AP Edition The Earth and its People: A Global History Fifth Edition

AP* EDITION|THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE: A GLOBAL HISTORY CHAPTER 5 Larger Concept Section Review Vocabulary Terms Details ROME?S CREATION OF A MEDITERRANEAN EMPIRE, 753 B.C.E. ? 600 C.E. A Republic of Farmers, 753-31 B.C.E. -Rome?s central location in Italy and the Mediterranean, and its ability to draw on the manpower resources of Italy, were important factors in its rise to empire -Early Rome was ruled by kings, but the Republic, inaugurated shortly before 500 B.C.E., was guided by the Senate, a council of the heads of wealthy families Republic-the period from 507 to 31 B.C.E., during which Rome was largely governed by the aristocratic Roman Senate Senate-council whose members were the heads of wealthy, landowning families

AP* EDITION|THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE: A GLOBAL HISTORY CHAPTER 3 Larger Concept Section Review Vocabulary Terms Details THE COSMOPOLITAN MIDDLE EAST, 1700-1100 B.C.E. Western Asia -In the Late Bronze Age trade and diplomatic contacts between states fostered the flow of goods and ideas, and elite groups enjoyed similar lifestyles and a relatively high standard of living -Immigrant groups that came to power in Babylonia (Kassites) and Egypt (Hyksos) assimilated to Babylonian and Egyptian language and culture -New peoples in western Asia who learned and improved on the technologies and culture of Mesopotamia civilization challenged the old core area -The Hittites used the technology of chariot warfare and iron metallurgy to dominate Anatolia

AP* EDITION|THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE: A GLOBAL HISTORY CHAPTER 2 Larger Concept Section Review Vocabulary Terms Details EARLY CHINA, 2000-221 B.C.E. Geography and Resources -The challenges engaging in agriculture in the varied environments of East Asia led to the formation of complex, hierarchical societies Loess-a fine, lights silt deposited by wind and water -China is isolated by formidable natural barriers: the Himalaya mountain range, the Pamir and Tian Mountains, the Takla Makan and Gobi Desert, and the Mongolian steppes -After years of deposit loess, it was worked for agriculture because it was soft and fertile -Agriculture required the coordinated efforts of large numbers of peoples -Rice could feed more people per cultivated acre than any other grain