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Early Societies in Southwest Asia and the Indo-European Migrations

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Fertile Crescent
Semitic people
Assyria
Sumer
Babylonia
Mesopotamia
Sargon of Akkad
Canaan
Amorites
Ancient Mesopotamian religion
Uruk
Akkadian Empire

Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP World History 13 June 2015 Chapter 2 Outline Societies in Southwest Asia/Indo-Euro Migrations Ancient Mesopotamian society, man named Gilgamesh 5thking of city Uruk; ruled 2750 BC for 126 yrs., led community in conflicts with Kish, city that was rival of Uruk Was figure of Mesopotamian myth/folklore Subject of poems/legends, Mesopotamian bards made him figure in stories known asEpic of Gilgamesh Became hero; gods granted Gilgamesh perfect body/strength/courage Constructed walls of Uruk/temples to Mesopotamian deities Recount adventures/friend Enkidu; killed monster, rescued Uruk from bull, matched wits with gods Enkidu offended gods/was sentencedto death Loss affected Gilgamesh, sought to cheat death/gain immortality

World history chapter 1 outline

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Human Evolution
anthropology
Recent single origin hypothesis
Humans
Hominina
Domestication
human
Anatomically modern human
Primate
Homo
Neolithic
Technology

Chapter 1: Nature, Humanity, and History: The First Four Million Years Introduction Creation myths?various themes Purpose of creation myths Nineteenth century?impact of science on Creation Myths African Genesis Interpreting the evidence Neanderthal?40,000 years ago?Europe Charles Darwin Australopithecus africanus (African southern ape) Human evolution How should humans be defined? Three major traits distinguish humans from other primates Why did biological changes take place? Migrations from Africa Homo erectus Homo sapiens Minor evolutionary changes History and Culture in the Ice Age Food gathering and stone technology Food gathering Tool making The hunters Gender divisions and social life Gender division Lived in small bands

Cerritos high school ap world history hw 2015

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Africa
earth
Megafauna
Continents
Nile
River regulation
Ancient history
Sub-Saharan Africa
Egypt
Hyksos
Europe
human

WHAP (World History AP) Summer Assignment - 2015 Mr. M. Armstrong, Mr. D. Toyama If you need the text to complete the summer assignment, the library will be checking-out AP textbooks on June 28th from 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM. Students MUST have ID card to check the book out. Books WILL NOT be issued without ID card. 1) The text for the class will be: Traditions & Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past, 5th Edition by Bentley, Jerry; Ziegler, Herbert Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education Copyright Year: 2011 Print ISBN-10: 0-07-338564-6 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-07-338564-8 If you wish to purchase the text, try the following. Amazon.com Yahoo Shopping Half.com Nextag.com ecampus.com alibris.com

World Civilizations: The Global View Chapter 1

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Cenozoic
Phanerozoic
Geologic time scale
Human Evolution
Pleistocene
anthropology
Sociocultural evolution
Paleolithic
Stone Age
Hunter-gatherer
Prehistory
Homo erectus
Environment

Chapter 1: From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations Paleolithic (Old Stone) Age (2.5 million-12,000 BCE) Typified by the use of crude stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence Nature of the human species gradually changed with a more erect posture and growing brain capacity Now termed Homo erectus and it is thought that the species originated in eastern Africa about 500,00 to 750,000 years ago Developed and spread in Africa, then to Asia and Europe Newest human breed, Homo sapiens sapiens, originated 240,000 years ago, also in Africa Men hunted only 7 hours a day, 3 days a week while women worked harder to gather fruits and vegetables, but there was significant gender equality Population growth was slow

Unit 4 Major Events

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Islam
religion
Middle East
Sahabah
Shi'a Islam
Arab people
Rashidun
Sunni Islam
Caliphate
Caliph
Ali
Spread of Islam

UNIT 4 FLASHCARDS AP WORLD HISTORY Manya Garg Title of Event: Mecca blooms as a caravan city Date(s): 500s Region(s): Mecca, a barren mountain valley between Yemen and Syria; inland from Red Sea coast; Middle East Connections: Quraysh, prosperity, pilgrimage, Zamzam, Ka?ba Significance: The blooming of Mecca as a prosperous city was mainly due to its prime location for trade and away from enemies such as the Byzantine Syria, Sasanid Iraq, and the Ethiopian-controlled Yemen. Mecca then became a pilgrimage site for Muslims due to the Ka?ba (a shrine containing idols), a holy well called Zamzam, and its prohibition against killing. Title of Event: Muhammad receives revelations Date(s): 610

