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| 7315331633 | Pastoralism | the domestication of livestock only. | 0 | |
| 8534601964 | Domestication | the taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food | 1 | |
| 7315337261 | Neolithic | "New Stone Age" | 2 | |
| 7315342034 | Paleolithic | "Old Stone Age" | 3 | |
| 7315344783 | Nomad | people or bands of people that wander around. | 4 | |
| 7315350413 | Zoroastrianism | the monotheistic belief by Persians | 5 | |
| 7315355428 | Ascetic | a person who practices severe self disciplined absertion. | 6 | |
| 7315363903 | Karma | destiny or fate, following as an effect from a cause. | 7 | |
| 7315373601 | Brahman | a socially or cultural superior person, especially an upper class from New England. | 8 | |
| 7315387710 | Samsara | the cycle of death and rebirth to which is bound. | 9 | |
| 7315426082 | Enlightenment | a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton, and its prominent exponents include Kant, Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith. | 10 | |
| 7315441819 | Nirvana | a transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self, and the subject is released from the effects of karma and the cycle of death and rebirth. It represents the final goal of Buddhism. | 11 | |
| 7315780076 | Egalitarian | relating to or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities. | 12 | |
| 7326790861 | Ren | is the Confucian virtue denoting the good feeling virtuous human experiences when being altruistic. | 13 | |
| 7326801779 | Filial Piety | a virtue of respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors. | 14 | |
| 7326807530 | Daoism | a Chinese philosophy based on the writings of Lao-tzu ( fl. 6th century BC), advocating humility and religious piety. | 15 | |
| 7326813187 | Humanism | a Renaissance cultural movement that turned away from medieval scholasticism and revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought. a system of thought criticized as being centered on the notion of the rational, autonomous self and ignoring the unintegrated and conditioned nature of the individual. | 16 | |
| 8526762718 | Dukkha | suffering from desire | 17 | |
| 8526763591 | Trans-regional | Across or between regions (areas identified by similar characteristics) | 18 | |
| 8526928513 | Mesopotamia | A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the first urban societies. In the Bronze Age this area included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires, In the Iron Age, it was ruled by the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian empires. | 19 | |
| 8526931955 | Fertile Crescent | The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers gave life to the first known agricultural villages in this area about 10,000 years ago and the first known cities about 5,000 years ago. Includes Mesopotamia, Palestine, and the Nile. | 20 | |
| 8526933312 | ziggurat | A temple tower of ancient Mesopotamia, constructed of square or rectangular terraces of diminishing size, usually with a shrine made of blue enamel bricks on the top | 21 | |
| 8534465128 | Social | of or relating to human society, especially as a body divided into classes according to a specific status. | 22 | |
| 8534468786 | Filial Piety | "to respect your elders" | 23 | |
| 8534470012 | Confucius | The founder of Confucianism | 24 | |
| 8534471300 | Daoism/Taoism | A Chinese philosophy based on the writing of Lao-tzu advocating humility and religious piety. | 25 | |
| 8534475102 | Caste System | the rigid Hindu system of hereditary social distinctions based on castes. | 26 | |
| 8534482529 | Monsoon | the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter; these strong and predictable winds have long been ridden across the open sea by sailors, and the large amounts of rainfall that they deposit on parts of India, Southeast Asia, and China allow for the cultivation of several crops a year. | 27 | |
| 8534484109 | The Founder of Buddhism | Sidartha Guaptama | 28 | |
