AP WORLD HISTORY MDHS Flashcards

7447738567	rise of agriculture	The transformation that was most responsible for moving humans toward civilizations was the...	0
7447744053	Middle East and independently in other areas	The start of sedentary agriculture began in....	1
7447753863	Religious or ritual purposes	Given location and the subject matter of Paleolithic cave paintings, it is likely that the early art served _____ purposes.	2
7447761715	All continents except Antarctica	By the late Paleolithic Age, humans had colonized...	3
7447764381	Small groups of hunters and gatherers	Most human societies in the Paleolithic Age consisted of...	4
7447767732	was divided according to gender	In hunting and gathering bands, labor was...	5
7447796657	increase from 7 million to 60 to 70 million	The Neolithic Era caused the population of humans to...	6
7447799875	gigging sticks, axes, and plows	Which of the following technological innovations was associated with the transition to sedentary agricultural societies?	7
7447802556	Late Paleolithic Age	Stone tools, hunting and gathering, and an increasing number of Homo sapiens sapiens are features of the ___________ era	8
7447802557	declined	In comparison to the position of woman in hunting and gathering societies, the social status of women in sedentary agricultural communities _________.	9
7447808183	members of hunter-gatherer bands	People referred to ___________ as barbarians	10
7447812157	permitted the establishment of the first towns	By about 7000 BC, techniques of agricultural production in the Middle East had reached a level permitted.....	11
7447814794	a powerful priesthood	The many religious shrines at Catal Huyuk indicate the existence of...	12
7447821101	innovative technologies and modes of agrarian production	What was the "heart" of the Neolithic Revolution that became the basis for the spread of human societies?	13
7447833401	particularly hard to study because its writing has not been deciphered	Unlike Sumer and Egypt, the Indus Valley or Harapaan civilization is...	14
7447841825	probably after civilizations in the Nile Valley and Mesopotamia	Compared to river valley cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia, 2000 BC Chinese civilizations developed	15
7447843935	a uniform language	In early China, unity and cultural identity were provided by....	16
7447843936	religion	The pillar of Egypt culture was...	17
7447851630	more stable due to few foreign incursions	Compared to Mesopotamia, Egypt was...	18
7447856954	located near great river systems	What was one of the greatest similarities btwn Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Harappan, and Chinese civilizations?	19
7447862957	failure to provide the basis for a continuous civilization	What was one of the greatest differences btwn Harappan and Chinese civilizations	20
7447865768	Shang	What dynasty established the first actual kingdom of ancient China	21
7447884731	The written language served to unite the various ethnic groups, who were able to identify themselves through writing as culturally Chinese	Why were Chinese writing referred to as the key to the creation of a distinctive Chinese identity?	22
7447898207	settled agriculture, dependent on organized irrigation systems, had emerged there	The reasons that civilization appeared at an early date in the Middle East was that...	23
7447900322	punishments were often harsh	What is true concerning Hamurabi's Law Code? -everyone was equal before law -men/woman faced same punishment for same crime -punishments were often harsh -magical beliefs do not play a role in the Code	24
7447906785	ensuring more consistent surpluses of food and necessary products	Technological inovations occuring btwn 6000 and 4000 B.C.E. prepared the way for civilization by...	25
7447911875	help organize elaborate political structures	Cuneiform and other types of writing are important, in part, because, they...	26
7447916227	a simplified alphabet of 22 letters	Which of the following is NOT a feature of Sumerian civilization -cuneiform -city-states -numeric system based on 10, 60, and 360 -simplified alphabet of 22 letters	27
7447918535	alphabet	what was the Phoenicians contribution	28
7447937010	retained a unified state throughout most of history	Unlike Sumer and the Indus Valley or Harappan civilizations, Egypt...	29
7448019456	originated as responses to societal problems during times of disruption	Confucianism and Daoism	30
7448032164	a hierarchy and insisted upon reciprocal duties btwn people	Confucian social relationships established...	31
7448041872	broke the power of the vassals in order to enhance the power of the emperor	The doctrine sponsored by the Qin Dynasty to support its state	32
7448049197	trained bureaucrats from non-aristocratic groups	Which of the following groups would have most likely supported the Qin dynasty	33
7448056593	a system of examinations to prepare professional civil servants	During the Han Dynasty, scholar officials instituted....	34
7448062556	the commoners, especially the peasants, remained the largest group	Although they varied greatly in wealth and social status in China, __________ remained the largest group	35
7448081675	legally subordinated to fathers and husbands at all class levels	Chinese woman in the Classical Age were....	36
7448088315	merchant in China ranked below peasants and had little social influence	Despite their material success and increased wealth,	37
7448101094	their secular influence and and lack of indentifiable gods to worship	Chinese belief systems differ from single deity religions and polytheism most in...	38
7448146164	the scholar gentry	Who were the Shi?	39
7448167151	Daoism	THe philosophy espoused by Laozi was called..	40
7448175938	good leadership and free peasants	The Qin armies were famed for their ferocity and speed because of their...	41
7448181924	the unification of China under a "shi" bureaucracy	What was the most significant accomplishment of the Qin's dynasty?	42
7448193487	was largely decorative, often reflecting the geometric precision of the Chinese calligraphy	Chinese art during the Han classical period was...	43
7448397275	Kshatriya (warriors and rulers)	The Hindu caste after Brahmans during the Epic Age was...	44
7448397276	was extremely complex and stratified; a person could almost never change caste	The Indian caste system was...	45
7448397277	one must carry out one's duty that comes with one's caste	The central message of the Bhagavad Gita is that..	46
7448414847	Buddhism denied the need for castes, rites, and sacrifice to achieve nirvana	A major differences btwn Buddhism and Hinduism was that....	47
7448419960	its monastic community	Buddhism spread primarily because...	48
7448422338	Ashoka	Which emperor sent out monks to spread the Buddhist religion?	49
7448436296	the rise of the Mauryans	Alexander the Great's invasion of India led to	50
7448451033	Hinduism showed its adaptability by emphasizing its mystical side, thus retaining the loyalties of many Indians	Buddhism lost its appeal and influence in Guptan India in part because...	51
7448523170	intensified and began to differ from region to region	Over time in classical India, castes....	52
7448553374	the Hindu social hierarchy	In Mesopotamia, the cuneiform culture of the Mesopotamians assimilated invaders and provided continuity. The same role in India was performed by...	53
7448575489	was worshiped as a divinity	After his death, Buddha...	54
7448569069	the degree to which the occupation was considered polluting	What determined a person's place within the Indian social hierarchy?	55
7448584193	Buddhists rejected the caste system and admitted untouchables and women as members of the faith	What was the attitude of Buddhism toward the caste system?	56
7448586998	merchants, women, and artisans	Which groups did Ashoka's social policies tend to benefit?	57
7448607415	The Brahmans recovered their former positions of dominance throughout Indian society as teachers, political administrators, and religious authorities	What was the status of Brahmans under the Guptas?	58