Ap world history chapter 21-23 key points

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Political philosophy
Politics
Economic ideologies
Political ideologies
sociology
Communist states
soviet union
Superpowers
Communism
Joseph Stalin
Socialism
Communist party

Austin Buley and Zach Bowsher AP World History Chapters 21-23 Study Guide 1.) Mussolini Definition: The Fascist leader of Italy from1922 through WWII Significance: His men, the Black Shirts, destroyed offices and unions of the socialist nature and put an end to strikes as he rose to power. Also promised mass social reforms, consolidated power to the state, and introduced the corporate economy. Time Period: 1920?s-1940?s Region: Southwestern Europe 2.) Total War Definition: War that requires the participation and/or mobilization of a country?s entire population. Significance: Characterizes the war efforts of many nations in WWI and WWII, particularly Japan and Britain Time Period: 1900?s Region: Europe/East Asia 3.) Treaty of Versailles

AP World History chapter 19 notes - strayer ways of the world

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Asia
Humanities
Socialism
Euphoriants
Opium
Qing Dynasty
china
Modern history
Modernization
Protestant missions in China 1807–1953
Sino-German cooperation

Internal?Troubles?External?Threats? ? The?way?that?Japan?and?China?reacted?to?the?western?intrusion?of?the?19th?century?was?the? reason?behind?their?reversed?roles?in?their?relationship.? ? Many?internal?revolts?and?revolutions?added?to?the?world?s?issues?when?trying?to?deal? with?western?imperialism? ? Military?threat?of?rival?European?states?combined?with?the?incorporation?of?LDC?s?into? global?trading?networks,?as?well?as?the?influence?of?traditional?european?culture?resulted? in?resistance?and?adaptation?to?European?influence.? The?External?Challenge:?European?Industry?and?Empire? ? Europe?was?the?center?of?the?world?s?economy?in?the?19th?century? ? Missionaries?penetrated?the?depths?of?Asia?and?Africa? New?Motives,?New?Means?

Traditions and Encounters Chapter 39 Test Bank

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Politics
Indian people
Government
Pan-Africanism
Indian independence activists
Kwame Nkrumah
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Mobutu Sese Seko
Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Cold War
Patrice Lumumba
War

CHAPTER 39 TEST QUESTIONS MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. On 30 January 1948, Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated by a. an agent of the Soviet Union. b. a renegade Sikh militant. c. a CIA agent. d. a Hindu extremist. * e. an Islamic terrorist. (p. 1095) 2. Both Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru felt that communalism a. was dangerous because it emphasized religious over national identity. * b. was essential for Indian survival. c. was difficult, although necessary, to construct because of the need for community in India. d. was the key to the long-lasting political stability of India. e. was a natural fit for India, although they certainly didn?t agree with every aspect of Marx?s philosophy. (p. 1098) 3. Muhammad Ali Jinnah called for the creation of

Traditions and Encounters Chapter 38 Test Bank

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Government of the Soviet Union
Soviet people
Civil awards and decorations
Heroes of the Soviet Union
Soviet phraseology
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Anti-communism
De-Stalinization
Cold War
Mikhail Gorbachev
soviet union
Erich Honecker
Politics

CHAPTER 38 TEST QUESTIONS MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Ideologically, the two competing sides in the cold war were a. socialism and communism. b. communism and fascism. c. capitalism and communism. * d. republican and democrat. e. fascism and capitalism. (p. 1064) 2. The German Democratic Republic a. was formed out of the British, French, and American zones of occupation. b. was sealed off from its eastern half by the construction of the Berlin Wall. c. prospered under American leadership. d. was really under direct Chinese control. e. was formed out of the Soviet zone of occupation. * (p. 1066) 3. In the wake of the Berlin Blockade and Airlift, the U.S., British, and French zones of occupation in western Germany

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