| 8534487451 | Urban Planning | the activity or profession of determining the future physical arrangement and condition of a community. | 29 | |
| 8534488442 | Mandate of Heaven | a political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source, which could be seen through natural phenomenons. | 30 | |
| 8534489194 | Maurya Empire | Indian empire founded by Chandragupta, beginning with his kingdom in northeastern India and spreading to most of northern and central India. significance: unified the Indian subcontinent. | 31 | |
| 8534490372 | Monotheistic | means that, that specific religion believe in only one god. | 32 | |
| 8534491273 | Polytheistic | means that, religions like these believe that there are two or more gods that govern the world. | 33 | |
| 8534492711 | Shi Huangdi | Founder of the short-lived Qin dynasty and creator of the Chinese Empire (r. 221-210 B.C.E.). He is remembered for his ruthless conquests of rival states and standardization. | 34 | |
| 8534493723 | Political | the science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, or the material welfare of humankind. | 35 | |
| 8534494642 | Roman Republic | the ancient Roman state from 509 BC until Augustus assumed power in 27 BC; was governed by an elected Senate but dissatisfaction with the Senate led to civil wars that culminated in a brief dictatorship by Julius Caesar. | 36 | |
| 8534497821 | Roman Empire | at its height (c. 117 CE), was the most extensive political and social structure in western civilization. By 285 CE the empire had grown too vast to be ruled from the central government at Rome and so was divided by Emperor Diocletian into a Western and an Eastern Empire. | 37 | |
| 8534498616 | Ten Commandments | The law code for Christians to follow | 38 | |
| 8534499728 | Twelve Tables | laws that were made by the Plebians to make the laws equal for all citizens whether they are rich or poor. | 39 | |
| 8534502335 | Five Causes for the demise of the Roman Empire | 1. High taxes on farmers 2. Many external Invasions 3. the Rise of Christianity throughout the empire. 4. The decrease in the size of the Roman Army and Navy. 5. Rise in the unemployment | 40 | |
| 8534503577 | The Vedas | the sacred text for the Hindu religion | 41 | |
| 8534505132 | The three Monotheistic Religions | Christianity, Judaism, Islam | 42 | |
| 8534506003 | The Eastern Half of the Roman Empire | Byzantium | 43 | |
| 8534506922 | Direct Democracy | were every citizen gets one vote | 44 | |
| 8534508267 | Karma | The reaction effect of an initial event whether it is good or bad. | 45 | |
| 8534509147 | Allah | The Judaist term for their god. | 46 | |
| 8534512875 | Pastoralism | the domestication of livestock only. | 47 | |
| 8534531062 | Bedouin | nomadic pastoralists of the Arabian peninsula with a culture based on herding camels and goats | 48 | |
| 8534531690 | Mecca | Arabian commercial center; dominated by the Quraysh; the home of Muhammad and the future center of Islam | 49 | |
| 8534533736 | Medina | town northeast of Mecca; asked Muhammad to resolve its intergroup differences; Muhammad's flight to Medina, the hijra, in 622 began the Muslim calendar | 50 | |
| 8534534880 | Umayyad | clan of the Quraysh that dominated Mecca; later an Islamic dynasty | 51 | |
| 8534535804 | Muhammad | (570-632); prophet of Allah; originally a merchant of the Quraysh | 52 | |
| 8534538487 | Qur'an | the word of god as revealed through Muhammad; made into the holy book of Islam | 53 | |
| 8534539270 | Umma | community of the faithful within Islam | 54 | |
| 8534540189 | Five Pillars | the obligatory religious duties for all Muslims; confession of faith, prayer, fasting during Ramadan, zakat, and hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) | 55 | |
| 8534540964 | Caliph | cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad; one of the orthodox caliphs; focus for the development of shi'ism | 56 | |
| 8534542408 | Jihad | Islamic holy war | 57 | |
| 8534543171 | Sunnis | followers of the majority interpretation within Islam; included the Umayyads | 58 | |
