AP World History Exam Study Guide Latest 2022 Rated A

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AP World History Exam Study Guide Latest 2022 Rated A Civilization ✔✔An ambiguous term often used to denote more complex societies but sometimes used by anthropologists to describe any group of... people sharing a set of cultural traits. Foragers ✔✔People who support themselves by hunting wild animals and gathering wild edible plants and insects. Cuneiform ✔✔A system of writing in which wedge-shaped symbols represented words or syllables. It originated in Mesopotamia and was used initially for Sumerian and Akkadian but later was adapted to represent other languages of western Asia. Because so many symbols had to be learned, literacy was confined to a relatively small group of administrators and scribes. History ✔✔The study of past events and changes in the development, transmission, and transformation of cultural practices. City-state ✔✔A small independent state consisting of an urban center and the surrounding agricultural territory. A characteristic political form in early Mesopotamia, classical Greece, Phoenicia, and early Italy. Culture ✔✔Socially transmitted patterns of action and expression. Material _____ refers to physical objects, such as dwellings, clothing, tools, and crafts. _____ also includes arts, beliefs, knowledge, and technology. Agricultural Revolution/Neolithic Revolution-When? ✔✔The change from food gathering to food production that occurred between 8000 and 2000 B.C.E., independently in various parts of the world. This also includes the domestication of plants and animals. Paleolithic ✔✔The period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans. It predates the Neolithic period. Neolithic ✔✔The period of the Stone Age associated with the ancient Agricultural Revolution (s). It follows the Paleolithic period. Mohenjo-Darro ✔✔Largest of the cities of the Indus Valley civilization. It was centrally located in the extensive floodplain of the Indus River in contemporary Pakistan. Little is known about the political institutions of Indus Valley communities, but the large scale of construction at MohenjoDaro, the orderly grid for streets, and the standardization of building materials are evidence of central planning. Name the 4 river valleys where civilization began. ✔✔1) Mesopotamia, 2) Egypt, 3) Pakistan, 4) northern China What are the characteristics of civilization? ✔✔1) Cities that serve as administrative centers, 2) a political system based on control of defined territory, 3 [Show More]

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