AP World History Chapter 1 Review Latest 2023 - 2024

AP World History Chapter 1 Review (Latest 2023 - 2024) Questions and Answers ( Included ) 100% Correct

1. About how long has the human species existed?: about 2 or 2.5 million years

• List the drawbacks of the human species:: unusually aggressive against own kind,

babies are dependent for long time, certain ailments such as back problems, aware of inevitability of death

• List the features of human species that allow for success:: opposable thumbs,

relatively high and regular sex drive, omnivorous, variety of facial expres- sions, distinctive brain and facility for elaborate speech

4. When did the Paleo Age begin?: 2.5 million years ago

5. When did the Paleo Age end?: 14,000 years ago

6. Why was the Stone Age called what it was?: Stones were used as tools for

hunting and warfare

7. How did people obtain food in the Stone Age?: hunting and gathering

8. When was fire tamed?: 750,000 years ago

9. When did Homo Sapiens sapiens appear?: about 120,000 years ago

• Food source during Late Paleo?: hunted meat and gathered fruit and vegeta- bles

11. Size of groups during Late Paleo?: small

12. Type of work women did during Late Paleo?: gathered fruit and vegetables

13. Was there equality between sexes during Late Paleo?: Yes, based on com- mon

economic contribution

• How were tools made during Late Paleo?: began with crude shaping of stone and

wooden implements

15. Types of materials used to make tools during Late Paleo?: stone and wood

• Religion during Late Paleo?: rituals, cave paintings, goddesses 1 / 2

17. Why did rituals develop?: to lessen the fear of death

18. Communication during Late Paleo?: developed speech

• Why was speech develop so important?: It provided rich language and sym- bols

for transmission of culture and its growing sophistication.

• What was the greatest achievement of Paleolithic people?: the sheer spread of

human species over much of earth's surface

21. Where did the human species originate?: eastern Africa

• Why did they the human species begin to migrate?: they were forced by the need

to find scarce food

• What 2 things allowed Paleo people to live in colder climates?: fire and the use

of animal skins as clothing

24. When did the 1st people out of Africa migrate?: 750,000 years ago

25. 1st people out of Australia?: 60,000 years ago

26. 1st humans in Britain?: 250,000 years ago

27. 1st people from Siberia to Alaska?: 30,000 years ago

28. When did Mesolithic Age occur?: about 12,000 to 10,000 BCE

29. What changed/improved with the end of the Ice Age?: human development

began to accelerate

• Why did more wars occur at the end of the Ice Age?: population growth rapidly

increased

31. The final stone age is called?: Neolithic Age

32. What was invented during the Neolithic Age?: agriculture and cities

• What is the Neolithic Revolution?: the succession of technological innovations

and changes in human organization that led to the development of agriculture, 8500-

3500 BCE

• The Neo Revolution begun as early as?: 9000 BCE
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