| 8534544013 | Shi'a | followers of Ali's interpretation of Islam | 59 | |
| 8534544989 | Abbasids | dynasty that succeeded the Umayyads in 750; their capital was at Baghdad | 60 | |
| 8534546246 | Hadiths | "traditions" of the prophet Muhammad; added to the Qur'an, form the essential writings of Islam | 61 | |
| 8534547862 | Mongols | central Asian nomadic peoples; captured Baghdad in 1258 and killed the last Abbasid caliph | 62 | |
| 8534548579 | Chinggis Khan | AKA Genghis Khan(1162-1227); Mongol ruler; defeated the Turkish Persian kingdoms | 63 | |
| 8534549319 | Mali | West African Empire; trade and scholarly (gold and kola nut important items) between the Senegal and Niger rivers | 64 | |
| 8534550119 | Mansa Musa | ruler of Mali; very wealthy; converted to Isalam took famous haji to Mecca | 65 | |
| 8534550784 | Ibn Battuta | Arab traveler throughout the Muslim world | 66 | |
| 8534551754 | Songhay | successor state to Mali; dominated middle reaches of the Niger valley; capital at Gao | 67 | |
| 8534552703 | East African trading ports | urbanized commercial centers mixing African and Arab cultures; included Mogadishu, Mombasa, and Kilwas | 68 | |
| 8534553526 | Icons | images of religious figures venerated by Byzantine Christians | 69 | |
| 8534555145 | Iconoclasm | the breaking of images; religious controversy of the 8th c; Byzantine emperor attempted, but failed, to suppress icon veneration | 70 | |
| 8534555799 | Feudalism | personal relationship during the Middle Ages by which greater lords provided land to lesser lords in return for military service | 71 | |
| 8534557078 | Grand Canal | built by Sui Dynasty; great canal system begun by Yangdi; joined Yellow River region to the Yangtze basin connect South to North China | 72 | |
| 8534558174 | Flying money | Chinese credit instrument that provided vouchers to merchants to be redeemed at the end of a venture; reduced danger of robbery; an early form of currency | 73 | |
| 8534558904 | Footbinding | male imposed practice to mutilate women's feet in order to reduce size; produced pain and restricted movement; helped to confine women to the household; seen a beautiful to the elite. | 74 | |
| 8534560653 | Samurai | mounted troops of the bushi; loyal to local lords (Daimyo) , not the emperor. Guide by the Bushido Code | 75 | |
| 8534561622 | Shoguns | military leaders of the Japan | 76 | |
| 8534562375 | Daimyos | warlord rulers of small states following Onin war and disruption of Ashikaga shogunate; holding consolidated into unified and bounded mini-states | 77 | |
| 8534563245 | Kubilai Khan | grandson of Chinggis Khan; conquered China; established Yuan dynasty in 1271 | 78 | |
| 8534564636 | Ottoman Empire | Turkish empire established in Asia Minor and eventually extending through the Middle East and the Balkans; conquered Constantinople in 1453 and ended Byzantine Empire | 79 | |
| 8534565403 | Ming Dynasty | Ming Dynasty replaced Mongal Yuan dynasty in China in 1368; lasted until 1644; initially mounted large trade expeditions to southern Asia and Africa; later concentrated on internal development within China | 80 | |
| 8534566541 | Champa Rice | tributary gift from Vietnam to China, led to population increase | 81 | |
| 8534567811 | Diasporic communities | merchant communities that introduced their own cultures into other areas | 82 | |
| 8534568389 | Trans Saharan trade | Dominated my Muslims in 13th century after rise of Islamic caliphates.. | 83 | |
| 8534568393 | Effect of Muslim conquests | collapse of other empires, mass conversion to Islam responsible for fast growth of the religion (think jihad) | 84 | |
| 8534569449 | Tang Dynasty | followed Sui, established tributary states in Vietnam and Korea, influence Japan, Established strong Buddhist and Confucian presence. | 85 | |
| 8534578459 | Timbuktu | trade center of Mali, cosmopolitan city that saw the blending of many different cultures and people | 86 | |
| 8534579616 | Marco Polo | traveler/merchant from Europe who spend 17 years at court of Kublai Khan | 87 | |
