122181045 | What are the seven continents? | north america, south america, africa, asia, australia, antartica, europe | 0 | |
122181046 | What are the five oceans? | Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Artic, Southern Antartica | 1 | |
122181047 | What world religion currently has the most followers? | Christianity | 2 | |
122181048 | What world religion is the oldest? | Hinduism | 3 | |
122181049 | What world religion is the youngest? | Judaism | 4 | |
122181050 | Monotheistic | believeing in one god | 5 | |
122181051 | Polytheistic | believeing in many god(s) | 6 | |
122181052 | What three periods make up the Stone Age? | Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic | 7 | |
122181053 | hunter-gatherer | hunting animals and collecting food | 8 | |
122181054 | What do hunter-gatherers typically do not do? | stay in one place | 9 | |
122181055 | Neolithic Revolution | the major change in human life caused by the beginnings of farming that is, by people's shift from food gathering to food producing. | 10 | |
122181056 | What does it mean to domesticate an animal? | keeping an animal for human-use | 11 | |
122181057 | What are the four river valleys? | Nile River, Indus River, Huanghe River, Tigris-Euphrates River | 12 | |
122181058 | What were the steps to reach the point of civilization? | animal domestication, agriculture, permanent settlements | 13 | |
122181059 | What types of political structures could be found in the four early river valley civilizations? | city-states, theocracy, feudalism | 14 | |
122181060 | What are the three dynasties of classical China? | Zhou, Qin, Han | 15 | |
122181061 | feudalism | a political system where nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange of their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land. | 16 | |
122181062 | Shi Huangdi | first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, was known for his brutal tyrant. | 17 | |
122181063 | Confucius | was a Chinease philosopher that was known for the founder of Confucism. | 18 | |
122181064 | Legalism | use force to gain control; very strict, powerful, authoritative use of government. | 19 | |
122181065 | Daoism | a spirtual alternative to Confucianism. | 20 | |
122181066 | What are the five social classes of the Indian caste system? | priests, warriors, merchants and farmers, laborers, untouchables | 21 | |
122181067 | How did the caste system affect Indian society? | marriage between castes were forbidden; it assigned people jobs; patriarchal; women had little to no rights. | 22 | |
122181068 | What are some main ideas of Buddhism? | 4 noble truths, nirvana, enlightenment, to live a moral life | 23 | |
122181069 | Who found Buddhism? | Siddhartha Guatama | 24 | |
122181070 | What are some main ideas of Hinduism? | brahma, karma, dharma, caste system | 25 | |
122181071 | Who found Hinduism? | no single founder | 26 | |
122181072 | Describe the political structures and organization of Classical Greece. | city states; the delian league; monarchy, aristocracy, oligarchy, democracy. | 27 | |
122181073 | Who were the citizens in ancient Athens? | free-born male adult land owners | 28 | |
122181074 | Describe the societal structures of ancient Athens? | women, slaves, foreigners had few rights; only men could run the government; 4 social classes based on wealth | 29 | |
122181075 | What were the three goals of Pericles | strengthen Athenian government; hold and strengthen the Empire; to glorify Athens | 30 | |
122181076 | Describe the political and social structure of the Roman Republic. | patriarchal society | 31 | |
122181077 | What led to the collapse of the Roman Republic? | economy weakens; military problems; outside invaders | 32 | |
122181078 | What role did Julius Caesar play in the Roman Republic? | governor of Gaul | 33 | |
122181079 | How did Christianity affect the Roman Republic? | became the official religion; used the cross symbol in battle | 34 | |
122181080 | Muhammad | founder of Islam; was a trader and businessman | 35 | |
122181081 | The Five Pillars of Islam | Pilgrimage, fasting, prayer, alms giving, believe in only their god, no other god | 36 | |
122181082 | How is Islam connected to both Judaism and Christianity? | middle east; monotheistic; believes in the same god. | 37 | |
122181083 | Sunnis | followers of Muhammad's example | 38 | |
122181084 | Shia | party of Ali | 39 | |
122181085 | What caused the Sunnis and Shias to split from each other? | Umayyads took power | 40 |
AP World History Semester 1 Flashcards
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