AP World History-Unit 1 Flashcards

7236105867	Natural Selection	The process by which biological variations that enhance a population's ability to survive become dominant in that species.	0
7236119751	Evolution	The process by which different kinds of living things are thought to have developed from earlier forms during the history of the Earth	1
7236126895	Australopithecine	The first hominid. Had both apelike and human like characteristics. Lived one to four million years ago	2
7236136085	Hominids	A family of primates that australopithecines and humans fall under	3
7236147786	Bipedalism	Walking upright on two legs	4
7236148868	Great Ice Age	"Pleistocene" 2,000,000-11,000 years ago More than a dozen cold period followed by warmer periods. Changing weather lead to the creation of many new species	5
7236154214	Homo habilis	"Handy Human" 1st "homo" species Brain >50% than Australopithecine Could find more nutritious food	6
7236161125	Homo erectus	"Upright Human" Appeared in eastern Africa 1.8 million years ago Brain >33% than Homo habilis Modern human from neck down	7
7236166079	Homo sapiens	"Wise Human" Appeared 400,000-100,000 years ago Brain >33% than Homo erectus Had greater speech capacity	8
7236179505	Culture	Learned patterns of action and methods of expression. Includes material objects and non-material beliefs	9
7236186363	History	The development, transmission, and transformation of cultural practices.	10
7236188829	Stone Age	2,000,000-4,000 years ago Stone tools started to be fabricated and used Concluded when metal tools emerged	11
7236194225	Paleolithic	The Old Stone Age 2,000,000 BCE-8,000 BCE	12
7236196848	Neolithic	The New Stone Age Agricultural Revolution 8,000 BCE-2,000 BCE	13
7236201385	Agricultural Revolution	Emphasizes the change from food gatherer to food producer. Indicates agriculture rose independently in many places.	14
7236212670	Holocene	The global warming that ended the Great Ice Age 9,000 BCE	15
7236215644	Megaliths	"Big Stones" Large stone that forms a prehistoric monument Ex. Stonehenge	16