AP World Chapter 1 Flashcards

7795529038	Paleolithic Age	The Old Stone Age ending in 12,000 B.C.E.; typified by use of evolving stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence.	0
7795529039	Homo sapiens sapiens	The species of humanity that emerged as most successful at the end of the Paleolithic.	1
7795529040	Neolithic Age	The New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished.	2
7795529041	Neolithic revolution	The succession of technological innovations and changes in human organization that led to the development of agriculture, 8500-3500 B.C.E.	3
7795529042	Hunting and gathering	Means of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization.	4
7795529043	Çatal Hüyük	Early urban culture based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification.	5
7795529044	Bronze Age	From 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing.	6
7795529045	Nomads	Cattle- and sheep-herding societies normally found on the fringes of civilized societies; commonly referred to as "barbarian" by civilized societies.	7