AP World History 15 Flashcards

15280891468	At the start of the Common Era what was the world's population like?	Unevenly distributed, 80% in Eurasia	0
15280894487	What did America lack?	Animals suitable for domestication (no trade/disease transmission, no immunity)	1
15280901661	What kinds of animals did Africa import?	Domesticated sheep, goats, chicken, horses, and camels	2
15280919071	Where was metallurgy prevalent?	Africa, and less advanced in Americas (no tools or weapons)	3
15280921218	Writing?	Limited in Americas (except Mayans), limited to North and Northeast Africa	4
15280928514	Africa interacted with ________ while America was completely cut-off.	Eurasia	5
15280930489	Africa's key points of contact?	Mediterranean zone in North Africa, Arabia in East Africa, East Africa part of Maritime Trade in Indian Ocean	6
15280938216	Why did African's have no cultural identity in pre-modern era?	Great environmental variation, enormous continent, Africa is tropical (poorer soils, less agriculture, and more diseases)	7
15280947210	When and where did Great Zimbabwe take place?	1100C.E-1500C.E, 1300C.E-1450C.E in central Zimbabwe	8
15280953714	Important aspects of Great Zimbabwe?	rich trading empire, government ran by chiefs, first significant empire of South Africa	9
15280959726	Who did Great Zimbabwe trade with?	Merchants from East Coast, traded gold, copper, and ivory	10
15280963519	Hill Complex?	religious site (possibly) and home for royalty	11
15280967676	Great Enclosure?	massive outer wall, second wall inside, made of granite	12
15280971869	Decline of Great Zimbabwe?	unknown, possibly soil quality	13
15280973784	When and where was the Hausa Kingdom?	West Africa (Nigeria), 500-1700C.E	14
15280979663	What was the Hausa's original religion, and what did they convert to?	Animist, Islam	15
15280981249	How many city-states in Hausa and what was government like?	7 city-states (each with own ruler and council of elders) and monarchs were elected	16
15280985458	Hausa aspects?	woven baskets, loud clothing, wooden masks, buildings made of mud bricks, and they had mosques	17
15280989350	Hausa decline?	Conquered by Europeans	18
15280998103	How did Mesoamerica develop?	without large domesticated animals or iron-working	19
15284243819	Diverse Civilizations in Mesoamerica?	shared agricultural tech, economies based on market exchange, similar religions, and frequent interaction between them	20
15284280666	When and where did the Maya civilization take place?	2000 B.C.E-840 C.E in present day Guatemala and Yucatan	21
15284340734	Aspects of Maya civilization?	advanced math, calendars, elaborate writing system, large monumental architecture (temples/pyramids), human engineering programs for agriculture (swamp draining, terracing, water management)	22
15284386448	What was Maya like internally?	fragmented, frequent war, capture and sacrifice of prisoners	23
15284400937	Decline of Maya civilization?	drought...population dropped 85%	24
15288677647	What was the capital of Inca, and where did it happen?	Cuzco and South America (specifically Peru)	25
15288684341	What was the religion like in Inca?	emperor, divine and descendants of Sun-God, major God Inti	26
15288769163	How large was the Inca empire?	2500 miles, and 10 million people	27
15288777272	What was Guipa and who used it?	data keeping, the Inca used it	28
15288787441	What was the government like in Inca?	state owned lands and resources, provinces ruled by governors, inspectors checked on governors	29
15288800990	What was mita and who used it?	labor work required by state, Inca used it	30
15288823742	How many road systems were there in Inca?	14,000 road systems used for trade	31
15288843207	Decline of Inca?	relocation of 1/4th of population to disperse conquered people, Machupicchu were the main ruins	32