AP World History Ch 5 Flashcards

7297345987	Maya collapse/decline	increasing population(5 million people- area smaller than Colorado- could not move away if there was a natural disaster), scarce resources- fighting between kingdoms over resources, kings wanted to continue wars, build monuments, and rule over each other- making themselves more wealthy	0
7297345988	Easter Island collapse/decline	Chiefs focused on warring and monuments instead of the future, completely used up resources/environment- no trees (making room for monuments) or large animals in 1700s	1
7297347646	New Zealand (Mauri) collapse/decline	overhunting of animals, leading to extinction: 20 bird species died out (killed over 160,000 giant moa birds- tame and easy to hunt), hunted mammals like seals and sea lions to extinction, then hunted smaller animals, then farmed (40 percent of forest cover ruined- caused deforestation)	2
7297350723	One other example of humans overusing natural resources: Indus River Valley	depleted of nutrients	3
7297417179	Polynesian sea-faring technology	-etak: navigating seas with just stars and waves -double-hulled canoes: more stable	4
7297436126	Dhows	red sea and indian ocean, between 600 BC and 600 AD created by Arabs or Indians, long and slim hulls, carry heavy items	5
7297460230	Caravels	Portugese, West African coast and into Atlantic, used by Prince Henry, etc. for exploration	6
7297460231	Galleons	Spanish ships with metals from the Americas, can hold large amounts of items, could hold slaves	7
7297461565	Viking ships	slender and flexible, many types, made by overlapping planks being riveted together, had merchant ships and warships, some could cross oceans (first to reach Americas)	8
7297462566	Columbus ships	fairly small, only around 90 people on voyages, only 3 ships taken on Columbus's voyage to the Americas	9
7297463416	Zheng He (Chinese) ships	very large, thousands of people on voyages, several hundred feet in length, traveled in Indian Ocean	10
7297463417	China	created first compass	11