Unit 0 AP World History Reflection

Reflection Answers (Must be detailed and at least one paragraph per response):

1. The neolithic revolution led to many injustices within religion, social classes, and genders. The neolithic revolution led to civilizations, which led to religions and culture, which led to injustices. One example is the caste system, which developed from hinduism. The caste system created harsh social classes, in which you had to fufill your dharma to move up a class. In Athens, they were the much more democratic and developed area, women did not play near as much of a role.

2. There were multiple early neolithic inventions such as farming tools like a hoe, spade, or other tools and ways to make farming more efficient. They also starting making tools out of stone. They even used irrigation to better farm and grow crops. These are the developments that we have built on all of these years.

3. The rise of interregional trade routes such as the Silk Road were a great way to connect civilizations. Each civilization started picking up pieces of other culture through trade and interaction. Universalizing religions such as buddhism and christianity spread through missionaries during trade. This also showed how important it was to have your civilization near water not only for irrigation and drinking water but to be able to move resources for trade.

4. Centralized is one main government or person making decisions, while decentralized is when the government power is into levels.  Examples of centralized governments are France and China. An example of a decentralized government is Finland.

5. 1. Paleolithic was the time of hunting and gathering, when pastoralists would overgraze an area then move on too the next and overgraze again. 2. Neolithic was the transition to civilization and the start of agriculture. People stopped moving as much and started to live in one place. 3. The caste system was a Hindu system in which people were put into harsh social classes. You had to fulfill your dharma in order to move up  a social class. 4. The silk road was one of the first and biggest interregional trade routes. This helped spread cultures between those who traded. 5.  Mesopotamia was the first civilization and many stories match up with those in the Bible such as the story of Noah’s ark. 6. Hammurabi’s Code was one of the earliest codified texts, and it contained very harsh punishments while favoring rich men.