| 8534580298 | Ibn Batuta | Mohammedan who described travels to Mecca and Far East | 88 | |
| 8534591039 | Themes of AP World History | 1. Interaction Between Humans and the environment 2. Development and Interaction of Cultures 3. State-Building, Expansion, and Conflict 4. Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems 5. Development and Transformation of Social StructuresThe Nile River Supported the Egyptians; regular flood pattern | 89 | |
| 8534592382 | The Nile River | Supported the Egyptians; regular flood pattern | 90 | |
| 8534593726 | The Tigris and Euphrates | Supported the Mesopotamians; irregular flood pattern | 91 | |
| 8534598387 | Neolithic Revolution | This social revolution was also known as the New Stone Age where people changed from hunting and gathering food to domesticating animals and cultivating land as farmers. | 92 | |
| 8534604349 | Metallurgy | The science and technology of working with metals | 93 | |
| 8534606622 | Hieroglyphics | ancient Egyptian 'picture' writing | 94 | |
| 8534607951 | Harappa | 2nd largest city in the Indus River Valley; major trading center that used land transportation (oxen and carts) | 95 | |
| 8534608841 | Mohenjo-Daro | complex irrigation and sewer system; biggest city with central planning | 96 | |
| 8534615112 | Oracle Bones | animal bones carved with written characters which were used for telling the future | 97 | |
| 8534618301 | 3000 BCE | Building of the great pyramid | 98 | |
| 8534619210 | 570 CE | Prophet Mohammed born in Mecca | 99 | |
| 8534620679 | 1348 | Black Death Plague | 100 | |
| 8534621311 | 1492 | America discovered by Columbus | 101 | |
| 8534630877 | 5 relationships | Father to Son Ruler to subject Husband to Wife Elder Brother to Younger Brother Friend to Friend For Confucius, key relationships in society are of superiors to inferiors; social harmony is kept when superiors show good example, are just, etc. and when inferiors obey | 102 | |
| 8534633786 | Ancestor veneration | worship of ancestors ( very common in china ) | 103 | |
| 8534635662 | Animism | the worship of animals | 104 | |
| 8534648774 | Middle Passage | A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies. | 105 | |
| 8534650143 | colombian exchange | the exchange of goods between Europe and the Americas after Columbus' discovery | 106 | |
| 8534653667 | counter reformation | the reaction of the Roman Catholic Church to the Reformation reaffirming the veneration of saints and the authority of the Pope (to which Protestants objected) | 107 | |
| 8534655450 | Inca Empire | Largest Empire ever built in South America; and conquered by the european, Francisco Pizzaro | 108 | |
| 8534657979 | Mestizos | A person of mixed Native American and European ancestory | 109 | |
| 8534693645 | Indulgences | The Catholic Church's grants of salvation for money in the 1500s, and was part of the growing corruption of the church. | 110 | |
| 8534660771 | Martin Luther | " started " the reformation because of his anger towards indulgences and unjust clergy. he also translated the bible into German | 111 | |
| 8534661713 | Mercantilism | An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought | 112 | |
| 8534664752 | Scientific method | A series of steps followed to solve problems including experimenting and data collecting | 113 | |
| 8534668801 | Issac Newton | British scientist who defined the laws of motion, found a way to quantify gravity. | 114 | |
| 8534669698 | Galileo | He was the first person to use a telescope to observe objects in space further proved the heliocentric theory | 115 | |
| 8534670553 | Nikolai Copernicus | made the Heliocentric Theory | 116 | |
| 8534671281 | The Scientific Revolution | A new way of thinking about the natural world. It was based on careful observation and a willingness to question accepted beliefs | 117 | |
| 8534672553 | Akbar the Great | (1542-1605) Emperor of the Mughal Empire in India. He is considered to be their greatest ruler. He is responsible for the expansion of his empire, the stability his administration gave to it, and the increasing of trade and cultural diffusion. | 118 | |
