AP World History Flashcards

11016160535	What problem arose when people started domesticating animals?	disease from animals	0
11016160536	Who traveled over beringea?	people from Eastern Siberia	1
11016160537	What are small figurines of women that are believed to be goddesses?	Venus Figurines	2
11016160538	Animal husbandry was more common in what type of communities?	Pastoralist societies	3
11016160539	What is another name for the Agricultural Revolution?	Neolithic Revolution	4
11016160540	What is the first evidence of social stratification?	house sites & graves	5
11016160541	When the most successful Neolithic farming communities began to increase their trade subsequently what happened?	it attracted more people	6
11016160542	How were professions developed?	when Nomads began to farm and settle into communities, professions were developed as the community released people from farm labor	7
11016160543	How was the religious or spiritual aspect of the Paleolithic culture described?	as a cynical view of time that emphasized regeneration and disintegration	8
11016160544	What was the function of Stonehenge?	burial site	9
11016160545	What allowed for communities and population to grow?	food surplus	10
11016160546	What is the fertility goddess also named?	Venus	11
11016160547	What is animal husbandry?	the breeding and caring of animals; domestication	12
11016160548	What is megafaunal?	large animals (ex. wooly mammoth) that were probably hunted to extinction	13
11016160549	What is intensification?	to get more for less; more food less land	14
11016160550	What is egalitarianism?	equality of men and women	15
11016160551	What is social stratification?	social classes based on wealth	16
11016160552	What did pastoral and agricultural village societies both have in common?	Both possessed relatively egalitarian social structures with few social distinctions.	17
11016160553	What are two other names for pastoralists?	herders or nomads	18
11016160554	What is an example of an agriculture village society?	Catalhuyuk	19
11016160555	The Clovis culture of North America disappeared from the archaeological record around the same time as what?	Many species of large animals became extinct	20
11016160556	How can archeologists differentiate a gravesite from being a cemetery (from a city) or from a nomad group?	if there are multiple elaborate gravesites it is a more than likely a cemetery	21
11016160557	What is metallurgy?	the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.	22
11016160558	Why are the Bantu so important?	they have more than 400 languages spread all over; originated from Africa; migrated all the way to south Africa and spread their culture, agriculture, iron-working skills, etc. as they went; killed pastoralists also that were in the land they wanted	23
11016160559	What is the Gobekli Tepe?	a monumental ceremonial cite in Turkey; built by gathering and hunting peoples around 11,600 years ago; named the world's oldest temple	24
11016160560	What were men's responsibilities in the old stone age?	to hunt, provide safety, etc.	25
11016160561	What were women's responsibilities in the old stone age?	to gather, care for the children, set up the home, prepare the food, etc.	26
11016160562	What is the clovis culture?	a group of people in the Americas around 13,000 years ago who were distinct and widespread; suddenly disappeared probably due to lack of food because of animal extinction; know for the "clovis point" and killing large animals	27
11016160563	Who are the Austronesian people?	people from southern China that traveled on ocean canoes to the Pacific Islands using remarkable navigation skills; also has a widespread set of languages	28
11016160564	What is a chiefdom?	when a agriculture village societies came to be politically organized as a chief; force/harm was not used by chiefs to control their subjects; began social classes, unequal circumstances	29
11016160565	What is a civilization?	a particularly well-organized and developed society	30
11016160566	What is culture?	the beliefs, customs, arts, etc. of a particular society, group, place or time	31
11016160567	What is diffusion?	the transmission of elements or features of one culture to another	32
11016160568	What is an empire?	a group of countries or regions that are controlled by one government/ruler	33
11016160569	What is an epidemic?	extremely prevalent; widespread; often a disease	34
11016160570	What is an era?	a period of time marked by distinctive character, events	35
11016160571	What is a forager?	the seeking or obtaining of such food	36
11016160572	What is globalization?	worldwide integration and development	37
11016160573	What is migration?	to move from one country or place to another for work or lifestyle	38
11016160574	What does neolithic mean?	the last stage of the stone age	39
11016160575	What is a nomad?	a member of a group of people who move from place to place instead of living in one place all the time	40
11016160576	What does paleolithic mean?	of or relating to the time during the early stone age when people made rough tools and weapons out of stone	41
11016160577	What is a pandemic?	a disease prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the world (epidemic is a smaller version of a pandemic)	42
11016160578	What is the meaning of the word pastoral?	pertaining to the country; or pastoralists (people who are nomadic and rely on animal husbandry for food)	43
11016160579	What does the word prehistoric mean?	of or before written history	44
11016160580	What is a revolution?	a radical and pervasive change in society and social structure	45
11016160581	Who are shamans?	people who led religious ceremonies in the Paleolithic religions	46
11016160582	What is the Fertile Crescent?	a very lush region in the middle east where agriculture was very successful ; region where Mesopotamia was located	47
11016160583	What were the three different kinds of societies in the age of agriculture?	Pastoral Societies, Agricultural Village Societies, and Chiefdoms	48
11016160584	What was the sequence of human migration across the planet?	70,000 - Asia 60,000 to 40,000 - Australia 45,000 - Europe 30,000 to 15,000 - Americas 1,000 - 7000 - New Zealand and Pacific Islands	49
11016160585	How did Austronesian migrations differ from other early patterns of human movement?	they migrated by ocean canoe/boat; they were the most recent of the migrations; the people migrating brought animals and agricultural technology with them	50
11016160586	In what ways did a gathering and hunting economy shape other aspects of Paleolithic societies?	they allowed for an equal life for all genders, free of injustice	51
11016160587	Why did some Paleolithic peoples abandon earlier, more nomadic ways and begin to live a more settled life?	so that they grow more food, and increase their population	52
11016160588	How do you understand the significance of the long Paleolithic era in the larger context of world history?	was the basis of the world as we know it today	53
11016160589	What accounts for the emergence of agriculture after countless millennia of human life without it?	the global warming after the ice age; climatic conditions	54
11016160590	In what different ways did the Agricultural Revolution take shape in various parts of the world?	it took shape differently in various parts of the world because of the different climates throughout the world	55
11016160591	In what ways did agriculture spread?	it was spread in two different ways: diffusion or the migration of agricultural peoples (colonization)	56
11016160592	Where and why was agriculture sometimes resisted?	it was resisted in two different ways: 1. in dry or cold areas where agriculture was impossible 2. or where they already had lush food sources	57
11016160593	What changes did the Agricultural Revolution bring in its wake?	technology, surplus food, population growth, civilizations, specialized jobs	58
11016160594	What was revolutionary about the Agricultural Revolution?	basis of the our lives today	59