AP WORLD HISTORY FINAL REVIEW
(UNITS 1-6) EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS. A+ GRADE
2025/2026.
Homo sapiens - ANS The species of humanity that emerged as most successful at the end of
the Paleolithic
Path of migration for humans during Paleolithic era - ANS From Africa to Eurasia, Australia,
and the Americas
Paleolithic - ANS The Old Stone Age ending in 12,000 B.C.E.; typified by use of evolving stone
tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence
Hunting and Gathering - ANS Means of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery
of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization
During the Paleolithic era, fire was used in new ways including ___ (list 3) - ANS aid hunting
and foraging, protect against predators, adapt to cold environments
Egalitarian - ANS Believing in the equality of all peoples in a society
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED
,Neolithic - ANS The New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which
adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals
accomplished
Bronze Age - ANS From 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking;
development of wheeled vehicles, writing
Civilization - ANS Societies with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food
surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups
Neolithic Agricultural Revolution - ANS Occurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition
from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture
Advantage of agriculture - ANS more reliable and abundant food supply
Disadvantages of agriculture - ANS disease, malnutrition, crop reliance
Pastoralism - ANS A nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals;
tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies;
commonly referred to as "barbarian" by civilized societies
Pastoralists were often the developers and disseminators of of ____ and ___ that transformed
warfare in agrarian civilizations - ANS new weapons and modes of transportation
Culture - ANS Combination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from
human social interaction
Social Heirarchy - ANS how individuals and groups are arranged in a relatively linear ladder
Patriarchy - ANS A male dominated society
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED
, Mesopotamia - ANS Literally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial
plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys
Sumerians - ANS People who migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 B.C.E.; created the first
civilization within the region; organized area into city-states
Cuneiform - ANS A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus
and clay tablets
City-state - ANS A form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization;
consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king
Ziggurats - ANS Massive towers usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections
Assyrian Empire - ANS this empire covered much of what is now Mesopotamia, Syria,
Palestine, Egypt, and Anatolia; its height was during the seventh and eighth centuries BCE.
the first written legal code was ______ - ANS Code of Hammurabi
Babylonian Empire - ANS Unified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to
foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.
Pharaoh - ANS The term used to denote the kings of ancient Egypt; the term, "great house"
refers to the palace of the pharaohs
Pyramids - ANS Monumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites
for pharaohs
Hieroglyphs - ANS Form of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than
Mesopotamian cuneiform
3 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED
(UNITS 1-6) EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS. A+ GRADE
2025/2026.
Homo sapiens - ANS The species of humanity that emerged as most successful at the end of
the Paleolithic
Path of migration for humans during Paleolithic era - ANS From Africa to Eurasia, Australia,
and the Americas
Paleolithic - ANS The Old Stone Age ending in 12,000 B.C.E.; typified by use of evolving stone
tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence
Hunting and Gathering - ANS Means of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery
of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization
During the Paleolithic era, fire was used in new ways including ___ (list 3) - ANS aid hunting
and foraging, protect against predators, adapt to cold environments
Egalitarian - ANS Believing in the equality of all peoples in a society
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED
,Neolithic - ANS The New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which
adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals
accomplished
Bronze Age - ANS From 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking;
development of wheeled vehicles, writing
Civilization - ANS Societies with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food
surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups
Neolithic Agricultural Revolution - ANS Occurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition
from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture
Advantage of agriculture - ANS more reliable and abundant food supply
Disadvantages of agriculture - ANS disease, malnutrition, crop reliance
Pastoralism - ANS A nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals;
tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies;
commonly referred to as "barbarian" by civilized societies
Pastoralists were often the developers and disseminators of of ____ and ___ that transformed
warfare in agrarian civilizations - ANS new weapons and modes of transportation
Culture - ANS Combination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from
human social interaction
Social Heirarchy - ANS how individuals and groups are arranged in a relatively linear ladder
Patriarchy - ANS A male dominated society
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED
, Mesopotamia - ANS Literally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial
plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys
Sumerians - ANS People who migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 B.C.E.; created the first
civilization within the region; organized area into city-states
Cuneiform - ANS A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus
and clay tablets
City-state - ANS A form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization;
consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king
Ziggurats - ANS Massive towers usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections
Assyrian Empire - ANS this empire covered much of what is now Mesopotamia, Syria,
Palestine, Egypt, and Anatolia; its height was during the seventh and eighth centuries BCE.
the first written legal code was ______ - ANS Code of Hammurabi
Babylonian Empire - ANS Unified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to
foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.
Pharaoh - ANS The term used to denote the kings of ancient Egypt; the term, "great house"
refers to the palace of the pharaohs
Pyramids - ANS Monumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites
for pharaohs
Hieroglyphs - ANS Form of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than
Mesopotamian cuneiform
3 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED
