AP world history Chapter 6 Flashcards

5127393097	250 million	Population at BC/AD Turing point?	0
5127393098	Eurasia: 80+%	Which of the three supper continents had the largest percentage of the population?	1
5127393099	Domestic animals	What did the Americas lack?	2
5127393100	Animals	What did Africa lack but was available from Eurasia?	3
5127393101	Metallurgy	What was less developed in Americas than in Eurasia and Africa?	4
5127393102	Most of the Americas were still in the Stone Age advancements (no wheel and not many written languages)	Bc metallurgy was less developed in the Americas, what did this cause?	5
5127393103	Yes because writing was more limited	We're civilization more limited in Africa and Americas? Why?	6
5127393104	Eurasia	What was Africa in contact with?	7
5127393105	Mediterranean North Africa	Which part of Africa was in contact with Eurasia?	8
5127393106	They used trade routes over land using camels, and sea trade across Indian Ocean	How did Africa trade with Arabia?	9
5127393107	Until 1492	How long did the Americas develop in isolation for?	10
5127393108	Africa	Which is the most tropical of the world's 3 supercontinents?	11
5127393109	less fertile oil which leads to less productive agriculture. It also causes Numerous parasites and disease-carrying insects	What does Africa's tropical climate cause?	12
5127393110	Nile valley south of Egypt	Nubia and Kush	13
5127393111	Egypt	Who did Nubia and Kush develop in contact with?	14
5127393112	Because of Egypt's decline	Why did Nubian civilization center around the city of Meroe?	15
5127584054	Similar to Egypt, had a sacred, all-powerful monarch (semi-divine figure)	Meroen governments?	16
5127584055	Several women were rulers or co-rulers, women played a more prominent role	What was different in Meroe government that in Egypt's?	17
5127584056	Specialized Production Iron smelting and tool-making Herding and farming (irrigation) Extensive trade with Mediterranean world Meroitic script	Meroe Economy:	18
5127584057	Egyptian hieroglyphics	What was the basis of the Meroitic script?	19
5127584058	Deforestation Shift of trade from Nile to the Red Sea	What are the reasons for Meroe's decline?	20
5127584059	Axum	Who conquered Meroe in 340 A.D.	21
5127584060	Christian Nubian states	What developed with the conquest of Axum?	22
5127584061	Axum	What was the Christian kingdom that conquered Meroe?	23
5127584062	Plow based farming rather than hoe based Raised wheat, barley, millet, and teff Involved in Red Sea and Indian Ocean commerce	Axum economy:	24
5127584063	Taxes on trade	What was a source of income for the state (Axum)?	25
5127584064	Axum	Capital of Axum?	26
5127584065	The Nile River	How did Axum trade with the Romans?	27
5127584066	By means of trade: missionaries from the Roman Empire and Red Sea trade routes	How did Christianity come to Axum?	28
5127584067	King Ezana (4th century A.D.)	Who was the first Christian King of Axum?	29
5127584068	Conquered Meroe and Kush Also expanded into Yemen (Arabian Peninsula) by using the Red Sea	Axum Expansion:	30
5127584069	Over farming lead to soil exhaustion, erosion, and deforestation	Axum's decline:	31
5127584070	Islam	What religion took rise in Axum over Christianity during its decline?	32
5127584071	Greek	What was one of the official languages of Axum?	33
5127584072	Ethiopia	What modern day country did Axum eventually become?	34
5127584073	West Africa; Niger River	Where were the Niger Valley Civilizations located?	35
5127584074	Migration of people looking for water coming from the Sahara desert	What caused people to go to the Niger Valley?	36
5127584075	Jenne-Jeno with 40,000 people	What was the largest city-based civilization in the Niger Vally?	37
5127584076	Almost nonexistint, No central government and not city-states	Niger Valley government:	38
5127584077	No, no police/military to enforce laws and no strong rulers	Did Niger Valley have any real coercive authority?	39
5127584078	Economically specialized settlements centered around a city	Niger Valley economy:	40
5127584079	Economic castes	What developed because of the Niger Valley economy system?	41
5127584080	Thought of people as equal with equal standings even though different specializations	Thoughts on the economic caste:	42
5127584081	No	Could people marry outside their economic caste?	43
5127584082	Farming	What was specialized in rural areas?	44
5127584083	The Niger River	Which River did they use for commerce	45
5127584084	The domestication of camels connected West Africa more closely to North Africa and Mediterranean	How did large-scale empires develop in west Africa (1)?	46
5127584085	Islam arrived, culture changes	How did large-scale empires develop in West Africa (2)?	47
5127689614	Beginnings around 2000 B.C.	The Maya	48
5127689615	Mathematics (Concept of 0 and place notation) Astronomy	The Mayan Achievements	49
5127689616	Egyptian hieroglyphics	What is the Mayan writing similar to?	50
5127689617	Pictographs and phonetics, distinctive	Mayan Writing:	51
