
| 6560353748 | Secondary source | comments on the consequences of events | 23 | |
| 6560355659 | Teleology | study of final causes; "everything happens for a reason" | 24 | |
| 6560356886 | Tundra | vast, level, treeless plain in an arctic region | 25 | |
| 6560359739 | Venus objects | art that emphasizes the female figure for fertility | 26 |