| 8534675865 | Suleyman the Magnificent | The most illustrious sultan of the Ottoman Empire (r. 1520-1566); 'The Lawgiver.' He significantly expanded the empire | 119 | |
| 8534677755 | Janiassaries | Janiassaries members of the Turkish military that used weapons and were paid money in comparison to calvary that were paid in land | 120 | |
| 8534679280 | Millet system | Divided regions in the Ottoman Empire by religion | 121 | |
| 8534680413 | Edict of Nantes | 1598 grant of tolerance in France to French Protestants | 122 | |
| 8534688610 | Scholasticism | Scholars based their inquiry on the principles established by the church, which sometimes resulted in clashes between science and religion | 123 | |
| 8534689943 | Johan Gutenberg | a German goldsmith and printer, who created the printing press, in 1454 | 124 | |
| 8534690850 | Nicolo Machiavelli | a Renaissance writer who wrote, "The Prince" which was a famous philosophical view of the ideal political leader in the 16th century, in Italian city states | 125 | |
| 8534697905 | Joint-stock Companies | these companies organized commercial ventures on a large scale by allowing investors to buy and sell shares. The new capitalist system largely replaced the old guild system of the middle ages. | 126 | |
| 8534697933 | Bourgeoise | Upper middle class; Urban, factory owners who put long hours and much of their profits into their businesses | 127 | |
| 8534700438 | Zheng He | led expiditions in Chinese junks across the atlantic ocean, with one goal being to assert Chinas power after the demise of the Yuan dynasty. | 128 | |
| 8534701689 | Yongle | something of a renegade who supported a series of seven maritimes expeditions. Chinese vessels started to take tribute from those they encountered. | 129 | |
| 8534702876 | Henry the Navigator | the third son of the portuguese king; devoted his life to navigation, creating a navigation school, which became a magnet for the cartographers of the world | 130 | |
| 8534703614 | Caravel | a new ship developed by the portuguese, which was much smaller than the junk, but size allowed for exploration of shallower coastal areas | 131 | |
| 8534704369 | Vasco da Gama | set out to find the tip of Africa and connect it to the Indian Ocean, and discovered the fastest and safest ways to travel to Portugal | 132 | |
| 8534707135 | Middle Passage | the first leg of the atlantic circuit, where ships took slaves to the new world | 133 | |
| 8534708796 | African Diaspora | The spreading of Africans to many other parts of the world, especially the Americas. This is one of the most important demographic changes during 1450 - 1750 | 134 | |
| 8534710751 | Asante | Kingdom that produced gold and Kola nuts, they rose in West Africa on the Gold Coast. | 135 | |
| 8534712627 | Devshirme | a system that required Christian's of the area to contribute young boys to be the sultans slaves | 136 | |
| 8534714227 | Gunpowder Empires | an age of time where almost all powerful states used guns to build control/attack (included Russia, Ming and Qing, Japan, the Ottoman Empire, the Safavid and the Mughal empire) | 137 | |
| 8534716305 | Vizier | head of the imperial administration in the Ottoman empire who took care of the day to day work of the empire, aiding the Sultan | 138 | |
| 8534717706 | Sikhism | Sincretic faith of Indian Subcontinent started by Nanuk, who became the first Guru of Sikhism. Sikhism was a following of people who formed a community free of caste divisions | 139 | |
| 8534721116 | Kowtow | a special, often deep bow to the Chinese emperor. In the Qing dynasty, those who came to see the emperor had to do a special bow consisting of 3 separate kneeling | 140 | |
| 8534727689 | ziggurat | A temple tower of ancient Mesopotamia, constructed of square or rectangular terraces of diminishing size, usually with a shrine made of blue enamel bricks on the top | 141 | |
| 8534728443 | Sumer | The world's first civilization, founded in Mesopotamia, which existed for over 3,000 years. | 142 | |
