Unit 1 Chapters 1-7 AP World History Study Guide. – Flashcards
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Characteristics of Civilization?
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What is a Forager?
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Hunter/Food Gathering People
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2 Factors that Led to the Agricultural Revolution?
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Foragers settled down permanently, domestication of animals and plants.
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Examples of new foods in the Agricultural Revolution?
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Wheat, Barley, Potatoes, squash, etc.
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What does an extra amount of food allow to do to a civilization?
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It allows it to store food, through seasons, bad weathers, etc.
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Farmers started using land from groups of foragers. What happened between them? (Like any conflict, the mood of the Foragers, fighting?)
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Their was indeed conflict between Foragers and Farmers, but in general Farmers and foragers got along in some cases. In general, most of them fought over land, but Farmers had it more like infiltration than conquest towards the Forager's land.
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Megaliths
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Large stones that were left behind by ancient civilization. Usually indicated a sort of ritual or symbolism
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What were some of the gods that time? What did their symbols represent? Any animals that represented symbolism as well?
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The gods where worshipers of basic elements (Fire, Wind, Earth) and one was a Sky God with deities surrounding it. Also, it had lots of animals for symbolism that related to wild animals. One mainly was the leopard.
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How were burial chambers important and what did they symbolize?
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Religion back then was based on lots of ancestors. So being buried inside a burial chamber would mean you were Old and Wise. It was a way to depart ancestors.
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What was a famous town in Turkey that is one of the oldest cities dating to it?
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Catal Huyuk, used as a long-distance trade center.
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Why wa metal working so important in Catal Huyuk?
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Catal Huyuk was covered with sacred shrines, and it became a status symbol of power.
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What is a City-State?
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Self-governing urban center
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What was the mandate of Heaven?
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It was the ruling of the monarch in the Zhou Dynasty.
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Legalism
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Man was evil, so harsh rules and strict punishments must happen.
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Why was Meroe an urban ceter?
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Better suited for agriculture and trade, after Nubia was split by the Assyrians.
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Who were the Olmecs?
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Early Mesoamerica Civilization from 1200-400 B.C.E.
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Why did the Olmecs align their cities?
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Aligned their cities based on paths of certain stars, indication strong beliefs in astronomical events.
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Olmecs used several animals for symbolism, what were they?
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Jaguars, crocodiles, snakes, sharks
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What are some of the enduring qualities of the Olmecs?
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Carved stone heads of individual leaders, making a calender, and developed a form of writing.
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Chavíns, what was it?
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South America's early urban civilizations, inherited many of the cultural economic characteristics of Caral
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Most powerful warrior-like civilization in Mesopotamia?
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Hittites, foremost power in Anatolia from 1700 B.C.E. to 1200 B.C.E. (Had the Horse Drawn Chariots.
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Who or what was the foreign influence of Egypt?
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Political Fragment, economic deadline.
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First famous woman pharaoh?
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Hatshepsut
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What was Akhenaten's role in Egypt
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Ruler that spread belief of the god Aten
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King Tut's Role in Egypt
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Stopped spread of the god Aten
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What were the Religious texts that helped study the Verdic Age?
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The Vedas
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What was Varda?
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A type of social status division based on color of skin
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Why was India always considered fragmented?
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Indian empire Mauryan grew the empire so big, it started having problems maintaining control of it, just like Alexander the Great's problem with his empire.
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Famous general Alexander the Great turned around and created a void(emptiness). What happened with it?
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Chandragupta extended Mauryan control over it.
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What technology did the Mauryan's develop?
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Iron Smelting
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Why did Ashoka convert to buddism?
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He saw many dead people from military wars he was in, and he was overwhelmed by it.
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Why was South East Asia important the the trade system?
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Its natural resources and location
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Who was the famous explorer to traverse the silk road?
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Zhang Jin
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What were some products exported on the silk road?
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Walnuts, pomegranates, spices, peaches, apricots, and other fruits and foods.
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What was the greatest invention in the Silk Road?
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The Stirrup, where you place your leg on the saddle.
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What were the three locations the Indian Maritine System connected?
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China, India, Africa
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Why were monsoons so important?
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Directed trade ships, etc.
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Difference between great and small tradition?
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Great tradition: Shared by elites of religion Small Tradition: Tradition surpassing local customs.
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What was "Bantu"?
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A family of people called niger-congo which had 300 spoken languages throughout the south of the equator
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First ancient civilization of greece?
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Minoan
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Minoan used particular writing script
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Linear B
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Mass Deportation was used for?
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Broke the spirit of rebellious peoples
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What technology allowed the Aranyans to come down from the mountains?
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Irrigation
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What is the official names for governors in King Darius's Empire?
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Satraps
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What was the function of Persepolis?
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It stored valuable records of the empire(King Darius) like government records, food distribution, etc.
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What did the greeks viewed the water/sea/ocean as?
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Greeks called id Ionia, which stands for a peaceful place.
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What was the fine material greeks mined to put in their statues?
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Marble
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What was the dark ages of the Greek about?
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Greek and the Aegean region lost contact from the rest of the world.
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What is a Greek city-state called?
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Polis
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What is a Greek Hilltop called?
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Acropolis
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What was the strategy that the Spartans used to win the Peloponnesian War?
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Isolation of food for Athens.
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What was the Hellenistic Age about?
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It was about Alexander the Great's empire and spreading its ideas and culture.
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Who was the center of power in Rome?
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Roman Republic
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What was "Paux Romana" associated with?
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Commerce and trade
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Most visible symptom of the third century crisis?
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the switching of 22 emperors, no stable emperor
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Who was the person who helped Rome out of the third century crisis?
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Diocletian
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Who was the first christian emperor?
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Constantine
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What did Constantine establish in his empire?
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Edict of Milan
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Period of time in Asia where corruption was everywhere?
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Qin
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How important was Family in China?
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Family was the basic unit of life in China because the importance of ancestors
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Views of Confucianism on women?
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Barely any freedom, stay in house all day, married young.
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Process of arrangement of marriage for a women in china?
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1. Parents arranged marriage with husband 2. Women lived in husband's house as stranger to prove she's worth it.
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Famous ruler in the Qin Dynasty?
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Shi Huanagdi
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Name of group of elite people in china?
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Gentry
