AP World History Chapter 5 Flashcards

7297346551	Maya collapse/decline	-too many farmers on too little land -trees cleared for fuel, which caused erosion -erosion caused acidic soils to run downward, ruining agriculture -deforestation messed up water cycle (man-made drought) -population growth outstripped available resources	0
7297348322	Easter Island collapse/decline	-used up all of their resources in many long, hard wars and in monument building -no trees or large animals remained -used human hair and bones to make fish hooks, ropes, textiles, and fishnets	1
7297386698	New Zealand collapse/decline	-caused 20 different bird species to die out -more than 160,000 moa birds killed -depleted seal and sea lion populations -targeted small animals until they had to rely on farming -destroyed 40% of forest	2
7297399062	Caral collapse/decline	increasing population gave rise to food and space, therefore overfarming	3
7297425414	Polynesian sea faring techniques/technology	-double-hulled canoes -etak	4
7297440956	Seafaring technologies	-dhows -caravels -viking ships -chinese junk -galleons	5
7297449156	dhows	Arab sailing vessels with triangular sails	6
7297450699	caravels	Stronger and faster ships able to make Trans-Atlantic voyage	7
7297451698	viking ships	marine vessels used in Viking Age -could easily travel in rivers	8
7297454580	chinese junks	Sails could travel into the wind and had a rudder to steer	9
7297455631	galleons	Large, heavily armed ships used to carry silver from New World colonies to Spain	10
7297468356	etak	Traditional Polynesian system of navigation that uses the stars, clouds, waves, and bird flight patterns to steer on sea voyages	11
7297468357	compass	-invented in China -a device that is used to find direction by means of a needle that always points north	12
7297469926	monsoon winds	seasonal winds in South Asia blowing northeast in spring and early summer and southwest in fall and winter, and to the heavy seasonal rains they bring	13