Advanced Placement World
History
The World History Environment and
Periodization
 Key Terms:
 Civilization
 Climate
 Cultural diffusion
 Monsoon
 Steppe
Oceans and Seas
 Migrations of people took place across waterways
 Arctic Ocean
 Indian Ocean
 Atlantic Ocean
 Pacific Ocean
AP World History Themes
 Human-environmental interaction
 Cultural development and interaction
 State-building, expansion, and conflict
 Creation, growth, and interaction of economic systems
 Development and change in social structures
Civilization versus Society
 Civilization is a cultural group that displays the following
characteristics
 Advanced cities
 Advanced technology
 Skilled workers
 Complex institutions (government, religion)
 System of writing or recordkeeping
 Societies are cultural groups that do not exhibit all five
characteristics of a civilization
Independent Invention versus
Diffusion
 Cultural Diffusion
 Historians
Practice Questions
 With the person beside you, answer the five multiple
choice questions on your paper.
The Answers are
1.
D
2.
C
3.
E
4.
C
5.
B
Development of Agriculture and
Technology
 Key Terms:
 Agricultural revolution
 Animism
 Artifact
 Foraging
 Neolithic Age
 Neolithic Revolution
 Paleolithic Age
 Pastoralism
 Slash-and-burn culitivation
 Specialization of labor
Transition from Foraging to
Agriculture
 Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age)
 Cultivation
 Agricultural developments
Independent Origins of Agriculture:
A Timeline
 9000 BCE
 7000 BCE
 6500 BCE
 5500 BCE
 4000 BCE
 3000 BCE
The Spread of Agriculture
 Independently
 Mediterranean Basin, Balkans
 Migrations
Characteristics of Early Agricultural
Societies
 Constant and substantial
 Population growth
 Specialization of labor
 Jericho
 Catal Huyuk
Pastoralism
 Africa and Eurasia
 herders
Early Metallurgy
 Copper
 Bronze
 ironworking
The Culture of Neolithic Societies
 Environment
 Calendars
 religion
The Beginnings of Cities
 Urban areas
 Roles
 influence
Practice Questions
 With the person beside you, answer the five multiple
choice questions on your paper.
The Answers are…
1.
C
2.
E
3.
E
4.
A
5.
C
Structure of Early Civilization

Key Terms:
 Covenant
 Cuneiform
 Diaspora
 Hieroglyphics
 Jati
 Mandate of heaven
 Matrilineal
 Monotheism
 Oracle bones
 Patriarchal
 Pharaoh
 Polytheism
 Theocracy
 Torah
 Untouchables
 Varna
 Vedas
 Yahweh
 Ziggurat
Mesopotamia
 The “Land Between the Rivers”
 Independent, innovation, achievements
 Wheel, irrigation canals
 Cuneiform
 Number system
 Nature gods
 Epic of Gilgamesh
 Patriarchal
 Defensive walls
 Hammurabi’s Code
Egypt
 Nile River
 Irrigation projects
 Trade
 Pharaohs
 Mummification
 Iron
 Trading
 deserts
The Indus Valley Civilization
 2500 BCE
 Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
 Harappan writing
 Aryans
Backgrounds of Classical India
 1500 BCE
 Vedas
 Vedic Age
 Epic Age
 Society
 Varna
 Kshatriyas
 Brahmins
 Vaisyas
 Sudras
The Shang
 Huang He valley
 Dynasty
 Bronze metallurgy
 Central government
 Oracle bones
 Matrilineal
 Zhou
 Mandate of heaven
Mesoamerica and Andean South
America
 Civilizations
 Ocean coastlines
 Llamas
 Humans
 Olmecs and Maya
 Cultivation of maize
 Terraced pyramids
 calendars
 Ball game played on a court
 Legend of Quetzalcoatl
 Communication
 Cultivation, copper
 Andean Society
The Hebrews
 Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea
 Monotheism
 The Ten Commandments
 Theocracy
 Israel
Practice Questions
 answer the eight multiple choice questions on your
paper.
The Answers are:
1.
B
2.
D
3.
A
4.
A
5.
E
6.
D
7.
B
8.
B
Your assignment
 Draw a picture, depicting a day in the life, or a concept
from the packet you just completed.