AP World History #2 Flashcards

7241772427	What does Neolithic Era mean?	new stone age	0
7241777975	What was the difference between the tools in the Paleolithic Era and the Neolithic?	the tools in the paleolithic were chipped stone and the tools in the neolithic were polished.	1
7241783839	Polished stones were found where?	Places where people relied on cultivation of foraging.	2
7241789082	Neolithic Era refers to what?	early stages of agricultural society	3
7241793654	The Neolithic Era was about how many years ago?	twelve thousand-six thousand	4
7241798604	What caused an agricultural society to become possible?	the end of the last ice age	5
7241804274	During the ice age, why couldn't an agricultural society become possible?	the earth's climate wildly fluctuated constantly	6
7241818889	Agricultural society involves two main principals. What are they?	growth of plants and other food sources and domestication of animals	7
7241824554	Who do scholars believe most likely began the care of plants? Why?	women, they became familiar with the life cycles of plants during the time where they were gatherers.	8
7241832237	Domestication and plant growth led to what?	the formation of an agricultural economy.	9
7241841165	What were some of the earliest domesticated animals and cultivated plants? When did this happen?	sheep, goats, pigs, and cattle. barley and wheat. 9000 BCE	10
7241853992	What was an early method of cultivation?	Slash and burn method	11
7241857492	The outcome of the slash and burn method was?	weed-free fertile land	12
7241862182	How long did neolithic people spend on agriculture on average per day?	4 hours	13
7241868136	What happened when agricultural society became widely known?	the population grew immensely	14
7241871012	What was the population in 3000 BCE?	14 million	15
7241872133	What was the population in 2000 BCE?	27 million	16
7241874987	What was the population in 1000 BCE?	50 million	17
7241878185	What was the population in 500 BCE?	100 million	18
7241881234	What was created after the large increase in the population?	Villages and towns	19
7241885481	Because of agriculture, what was no longer necessary?	migratory life	20
7241888465	What was one of the earliest villages?	Jericho	21
7241895559	In Jericho, what practice was created?	trade	22
7241900069	The large numbers of people in villages encouraged what?	Specialization of labor	23
7241908311	What was Çatal Hüyük?	one of the best known Neolithic settlements, located in Turkey, town, center of production and trade, specialized labor.	24
7241920840	What were the three most common specialized labors?	Pottery, metalworking, textile production	25
7241923035	What was pottery used for?	storing dry and liquid products	26
7241926647	What was metalworking used for?	creation of metal tools and jewelry, used mostly copper	27
7241931315	What was textile production?	done by women, spinning fiber into thread and weaving thread into cloth.	28
7241936526	What did permanent settlements allow people to do?	accumulate property and wealth	29
7241941734	The ability to accumulate of property and wealth causes what?	social classes	30
7241949403	The agricultural people learned the seasons based on?	positions of sun, moon, and stars	31
7241955886	The understanding of seasons led to what?	development of a calendar	32
7241961359	Neolithic communities worshipped what?	many gods or deities.	33
7241964217	Neolithic people believed in?	life after death	34
7241971762	What is the difference between cities and towns?	cities were larger and more complex and cities influenced cultural life of large regions.	35
7241978830	The earliest known cities were located?	valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates River	36