5127689618	Drained swamps, terraced hillsides, elaborate water management system	Mayan Engineering:	52
5127689619	A large and growing population along with elite class and specialized occupations	What did the Mayan Productive Agriculture support?	53
5127689620	The Greeks because it varied from place to place	What was the Mayan government similar to and why?	54
5127689621	No central authority, City-states and regional kingdoms Divine rulers or "state shamans"	Mayan Government:	55
5127689622	Over land and trade	Why was there frequent warfare between the Mayan city-states?	56
5127689623	A long term drought 840 A.D.	What caused the Mayan decline and fall?	57
5127689624	Epidemics and warfare, population dropped by 85% in the south	What did the Mayan long term drought cause?	58
5127689625	Large cities were abandoned	What happened after the results of the Mayan drought?	59
5127689626	909 A.D.	When did Mayan civilization end by?	60
5144425866	Teotihuacan	What city begun around 150 A.D. And is contemporary with the Mayans?	61
5144425867	Teotihuacan	Which city in America was built according to a plan?	62
5144425868	Arranged in a grid	How was the city of Teotihuacan arranged?	63
5144425869	Boulevards, apartment building, homes of elite, slums, reservoirs	What did the city of Teotihuacan have?	64
5144425870	Yes, but it was used in a limited way	Did Teothuacan have a system of writing?	65
5144425871	Teotihuacan	Which city had a wide area of influence in Mesoamerica?	66
5144425872	Conquest	What was a possible way that Teotihuacan influenced some Mayan regions?	67
5144425873	Tribute	What did Teotihuacan probably demand from neighboring regions?	68
5144425874	Architecture	What did Teotihuacan influence over a wide region?	69
5144425875	Around 650 A.D.	When did Teotihuacan collapse?	70
5144425876	Around the Andes	Where was Chavin?	71
5144425877	2-3 thousand people	How many people were in the town of Chavin?	72
5144425878	A widespread religious movement (Probably spread by means of trade)	What was Chavin a center of?	73
5144425879	Chavin	Which town in the Andes region had sharp class distinctions?	74
5144479410	Stone houses	What did the elite in Chavin live in?	75
5144479411	Adobe dwellings	What did the commoners in Chavin live in?	76
5144479412	Throughout the Andes region	Where we Chavin influences found?	77
5144479413	The Chavin People	Who had an elaborate temple complex?	78
5144479414	Located in Peru by the Ocean, flourished from 100-800 A.D.	Moche	79
5144479415	Moche	Who had a complex irrigation system?	80
5144479416	Represented by animals	How did the Chavin people represent their deities?	81
5144536865	Maize, beans, squash, cotton	What did kind of crops did Moche raise?	82
5144536866	Moche	Who extensively fished anchovies?	83
5144536867	Warrior-priests	Moche Government:	84
5144536868	Atop pyramids	Where did the warrior-priests of Moche live?	85
5144536869	Hallucinogenic drugs	What did the warrior-priests of Moche use?	86
5144536870	The warrior-priests of Moche	Who did human sacrifices of war prisoners?	87
5144536871	Yes	Did Moche have elaborate burial rituals for elite?	88
5144536872	Elaborate robes, masks, jewelry and headdresses	How were the elite of Moche dressed for their burial rituals?	89
5144536873	Sacrificial victims	What was buried along with the elite of Moche?	90
5144656975	Moche	Who had skilled craftsmen and metal workers?	91
5144656976	Moche	Who had naturalistic portrayal of people, animals, and gods?	92
5144656977	Drought, earthquakes, torrential rains from El Niño	What was the Moche region subject to?	93
5144656978	It weakened Moche civilization	What was the cause of Moche's drought, earthquakes, and torrential rains?	94
5144656979	They became vulnerable to aggressive neighbor's and internal strife.	When Moche civilization weakened, what happened?	95
5144656980	8th century	By the end of which century did the Moche civilization collapse?	96
5144656981	Wari and Tiwanaku	Which two empires flourished from 400-1000 A.D.	97
5144656982	Wari and Tiwanaku	Which two empires developed colonies in isolated areas?	98
5144656983	Wari and Tiwanaku	Which two centered around large capital cities?	99
5144656984	Wari and Tiwanaku	Which two's government stored surplus grains to prevent famine?	100
5144656985	Wari	Hillside terraced farming and employed irrigation, buildings of field stone set in mud and plaster, cities built according to a common plan and linked to a capital city by road network	101
5144656986	Tiwanaku	Used raised fields in swampy areas separated by irrigation canals, buildings using elaborately fitted stone walls, less central control over outer cities	102
5144656987	Wari and Tiwanaku	Which two neighboring societies seemed to have had little apparent conflict between them?	103
5144656988	Language and Clothing	What were difference between Wari and Tiwanaku?	104
5144656989	1000 A.D.	Around what time did both civilizations, Wari and Tiwanaku, collapse around?	105