Apwh Unit One Terms

AP World History
Unit One Terms

1. prehistory vs. history Prehistory – no written documents; History: written proof of history
2. features of civilization Social etiquette, religion, education, literature
3. stages of hominid development Austrolopithecus, homo habilis, homo erectus, homo sapiens
4. “Out of Africa” thesis vs. multiregional thesis Humans originated from Africa and proliferated vs. originated from Africa but multiple geographical locations first 100 million years
5. Paleolithic Era Old Stone Age
6. Neolithic Era New Stone Age
7. family units, clans, tribes A group of people sharing common ancestry
8. foraging societies Nomadic, small communities and population, no political system, economic distribution is more equal
9. nomadic hunters/gatherers Move place to place according to environment; adapts to environment
10.   Ice Age Period of time where Earth was covered partly in ice
11. civilization Changes when agriculture started
12. Neolithic Revolution Farming uses; start of agriculture
13. Domestication of plants and animals Farming system where animals are taken to different locations in order to find fresh pastures
14. nomadic pastoralism Slash-and-burn; once land is depleted, moved on to let soil recover
15. migratory farmers Farmers that migrate instead of settling after using up the land.
16. partrilineal/patrilocal Live with husband’s family. Traced through father’s lineage
17. irrigation systems replacement or supplementation of rainfall with water from another source in order to grow crops
18. metalworking craft and practice of working with metals to create parts or structures. It requires skill and the use of many different types of tools
19. ethnocentrism to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own culture
20. foraging Looking for food
21. sedentary agriculture Domestication of plants and animals
22. shifting cultivation process by which people take an area of land to use for agriculture, only to... [continues]

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