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
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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
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