AP World History Flashcards

4905720263	transformation most responsible for moving humans toward civilization	rise of agriculture	0
4905899948	metal working was NOT important to agricultural and herding societies in this way	large metal boats	1
4905905022	the start of sedentary agriculture	started in the Middle East first	2
4905909956	early Paleolithic art serverd	religious or ritual purposes	3
4905915526	by the late Paleolithic age humans had colonized	all continents except Antarctica	4
4905919902	most societies in the Paleolithic age consisted of	small groups of hunters and gatherers	5
4905923714	in hunting and gathering bands labor:	was divided according to gender	6
4905930247	the neolithic revolution caused the population to	increase from 8 million to 60 or 70 million	7
4905943858	this was associated with the transition to sedentary agricultural communities	gigging sticks, axes, and plows	8
4905952713	stone tools, hunting and gathering, and increasing number of humans are features of	late paleolithic age	9
4905968597	compared the women in hunting and gathering societies the social status of women in sedentary agricultural communites	declined	10
4905979991	people referred to as barbarians were	pastoral agriculturalists	11
4905986431	by 7000 BCE, techniques of agricultural production in the Middle East had reached a level that	permitted the establishment of the first towns	12
4905993301	the many religious shrines at catal huyuk show existence of	powerful priesthood	13
4905997675	the "heart" of the neolithic revolution that became basis for the spread of human socieites	innovative technologies + modes of agrarian production	14
4906007519	the reason civilization appeared at an early date in the middle east was that	settled agriculture with irrigation systems had emerged there	15
4906016173	Hammurabi's law code was often	harsh	16
4906021208	technological innovations that occurred between 6000 and 4000 prepared civilization by	ensuring more consistent food	17
4906087193	cuneiform and other types of writing are important because they	help organize political structures	18
4906087194	NOT a feature of Sumerian civilization	simplified alphabet of 22 letters	19
4906087195	unlike sumer and the Indus valley + harrapan civilization, egypt	retained a unified state through its history	20
4906087196	unlike sumer and Egypt, the Indus valley/harrapan civilization	is difficult to study because the writing is not understandable	21
4906101178	compared the river valley cultures, Chinese civilization	developed after civilizations in the nile valley and mesopotamia	22
4906107225	in early china, unity and cultural identity were provided by	a common system of writing	23
4906109728	the pillar of Egyptian culture was	religion	24
4906112961	compared to Mesopotamian civilization, Egyptian civilization was	more stable due the few foreign incursions	25
4906120950	what was one of the strongest similarities between the Egyptian, Mesopotamian, harappan, and Chinese civilizations?	located near great river systems	26
4906126580	what was one of the greatest differences between harappan civilization and Chinese civilization	failure to provide the basis for a continuous civilization	27
4906134304	by encouraging settlers to move into the Yangtze river valley, the Zhou rulers	produced population growth, but also complicated problems of central rule	28
4906142485	Confucianism and daoism	originated as responses to societal problems during times of disruption	29
4906147171	Confucian social relationships	created a hierarchy and insisted upon reciprocal duties between people	30
4906154523	the doctrine sponsored by the qin dynasty to support its state	broke the power of vassals in order to enhance the power of the emperor	31
4906163178	which of the groups would have most likely supported the qin dynasty?	trained bureaucrats from non-aristocratic groups	32
4906166509	during the Han dynasty, scholar officlas	instituted a system of examination to prepare professional civil servants	33
4906173742	although they varied greatly in wealth and social status in china	the commoners remained the largest group	34
4906178724	Chinese women in the classical age	were legally subordinated to fathers and husbands	35
4906180932	despite the material success	merchants in china ranked below peasants	36
4906186599	Chinese belief systems differ from single deity religions and polytheism most in	their secular emphasis and lack of identifiable gods to worship	37
4906193622	the highest Hindu caste members in India after the epic age were the	dasas/Dravidian people	38
4906196068	the Indian caste system	was complex and stratified; a person could almost never change caste	39
4906201490	a central message of the bhagavad gita is that	one must carry out the duties that come with one's caste	40
4906210018	a major difference between Buddhism and Hinduism was that	Buddhism denied the need for caste, rites, and sacrifice to reach nirvana	41
4906211993	Buddhism spread primarily because	its monastic community	42
4906214317	Alexander the great's invasion of india	led to the rise of the mauryans	43
4906218909	Buddhism lost its appeal and influence in huptan India because	Hinduism showed its adaptability	44
4906222316	during the classical era in India, this did NOT occur	religious authorities often allowed dissections in the name of research	45
4906227585	over time in classical india	castes intensified and began to differ from region to region	46
4906236658	is Mesopotamia the cuneiform culture assimilated invaders and provided continuity. the same role in India was performed by	the Hindu social hierarchy	47
4906242317	what determined a person's place within the Indian social hierarchy?	the degree to which the occupation was considered polluting	48
4906244830	after his death, buddha	was worshiped as a divinity	49
4906251899	what was the attitude of Buddhism toward the caste system?	Buddhists rejected the caste system and admitted untouchables and women as members of the faith	50
4906257928	which groups did ashoka's social policies benefit?	merchants, women, and artisans	51
4906262514	what was the status of the Brahmans under the Gupta?	the Brahmans recovered their former positions of dominance throughout Indian society as teachers, administrators, and religious authorities	52