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Master AP World History Ways of the World Chapters 1–6 with this comprehensive 2026/ 2027 study guide featuring essential key terms, historical vocabulary, definitions, and major concepts. Designed for students preparing for quizzes, unit tests, essays, coursework, and AP World History examinations, this resource provides organized review across Chapters 1 through 6. Review important themes including early human societies, agricultural development, ancient civilizations, belief systems, empires, political structures, social hierarchies, trade networks, cultural exchange, migration, technological developments, and economic systems. Strengthen your understanding of historical terminology while connecting major events, societies, and developments across different regions and periods. Ideal for AP World History students, high school learners, history exam candidates, and educators, this study guide supports vocabulary memorization, historical analysis, essay preparation, classroom review, and exam readiness. Use the key terms and definitions from Ways of the World Chapters 1–6 to reinforce course content and prepare confidently for 2026/ 2027 assessments and examinations.

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Venus Figurines Paleolithic carvings of female form, often with exaggerated breasts,
buttocks, hips and stomachs, which may have had religious significance.


Trance Dance In San culture, a nightlong ritual held to activate a human being's inner
spiritual potency (n/um) to counteract evil influences of gods and
ancestors. Common to the Khoisan people.


Shaman In early societies, a person believed to have the ability to act as a bridge
between living humans and supernatural forces, often by means of trances
induced by pyschoactive drugs.




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San, or Jo/'hoansi A Paleolithic people still living on the nothern fringe of the Kalahari desert
in southern Africa


Paleolithic "settling down" The process by which some Paleolithic peoples moved toward permanent
settlement in the wake of the last Ice Age. Settlement was marked by
increasing storage of food and accumulation of goods as well as growing
inequalities in society.


Paleolithic Rock Art Although this term can refer to any art of a hunting or gathering society, it is
usually done to describe the hundreds of Paleolithic paintings discovered in
Spain and France dating back to 20,000 years ago; these paintings usually
depict a range of animals, although human figures and abstract designs can
also be found. The purpose of this art is debated.


Paleolithic Literally "old stone age", the term to describe early Homo Sapiens in the
period before the development of agriculture.


"The original affluent society" Term coined by scholar Marshall Sahlins in 1972 to describe Paleolithic
societies which he regarded as affluent not because of having too much,
but because they wanted and needed so little.

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