AP World History Period 2: 600 BCE to 600 CE
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| 6694295096 | How did empire create environmental issues and what did these issues lead to? | Successive mobilization of resources led to environmental damage which resulted in social tensions and economic difficulties by concentrating too much wealth in the hands of elites. | 0 | |
| 6694295074 | What factors shaped the features of early trade routes in the eastern hemisphere? | Climate and location of routes, typical trade goods, and the ethnicity of the people involved. | 1 | |
| 6694295075 | What are the 4 most significant trade routes of the period between 600BCE and 600CE? | 1. Eurasian Silk Roads 2. Trans-Saharan caravan routes 3. Indian Ocean sea lanes 4. Mediterranean sea lanes | 2 | |
| 6694295076 | What new technologies facilitated long-distance communication and exchange between 600BCE and 600CE? | Yokes, saddles, and stirrups permitted the use of domesticated pack animals. | 3 | |
| 6694295077 | What factors stimulated early exchanges along maritime routes from East Africa to East Asia? | Innovations in maritime technology and advanced knowledge of monsoon winds. Ex. Lateen sail and dhow ships. | 4 | |
| 6694295078 | What are the various forms of exchanges that took place between 600BCE and 600CE? | Trade goods, people, technology, religious and cultural beliefs, food crops, domesticated animals, and disease pathogens. | 5 | |
| 6694295080 | What changes did the spread of crops encourage? | Changes in farming and irrigation techniques. | 6 | |
| 6694295081 | What religious and cultural traditions were transformed as they spread? | Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism. | 7 | |
| 6694295082 | The number and size of key states and empires grew dramatically by: | Imposing political unity. | 8 | |
| 6694295083 | What are the 6 key states/empires and their locations? | Southwest Asia: Persian Empire East Asia: Qin and Han Empires South Asia: Mauryan and Gupta Empires Mediterranean: Phoenecia, Greek City-states, Hellenistic and Roman empires Mesoamerica: Teotihuacan, Maya Andean South America: Moche | 9 | |
| 6694295085 | Two important elements of imperial administrations are: | 1. Centralized government 2. Elaborate legal systems & bureaucracies | 10 | |
| 6694295086 | What regions hosted the most famous administrative institutions? | China, Persia, Rome, & South Asia | 11 | |
| 6694295087 | Name 4 ways in which imperial governments projected military power over large areas. | 1. Diplomacy 2. Developing supply lines 3. Building fortifications 4. Defensive walls and roads 5. Drawing new groups of officials from the local populations or conquered peoples | 12 | |
| 6694295088 | What function did cities play in Afro-Eurasia and the Americas? | 1. Centers of trade 2. Public performance of religious rituals 3. Political administration for states and empires | 13 | |
| 6694295090 | What did the social structures of early empires display? What groups were typically included? | Hierarchies / Included priests, cultivators, laborers, slaves, artisans, merchants, elites, or caste groups | 14 | |
| 6694295091 | How did imperial societies maintain food production? | Relied on a range of methods such as peasant communities and slavery. | 15 | |
| 6694295092 | An important reason to produce surplus in imperial societies was: | To provide rewards for the loyalty of elites. | 16 | |
| 6694295093 | ___________ continued to shape gender and family relations in imperial societies. | Patriarchy | 17 | |
| 6694295095 | What types of difficulties did Empires create that often led to their collapse/decline/transformation? | Political disunity, Concentration of wealth, Overly expensive bureaucratic systems | 18 | |
| 6694295097 | What sorts of external problems did empires face? | Invasions, migrations, disruption of trade routes. | 19 | |
| 6694295098 | What are 2 important examples of empires' external problem? | Rome: Germanic peoples, Huns China: Xiongnu | 20 | |
| 6694295101 | What trend influenced the Jewish diasporic communities in the Middle East? Which peoples were involved? | Conquest of Jewish states by Assyria, Babylonia, and Rome. | 21 | |
| 6694295103 | What core beliefs did Buddhism preach? What scriptures were they recorded in? | Suffering is rooted in desire, rejecting desire for worldly things. The Sutras | 22 | |
| 6694295104 | Buddhism was, in part, a reaction to ____________. | The Hindu beliefs and rituals dominant in South Asia. | 23 | |
| 6694295105 | What led to the Spread of Buddhism outside of South Asia | Trade, especially Silk roads, Official support of missionaries | 24 | |
| 6694295106 | The philosophical belief system of ___________ came out of China. | Confucianism | 25 | |
| 6694295107 | Confucianism's main goal was: | to promote social harmony by outlining proper rituals and social relationships. | 26 | |
| 6694295108 | What are the core beliefs of Daoism? | Balance between humans and nature. | 27 | |
| 6694295109 | What role did Daoism play in the development of Chinese culture? | It influenced medical theories and practices, pottery, metallurgy, and architecture. | 28 | |
| 6694295110 | Christianity drew on which religious tradition? | Judaism | 29 | |
| 6694295112 | What helped the initial spread of Christianity? | Trade and ease of travel in Roman empire, trade links with Central Asia | 30 | |
| 6694295113 | What are the core ideas of Greco-Roman philosophy/science? | Logic, empirical observations, and the nature of political power and hierarchy. | 31 | |
| 6694295114 | What role did belief systems play in social systems? | Affected gender roles: Judaism & Christianity: encouraged monastic life Confucianism: emphasized filial piety | 32 | |
| 6694295115 | What belief systems continued alongside the codified, written belief systems? Why did these persist outside of core civilizations? | Shamanism/Animism persisted because of their daily reliance on the natural world. | 33 | |
| 6694295116 | Which major art forms were influenced by belief systems? Which important examples are provided in the Key Concept outline? | Literature, drama, architecture, and sculpture. / Ex. Greek plays, Indian epics | 34 |