| 8534729813 | Teotihuacan | A large central city in the Mesoamerican region. Located about 25 miles Northeast of present day Mexico City. Exhibited city planning and unprecedented size for its time. Reached its peak around the year 450. | 143 | |
| 8534732886 | Jenne-Jeno | One of the first urbanized centers in western Africa. A walled community home to approximately 50,000 people at its height. Evidence suggests domestication of agriculture and trade with nearby regions. | 144 | |
| 8534733672 | Great Zimbabwe | A stone-walled enclosure found in Southeast Africa. Have been associated with trade, farming, and mining. | 145 | |
| 8534734896 | Zoroaster | The founder of Persia's classical pre-Islamic religion, Zoroastrianism. | 146 | |
| 8534736110 | Hellenistic | Of or influenced by the Greek Empire. A type of culture typically referred to after the conquests of Alexander the Great. | 147 | |
| 8534737537 | Goths | An array of Germanic peoples, pushed further westward by nomads from central Asia. They in turn migrated west into Rome, upsetting the rough balance of power that existed between Rome and these people. | 148 | |
| 8534738265 | assimilation | The process by which people are gradually absorbed and integrated into another culture. | 149 | |
| 8534738871 | Liu Bang | First emperor of the Han dynasty under which a new social and political hierarchy emerged. Scholars were on top, followed by farmers, artisans, and merchants. He chose his ministers from educated men with Confucian principals. | 150 | |
| 8534740414 | Guilds | Pre-industiral associations of businessmen and producers two work for their collective interest. | 151 | |
| 8534742503 | Dharma | the fulfillment of one's social and religious duties in Hinduism | 152 | |
| 8534744295 | Rigveda | One of the worlds oldest religious texts. It is a book composed by Vedic Brahman priests that contains hymns and Sanskrit poetry. | 153 | |
| 8534746047 | Empress Wu | the only woman to rule China in her own name, expanded the empire and supported Buddhism during the Tang Dynasty. | 154 | |
| 8534748434 | Mentuhotep I | Egyptian pharaoh who founded the Middle Kingdom by REUNITING Upper and Lower Egypt in 2134 BCE. | 155 | |
| 8534751176 | Nazca | Nazca | 156 | |
| 8534753267 | Macedonia | Area between the Greek and Slavic regions; conquered Greece and Mesopotamia under the leadership of Philip II and Alexander the Great | 157 | |
| 8534754437 | Epic of Gilgamesh | An epic poem from Mesopotamia, and among the earliest known works of literary writing. | 158 | |
| 8534758707 | Warring States Period | the period from 475 BC until the unification of China under the Qin dynasty, characterized by lack of centralized government in China. It followed the Zhou dynasty. | 159 | |
| 8534759927 | urbanization | the movement of people to Urban areas in search of work. | 160 | |
| 8534760950 | Yurt | a portable dwelling used by the nomadic people of Centa Asia such as Mongols, consisting of a tentlike structure of skin, felt or hand-woven textiles arranged over wooden poles. | 161 | |
| 8534766244 | Shogun | In feudal Japan, a noble similar to a duke. They were the military commanders and the actual rulers of Japan for many centuries while the Emperor was a powerless spiritual figure. | 162 | |
| 8534768083 | Dar al-Islam | a term used by Muslims to refer to those countries where Muslims can practice their religion freely. | 163 | |
| 8534771280 | Young Turks | A coalition starting in the late 1870s of various groups favoring modernist liberal reform of the Ottoman Empire. It was against monarchy of Ottoman Sultan and instead favored a constitution. In 1908 they succeed in establishing a new constitutional era. | 164 | |
| 8534785116 | censorates | spied on the government | 165 | |
| 8534787398 | Neo-Confucianism | a blend of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism | 166 | |
| 8534791153 | flying fire | a bow & arrow with fire on it. | 167 | |
| 8534797088 | The Hanseatic League | a league of merchants associated within the cities of Northern Germany and the Baltics | 168 |
