Chapter 1-- AP World History Flashcards

7320639531	Lucy	Famous Australopithecus, only 40% of her bones uncovered. She demonstrates that earliest ancestors of modern human beings walked upright.	0
7320679212	Homo sapiens	modern day humans, appeared around 200,00 years ago	1
7320689655	Australopithecus	the southern ape. Flourished in east Africa during 4 million to 1 million years ago Covered in hair and limited intelligence with the capacity to plan complex ventures without much language	2
7320727085	Olduvia Gorge, Tanzania and Hadar, Ethiopia	Archaeology cites of the Australopithecus	3
7320730657	Homo Erectus	Greater intelligence than Australopithecus, flourished from about 2 million years ago to 200,000 years ago. Had more sophisticated tools, fire, defense against larger animals. Communication begins	4
7320792191	Neandertal	named after the valley in which they were found. Flourished in Europe and Asia. They recognized the significance of life and death by having elaborate burials, showed emotion and caring for another	5
7320826551	Cave painting	finest examples of early creativity in Lascaux France	6
7320835772	Venus Figurines	most visually impressive creations in history. Shows sculptor's principle in fecundity and the generation of life.	7
7320856116	Neolithic Era	New stone age, refinements of tool making techniques. People experienced the ice age, then people move into more agriculture than hunter gather	8
7320882104	Villages	The increased population in one specific area lead to the formation of these because of the abundant food supply due to agriculture	9
7320893217	Jericho	early examples of a village. Know for its wall. It grew mostly wheat and barley	10
7320910446	Catal Huyuk	one of the best examples for specialized labor in early history. Probably the center of tool production and trade. Fine examples of social classes emerging as well	11
7320919615	Pottery	the earliest of the craft industries. Created to store more food	12
7320926733	Metallurgy	Copper was the earliest examples of humans working in the craft. after some time gold bronze iron and other metals came into the works	13
7320943456	Textile Production	As soon as crops and keeping animals developed people experimented in this craft and developed new technology to make it easy such as the making fibers into threads and weaving those threads different shapes and such	14
7320970915	Cities	developed from villages as population increases. Most likely had social classes, specialized work, building for homes and protection	15