AP World History Exam Review Updated 2023-2024 Questions & Answers (Solved)
- foraging societies
Answer: hunter-gatherer clans
- pastoral societies
Answer: societies known for domesticating animals
- Neolithic Revolution
Answer: the transition from nomadic lifestyles to agricultural lifestyles (permanent residences)
- Bronze Age
Answer: period during the Neolithic era in which copper was combined with tin to make bronze for tools, weapons, etc.
- city-states
Answer: what most early civilizations were comprised of; urban center with
agricultural land around under its control
- Sumerian civilization
Answer: the first major Mesopotamian civilization; rose in southern Mesopotamia
- Cuneiform
Answer: form of writing created by the Sumerians for laws, treaties, social/re ligious customs
- Polytheistic
Answer: worshipping more than one god
- Ziggurats
Answer: temples built by the Sumerians to honor their gods
- Akkad
Answer: city north of Sumer that came to power and did away with Sumer
- Babylon
Answer: empire that came to power after the Akkadians in Mesopotamia
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- Hammurabi's Code
Answer: first known set of laws written by King Hammurabi of Babylon; a big step toward our modern legal codes
- Hittites
Answer: along with the Kassites, overpowered Babylon; known for their use of iron weapons
- Assyrians
Answer: group who won Babylon back from the Hittites
- Nineveh
Answer: the Assyrian capital
- Nebuchadnezzar
Answer: Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon as a showplace of architecture and
culture after defeating it
- Persian Empire
Answer: empire that came after Babylon; stretched acros Africa, the Mediterranean, Turkey, Greece, and Afghanistan
- Great Royal Road
Answer: the longest road built by the Persian Empire; 1600 miles from the Persian Gulf to the Aegean Sea
- Lydians
Answer: society near the Persian empire; introduced the concept of coined money
- Phoenicians
Answer: society near Persian empire known for building powerful naval city-states along the Mediterranean Sea; they also developed their own alphabet which led to the English alphabet
- Hebrews
Answer: society whose faiths were deeply rooted in Judaism (first Jews);
established Israel; maintained their culture despite the many invasions they experi enced
- Egyptian civilization
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Answer: ancient civilization developed along the Nile River; bro- ken into three kingdoms (the New Kingdom being the peak of the civilization)