AP World History Chapter One Flashcards
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7048120886 | Paleolithic Age | The Old Stone age ending in 12,000 B.C.E.; typified by use of crude stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence. | 0 | |
7048120887 | Homo sapiens sapiens | The humanoid species that emerged as most successful at the end of the Paleolithic period. | 1 | |
7048120888 | 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 | |
7048120889 | 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 | |
7048120890 | Hunting and Gathering | The original human economy, ultimately eclipsed by agriculture; groups hunt for meat and forage for grains, nuts, and berries. | 4 | |
7048120891 | Çatal Hüyük | Early urban culture based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; was larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification. | 5 | |
7048120892 | Bronze Age | From about 4000 B.C.E., when bronze tools were first introduced in the Middle East, to about 1500 B.C.E., when iron began to replace it. | 6 | |
7048120893 | Nomads | Cattle- and sheep- herding societies normally found on the fringes of civilized societies; commonly referred to as "barbarian" by civilized societies. | 7 |