Ap World History Unit 1 Study Guide
Lexi Martin
Unit 1 Study Guide – Chapters 1-6
Vocabulary-
Australopithecus- an extinct genus of small-brained, large-toothed bipedal hominids that live in Africa between one and four million years ago.
Paleolithic Age- At sites dating from the Lower Paleolithic Period (about 2,500,000 to 200,000 years ago), simple pebble tools have been found in association with the remains of what may have been the earliest human ancestors.
Neanderthal- an unenlightened or ignorant person; barbarian.
Neolithic Age- New Stone Age.
Venus Figurines-is an umbrella term for a number of prehistoric statuettes of women portrayed with similar physical attributes from the Upper Paleolithic, mostly found in Europe, but with finds as far as Irkutsk Oblast, Siberia, extending their distribution to much of Eurasia, from the Pyrenees to Lake Baikal.
Infanticide-the crime of killing a child within a year of birth.
Agriculture Revolution - An agricultural revolution or agrarian revolution is a period of transition from the pre-agricultural period characterized by a Paleolithic diet, into an agricultural period characterized by a diet of cultivated foods; or a further transition from a living form of agriculture into a more advanced and more productive form of agriculture, resulting in further social changes, and some argue in worse individual living conditions
Slash-and-Burn-of, relating to, or denoting a method of agriculture in which existing vegetation is cut down and burned off before new seeds are sown, typically used as a method for clearing forest land for farming.
Homo erectus-an extinct species of the human lineage, formerly known as Pithecanthropus erectus, having upright stature and a well-evolved postcranial skeleton, but with a smallish brain, low forehead, and protruding face.
Homo Sapiens- the species of bipedal primates to which modern humans belong, characterized by a brain capacity averaging 1400 cc (85 cubic in.) and by dependence upon language and the creation
Unit 1 Study Guide – Chapters 1-6
Vocabulary-
Australopithecus- an extinct genus of small-brained, large-toothed bipedal hominids that live in Africa between one and four million years ago.
Paleolithic Age- At sites dating from the Lower Paleolithic Period (about 2,500,000 to 200,000 years ago), simple pebble tools have been found in association with the remains of what may have been the earliest human ancestors.
Neanderthal- an unenlightened or ignorant person; barbarian.
Neolithic Age- New Stone Age.
Venus Figurines-is an umbrella term for a number of prehistoric statuettes of women portrayed with similar physical attributes from the Upper Paleolithic, mostly found in Europe, but with finds as far as Irkutsk Oblast, Siberia, extending their distribution to much of Eurasia, from the Pyrenees to Lake Baikal.
Infanticide-the crime of killing a child within a year of birth.
Agriculture Revolution - An agricultural revolution or agrarian revolution is a period of transition from the pre-agricultural period characterized by a Paleolithic diet, into an agricultural period characterized by a diet of cultivated foods; or a further transition from a living form of agriculture into a more advanced and more productive form of agriculture, resulting in further social changes, and some argue in worse individual living conditions
Slash-and-Burn-of, relating to, or denoting a method of agriculture in which existing vegetation is cut down and burned off before new seeds are sown, typically used as a method for clearing forest land for farming.
Homo erectus-an extinct species of the human lineage, formerly known as Pithecanthropus erectus, having upright stature and a well-evolved postcranial skeleton, but with a smallish brain, low forehead, and protruding face.
Homo Sapiens- the species of bipedal primates to which modern humans belong, characterized by a brain capacity averaging 1400 cc (85 cubic in.) and by dependence upon language and the creation