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AP World History Exam Review 8,000 B.C.E - 600 C.E. Flashcards

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6612656987written language in EgyptHieroglyphics0
6612656988A series of rulers from the same family.Dynasty1
6612656989Trade routes between China and the Middle EastSilk Roads2
6612656990Respect for one's parents and other eldersFilial Piety3
6612656991A government ruled by churc/religious leaderTheocracy4
6612656992Greek city-StatePolis5
6612656993State of wanting nothing; BuddhismNirvana6
6612656994China: Granted a ruler the right to rule; justified the overthrowing of dynastiesMandate of Heaven7
6612656995ZigguratMesopotamian temples8
6612656996The introduction of agriculture, domestication of animals and a more permanent lifeNeolithic Revolution9
6612656997Practice of herdingPastoralism10
6612656998Time of peace, prosperiry and stability which lasted over 200 years in the Roman EmpirePax Romana11
6612656999The exile of an ethnic or racial group from their homelandDiaspora12
6612657000Persian religion ; emphasis on the duality of good and evil; individuals determine their own fateZoroastrianism13
6612657001Belief in one godMonotheism14
6612657002Political system in which the people ruleDemocracy15
6612657003Sumerian writingCuneiform16
6612657004Document that allowed Christianity to be practiced in the Roman EmpireEdict of Milan17
6612657005God of the monotheistic religion of JudaismYahweh18
6612657006Good or evil deeds done by a person; affects their next lifeKarma19
6612657007Cultural group with advanced cities, surplus of food, government, specialized labor and writing/record keepingCivilization20
6612657008Belief in many godsPolytheism21
6612657009The blending of Greek and Persian culture and other Eastern influences; Alexander the GreatHellenism22
6612657010Transformation of ideas and products from one culture to anotherCultural diffusion23
6612657011Head of the Roman Catholic ChurchPope24
6612657012Early collection of prayers and hymns that became the basis of HinduismVedas25
6612657013Belief that spirits inhabit the features of natureAnimism26
6612657014Upper class, elites; hold rank and priveleges; hereditary titlesAristocracy27
6612657015moral laws of the HebrewsTen Commandments28
6612657016The process of clearing fields by burning fields and using the ashes as fertilizerslash and burn cultivation29

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