232023550 | Daodejing(7) | Daoism book written by Lao-tzu | 0 | |
232023551 | Analects(7) | Primary book of Confucianism teaching | 1 | |
232023552 | Confucianism(7) | A philosophy on how to achieve and maintain social and political order. To achieve this goal people must return to the ways of the past. | 2 | |
232023553 | Dao(7) | The way of nature | 3 | |
232023554 | Wuwei(7) | No action | 4 | |
232023555 | Daoism(7) | "Happy, hippie, harmony in the woods" | 5 | |
232023556 | Era of the Warring States(7) | Refers to the era of about 475 BCE to 221 BCE. It commenced at a time of when the numerous petty city-state kingdoms had been consolidated into seven major contenders and a few minor enclaves. | 6 | |
232023557 | Kong Fuzi(7) | Ancient chinese thinker; founder of Confucianism | 7 | |
232023558 | Laozi(7) | Wrote the Daodejing | 8 | |
232023559 | Legalism(7) | Strict, literal adherence to the law or to a particular code, as of religion or mortality | 9 | |
232023560 | Liu Bang(7) | First emporer of the Western Han Dynasty | 10 | |
232023561 | Mandate of Heaven(7) | Emporer of China rules with the blessing of Heaven as long as he rules justly and wisely | 11 | |
232023562 | Mencius(7) | Chinese philosopher who was arguably the most famous Confucian after Confucious himself | 12 | |
232023563 | Qin Shihuangdi(7) | Formed and then became the first emporer of China; 221 BCE | 13 | |
232023564 | Xiongnu(7) | Ancient nomadic based people who formed a state north of the Han Dynasty | 14 | |
232023565 | Wang Mang(7) | Founder of the Xin Dynasty, interupted the succesion of han Dynasties | 15 | |
232023566 | Han Wudi(7) | First emporer who unified China in terms of teritory, then the first emporer who unified china in terms of ideology | 16 | |
232023567 | Filial Piety(7) | Respect for you parents and those who are older than you | 17 | |
232023568 | Ahimsa(8) | Non injury; esp. to animals | 18 | |
232023569 | Ashoka Maurya(8) | Most famous of the Mauryan Dynasty, coquered many placecs to expand his empire; had a change of heart after a war and became a Buddhist | 19 | |
232023570 | Buddha(8) | The enlightened one | 20 | |
232023571 | Chandra Gupta(8) | King of India and founder of the imperial Gupta Dynasty | 21 | |
232023572 | Chandragupta Maurya(8) | Founder of the Maurya Empire, he conquered most of the Indian sub-continent; considered 1st unifier of India | 22 | |
232023573 | Siddhartha Guatama(8) | Founder of Buddhism | 23 | |
232023574 | Dharma(8) | Buddhist laws | 24 | |
232023575 | Four Noble Truths(8) | Life involves suffering Desire id the cause of suffering Elimination of deire eliminates suffering A disiplined lie elimintes desire (folloe the eight fold path) | 25 | |
232023576 | Indian Ocean Trade(8) | Earliest maritime rade between Mesopatamia and the Indus Valley | 26 | |
232023577 | Jati(8) | Hindu caste of which there are thousands throughout India | 27 | |
232023578 | Karma(8) | Fate, what goes around comes around | 28 | |
232023579 | Arthashastra(8) | Political handbook written for Chandragupta Maurya to rule | 29 | |
232023580 | Maya(8) | Indian religion centered on the fact that we do not experience the environment itself but rather a projection of it | 30 | |
232023581 | White Huns(8) | Hepthalites people of obscure regions, originally a tribe | 31 | |
232023582 | 8 Fold Path(8) | "middle path", balanced | 32 | |
232023583 | Monsoon(8) | Seasonal winf that brings th rain | 33 | |
232023584 | Caste System(8) | Frigid system of cultural or social distinctions, elaborate and complex social system | 34 | |
232023585 | Bhagavad Gita(8) | Last 18 chapters of Mahabharta | 35 | |
232023586 | Moksha(8) | Moment the mind becomes fully awareof the illusion of life | 36 | |
232023587 | Nirvana(8) | Buddhist heaven | 37 | |
232023588 | Asceticism(8) | Practice of self denial | 38 | |
232023589 | Achaemenid Empire(9) | Known as the first Persian empire | 39 | |
232023590 | Alexander Macedon(9) | aka. Alexander the Great | 40 | |
232023591 | Athenian Democracy(9) | Developed in the Greek city-state of Athens, comprising the central city-state of Athens and the surrounding territory of Attica | 41 | |
232023592 | Darius(9) | Third king of kings of the Achaemenid Empire | 42 | |
232023593 | Illiad(9) | An epic poem, traditionally attributed to Homer | 43 | |
232023594 | Knossos(9) | Well known architecture | 44 | |
232023595 | Marathon(9) | Battle where the Greeks win; battle of salamus | 45 | |
232023596 | Minoans(9) | Bronze Age civilization that arose on the island of Crete and flourished from approximately the 27th century BC to the 15th century | 46 | |
232023597 | Mycenaeans(9) | Linear script b; a Bronze Age civilization on mainland Greece, inhabiting the area from around 1600-1100 BCE | 47 | |
232023598 | Peloponnesian War(9) | 431 to 404 BC, was an ancient Greek war fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta | 48 | |
232023599 | Golden Age(9) | The Classical Period or Golden age of Greece, from around 500 to 300 BC, has given us the great monuments, art, philosophy, architecture and literature which are the building blocks of our own civilization. | 49 | |
232023600 | Philip II(9) | Father of Alexander the Great | 50 | |
232023601 | Polis(9) | Greek word for city-state | 51 | |
232023602 | Pericles(9) | Ruler of Athens during the golden age, leader of Athens who was responsible for rebuilding Athens following the Persian Wars, also the leader of Athens during the Peloponnesian War | 52 | |
232023603 | Xerxes(9) | Powerful king who ruled Achaemenid (Persian) Empire from 486-465 BCE; Darius The Great's eldest son | 53 | |
232023604 | Aristotle(9) | Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great | 54 | |
232023605 | Plato(9) | Book called the republic; his ideal government; deepest most abstract of the three | 55 | |
232023606 | Socrates(9) | Explained life | 56 | |
232023607 | Tyrant(9) | Popular ruler, ambitious | 57 | |
232023608 | Hellenism(9) | Combination of Greek culture with the best elements of Persian, Egyptian, etc. cultures | 58 | |
232023609 | Spartan Social Structure(9) | Austere lifestyle, characterized by simplicity and frugality, discouraged development of economic and social distinctions | 59 | |
232023610 | Spartan Politics(9) | Egalitarian(believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities) practices catered to the need of a militarist state | 60 | |
232023611 | Truth | What did Socrates believe was more important than wealth or fame? | 61 | |
232023612 | Clear picture of the truth, a divine gift that was delivered to the Greeks, before the advent of the Lord, philosophy was necessary to the Greeks for righteousness | Upon what was the Greek system of philosophy built? | 62 | |
232023613 | Aristotle | Who was referred to as "the master of those who know"? | 63 |
AP World History Ch.7-9 Flashcards
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