AP WORLD HISTORY – PERIOD I (8000-600BCE) Review Week 1 - August 13 - 16. Study questions and index cards are due in class on TBD. During the Paleolithic era hunting and foraging bands of humans migrated from East Africa to Eurasia‚ Australia‚ and the Americas‚ adapting their technology and cultures to new climatic regions‚ including the use of fire‚ developing a wider range of tools‚ and exchanging people‚ ideas‚ and goods. In response to warming climates at the end of the last ice age (when
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Philippines - Economic sectors In the Philippines‚ the 3 largest economic sectors are industry‚ service‚ and agriculture‚ in terms of contribution to GDP. In past years‚ the service sector has exhibited continuous growth. Agriculture‚ although still substantial‚ continues to decline. Estimates from 1997 reveal that agriculture contributed 20 percent to GDP‚ industry contributed 32 percent‚ and services dominated the economy with 48 percent of GDP. In 1999 the rate of growth of the GDP stood at
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Agriculturalists‚ Industrialists Foraging: (Hunting and Gathering‚ Fishing) Live in small‚ nomadic bands or tribes. No farming / livestock‚ but there is a well-balanced diet.Some had enough food around them they became sedentary. Horticulture: Domestication of crops with hands and hand-held tools only. Extensive agriculture‚ slash and burn agriculture Pastoralism: Raising of livestock / cattle. Nomadic pastoralists do little or no horticulture. Wealth measured in cattle. Intensive Agriculture:
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shocked and defeated its many opponents. The capital failed because it was dependent on goods brought from far away‚ its location was on the open steppe without protection from the wind‚ and a city could not be relocated every season the way the nomadic camps could be. (Weatherford 134) Similarly‚
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Conflict in Darfur The Conflict in Darfur‚ Sudan is a humanitarian crisis which officially began in 2003 and continues to this day. The conflict began with tribal and governmental disputes. The government then began to fight a proxy war by arming nomadic Arab tribes‚ called the Janjaweed‚ to fight against the Darfuri people. The government has isolated themselves from the Darfuri people. The war has displaced millions of people from the Darfur region of Sudan and hundreds of thousands have been killed
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adaptation to the environment were far more advanced and sophisticated compared to other animals. They did not only adjust through biological evolution but developed through cultural adaptation using intellectual and social skills. They formed small‚ nomadic bands that focused on hunting large animals using weapons made from stones or woods‚ gathering of wild foods including nuts and reproducing offspring that will eventually pass on their practices. Their ultimate goal was to survive. The climate
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gathering. All humans‚ unlike most animals‚ carry the food home and share it‚ rather than consume it. Nomadic people didn’t have very many possessions for example; you could only bring what you could carry. It was a slow population growth in this time‚ since no one really settled down. Since people were constantly moving and struggling to survive‚ advancements in technology were extremely slow. The nomadic people really only had tools for digging‚ spears‚ knives‚ and clubs. When people switched from
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Society: Sedentary society based on agriculture began to change gender roles. Women probably originated farming as they were generally gatherers and knew which seeds were edible. They probably replanted seeds nearer to settled areas to provide a more secure food source. Eventually‚ men tended to farm while women managed the home and children. Men also tended to be toolmakers‚ especially workers of metals. Women tended to be makers of cloth and clothing as it was done at home. Also‚ sedentary life introduced
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ability to grow various crops allowed for fewer people to provide more food. This gave societies a substantial food source. Consequently‚ there was no longer a need to move in search of food‚ which exposed them to a greater risk of harm and death. The nomadic lifestyle hunter-gatherer societies lived were left behind in favor of a safer‚
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and leads directly into the Mesolithic Age which ends at 8‚000 BCE. These two eras‚ Paleolithic Age and Neolithic Age‚ although share similar developments such as new technologies and dominion‚ they also differ in major new developments such as sedentary agriculture and pastoralization. When the Paleolithic (Old Stone) Age is mentioned in daily conversation‚ the image of the movie series Ice Age first comes into mind. However‚ the Old Stone Age is more than just comical megatheriums and tsundere
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