AP World History Exam : Period 1 Latest

AP World History Exam : Period 1 ( Latest –

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1. hunting and gathering: Means of obtaining subsistence by humans before the

mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization

• civilization: Societies with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce

food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and man- ufacturing groups

3. neolithic: The New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which

adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished

4. nomadic societies: livestock hearding societies that do not have a permanent

settlement. normally found on the fringes of civilized (urban) societies; commonly referred to as "barbarian" by civilized societies

• culture: Combination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from

human social interaction

6. agrarian revolution: Occurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition from

hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture

7. pastoralism: A nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated

animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies

8. Catal Huyuk: Early urban culture/civiization based on sedentary agriculture;

located in modern southern Turkey; larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification

9. Bronze Age: From 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking;

development of wheeled vehicles, writing

• Mesopotamia: Literally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the
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