AP World History Chapter 1 Flashcards

4833688421	Which of the following attributes is not essential to the modern definition of civilization?	A codified legal system	0
4833691021	Why is the label "Stone Age" misleading?	People used tools made out of many things not just stone	1
4833692985	Which of the following traits does not describe foraging bands?	The bands could be of any size	2
4833697444	Which of the following was NOT fundamental to the success of agriculture ?	Long-Distance Trade	3
4833701913	Agriculturalists produced more specialized material goods and art than hunter-gatherers because	larger communities of people could spare some members from food production for more specialized activities	4
4833705813	Why did most likely humans abandon hunting and gathering in favor of agriculture?	Climate change caused shortage in wild food and game	5
4833716400	The successful operation of large-scale sophisticated irrigation systems generally depended on	the emergence of individuals or groups capable of organizing large numbers of people to work together.	6
4833723340	Many Mesopotamian states engaged in warfare mainly because	they needed to gain access to raw materials through force	7
4833729149	Why do we know so little about women in ancient Mesopotamian society?	So little is known about the women in ancient Mesopotamian society because the written sources were produced by male scribes that tended to write about elite male activities.	8
4833730507	Which of the following best characterizes changes in women's status in the transition from hunting and gathering to agricultural societies?	Women lost social standing and freedom.	9
4833731582	The earliest Mesopotamian documents were used for?	economic record keeping	10
4833733264	What commodity did Mesopotamia possess in abundance?	Clay	11
4833735156	In Egypt, the ebb and flow of successful and failed regimes seemed to be linked to	the cycle of floods	12
4833736629	What circumstances led to Egypt becoming a focal point of civilization?	Climatic change	13
4833737660	Which of the following about peasants in Egypt is NOT true?	They made up the vast majority of the population	14
4833741089	Egypt's interest abroad focused primarily on.....	maintaining access to valuable resources	15
4833743039	Why have the Indus stone seals not provided historians with a clear picture of Indus society?	No one is able to read them so they don't really help with providing a clear picture of the Indus society	16
4833743945	Indus society can best be described as	mostly Urban	17