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Stearns Chapter 1 outline

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- AP World History - Stearns Chapter 1 ? From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations I. Introduction A. Human origin ? 2.5 million years ago 1. 1/4000 of earth?s existence ? 24 hour day ? last 5 minutes B. Human negatives and positives 1. Aggressiveness, long baby time, back problems, death fears 2. Grip, high/regular sex drive, omnivores, facial expressions, speech C. Paleolithic (Old Stone) Age ? 2.5 million to 12000 BCE 1. Simple tools ? increase in size, brain capacity ? Homo erectus II. Late Paleolithic Developments Homo sapiens sapiens ? 120,000 years ago ? killed off others? Population growth required change ? 1 square mile to hunt/gather for 2 people Long breast feeding ? limit fertility

The Earth and Its People 3rd edition Chapter 1 Notes (Part 2)

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Egypt

Violence and Order in the Babylonia New Years Festival Egypt Geographical Barriers Proves the impact of natural environment on history and culture of society. Egypt is located at the intersection of Asia and Africa, surrounded by desert and marshy sea coast. Isolation Geographical barriers isolated Egypt from other lands. Unlike Mesopotamia, Egypt was not open to migration or invasion. Cultural Isolation Physical, geographical isolation led to cultural isolation of Egypt. Egyptians learned to be dependent on material self sufficiency because imported resources were unavailable, and self sufficiency encouraged unique culture of Egypt. The Land of Egypt: ?Gift of the Nile? The Nile

Foundations Review

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UNIT I: FOUNDATIONS (8000 BCE TO 600 CE) Of all the time periods covered in the AP World History curriculum, Foundations (8000 BCE - 600 CE) spans the largest number of years. It begins with an important Marker Event - the Neolithic Revolution - and ends after the fall of three major classical civilizations -Rome in the Mediterranean region, Han China, and the Gupta Empire of India. Broad topics addressed in the Foundations time period are: ? Environmental and periodization issues ? Early development in agriculture and technology ? Basic cultural, political, and social features of early civilizations: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley, Shang China, and Meso/South America ? The rise and fall of classical civilizations: Zhou and Han

ch 2 vocab for the earth and its people

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Chapter 2 Vocab. Words Audree Co?Wed Dec 21 16:38:08 CST 2011 Civilization An ambiguous term often used to denote more complex societies but sometimes used by anthropologist to describe any group of people sharing a set of cultural traits Babylon The largest and most important city in Mesopotamia. It achieved particular eminence as the capital of the Amorite king Hammurabi in the 18th?century B.C.E. and the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar in the 6th?century B.C.E Sumerians The people who dominated southern Mesopotamia through the end of the third millennium B.C.E. They were responsible for the creation of many fundamental elements of Mesopotamian culture- such as irrigation technology, cuneiform, and religious conceptions ? taken over by the Semitic successors Semitic

the earth and its peoples ch1 vocab

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Chapter 1 Vocab. Words Joseph Alexander?Sun May 12 01:14:58 CDT 2013 Natural Selection The biological process by which variations that enhance a population's ability to survive in a particular environment become dominant in a species over a very long periods and lead the the evolution of a new species? Evolution The biological theory that, over time, changes occurring in plants and animals, mainly as a result of natural selection and genetic mutation, result in new species. Australopithecine The several extinct species of human like primates that existed during the Pleistocene Era (Genus Australopithecus). Hominid The biological family that includes humans and human like primates. Bipedalism The ability to walk upright on two legs, characteristic of hominids Great Ice Age

REVIEW CHART iA

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Geography of Iraq
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Sumer
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religion

CHARLES LIAM PILLUS REVIEW CHART A/1 ANCIENT STUFF: ~(8000 BCE-600 CE) AP WORLD HISTORY MS.VENUTI EUROPE,S.E. ASIA, CENTRAL ASIA, XX BACKGROUND INFORMATION Nomads did not build cities, have tools + would follow food **spoken language, control/use fire, simple tools out of stone Foraging societies lived in small groups traveled a lot + limited by their surroundings Pastoral societies domestication of animals in mountainous regions w insufficient rainfall small scale agriculture --> supplemented animals women had few rights few personal possessions always on the move, animals needed to graze cultivation of plants (8000 BCE - 3000 BCE) AKA Neolithic (?New Stone?) Revolution or Agriculture Revolution small independent groups civilizations were not around till around 3000 BCE

AP* EDITION|THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE: A GLOBAL HISTORY Chapter 11 Review

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Teotihuacan
Chinampas
Maya
Toltecs
Altepetl
Calpolli
Tenochtitlan
Aztecs
Anasazi
Chiefdom
Ayllu
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Wari
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AP Edition The Earth and its People: A Global History Fifth Edition

AP* EDITION|THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE: A GLOBAL HISTORY CHAPTER 11 Larger Concept Section Review Vocabulary Terms Details CLASSIC-ERA CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN MESOAMERICA, 200-900 Teotihuacan -Teotihuacan, one of the largest Mesoamerican cities, was ruled by elites who used religious rituals and military power to legitimize their authority over the many laborers who worked the surrounding fields -Teotihuacan?s impressive urban architecture, complex agriculture, and extensive trade made it a dominating cultural presence throughout Mesoamerica. Its collapse around 750 C.E. resulted from conflicts within the elite and resource mismanagement Teotihuacan-a powerful city-state in Central Mexico (100 B.C.E.-750 C.E.)

Egyptian art test

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Damnatio memoriae
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Thutmose III
Imhotep
Index of ancient Egypt-related articles
Index of Egypt-related articles
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Egyptian Art

Test Name: Egyptian Art 1. b. gold 2. c. Napoleon 3. a. dynasties 4. b. athletic and youthful 5. d. Amun; Ra; Ptah 6. b. ka 7. a. necropolis 8. a. Imhotep 9. c. Giza 10. d. Khafre 11. c. pectoral serdab 12. b. Thutmose III 13. b. house 14. b. papyrus 15. b. Hatshepsut 16. b. Valley of the Kings 17. a. The Palette of Narmer 18. b. very little 19. d. all of the above 20. a. hieroglyphics 21. c. palette 22. d. funerary temple 23. a. limestone 24. b. frontally 25. d. a coral necklace 26. b. bodily organs 27. b. his relaxed and animated pose 28. a. a squared grid 29. b. skill in their jobs 30. c. stelae 31. b. the hypostyle hall 32. a. pylon 33. c. male king 34. a. sunken 35. c. core-formed 36. a. Carter 37. a. south/b. north 38. a. Djoser 39. a. Khufu 40. a. ankh 41. 42. 43.

Ancient Near East

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Ancient Near East Hittites Assyrians Persians Coinage Babylonian ?Neo Babylonian Egypt Kingdom Old middle Kingdom Pre-dynastic unification Upper Egypt South Lower Egypt North Hellenistic Kings list Narmer Egyptian Language Semantic Menkaure MNKR Mukepivos Mycerinos Rosetta Stone Ancient greek Demotic Hieroglyphic Ashlar Masonry Ephesus Pantheon Divine Sanction Indo-european Post & Lintel
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