AP World History Vocabulary Flashcards

2505674057	1) Prehistory	Time before writing	0
2505674058	3) Ziggurat	Mesopotamian stepped pyramid	1
2505674059	5) Language	Allows man to transmit info to next generation	2
2505674060	5) Hatshepsut	Woman pharaoh in Egypt	3
2505674061	5) Cuneiform	Sumerian writing	4
2505674062	8-9) Bantu migration	Bantu had population pressures and spread language like Indo-European to many people	5
2505674063	10) Harappan	Earliest indian society	6
2505674064	11) Mohenjo-daro	One of early Harappan cities	7
2505674065	12-13) Aryans	Come to India after long migration "wheat colored" "noble people"	8
2505674066	38) Paterfamilias	Patriarchal Roman family	9
2505674067	10) Reconquista	Iberian peninsula taken back by Christians from Muslims	10
2505674068	14) Jati	Subcaste	11
2505674069	4) Sumerians	First wheeled vehicles	12
2505674070	15) Mandate of Heaven	Chinese ruler. Heaven and earth	13
2505674071	2) Early Agriculture	Slash & burn technique	14
2505674072	16) Period of Warring states	End of Zhou Dynasty	15
2505674073	19) Cyrus	Founder of Persian Achaemenid	16
2505674074	20) Herodotus	"Neither rain, nor snow, nor heat, nor glo0m..." describes Persian couriers	17
2505674075	22) Analcects	Collected sayings & Confucius	18
2505674076	17-18) Olmecs	Rubber people of Mesoamerica created huge heads from basalt	19
2505674077	21) Qanats	Underground irrigation canals in Persia	20
2505674078	34) Helots	Spartans feared uprising by these serfs	21
2505674079	37) Twelve Tablets	Early Roman Law	22
2505674080	39) Buddhism	Spread of merchants	23
2505674081	36) Socrates	'The unexamined life is not worth living"	24
2505674082	43) Caliph	Political authority after Muhammad	25
2505674083	35) Sparta	Woman had more freedom here than in Athens	26
2505674084	33) Anthenian Democracy	All male citizens	27
2505674085	32) Polis	City state	28
2505674086	31) Bhagavad Gita	Story of Arjina and Krishna	29
2505674087	30) Jains	Zealous group does "no harm" even to invisible bugs	30
2505674088	29) White Huns	Hastens end of Gupta state	31
2505674089	28) Ashoka	High point of Mauryan Dynasty	32
2505674090	27) Wudi	Most powerful Han emperor	33
2505674091	25) Dao	"The Way"	34
2505674092	24) Legalism	Chinese strict and clear laws. Ends era of warring states	35
2505674093	23) Xiongnu	Nomadic invaders of Han China	36
2505674094	25) Qin Shihuangdi	Unites China	37
2505674095	59) Byzantuim	Major advantage location on Bosporus straits	38
2505674096	67) Nomadic military	Cavalry	39
2505674097	42) Byzantine Empire	After collapse a Roman Empire ruled 1000 years in eastern Roman Empire	40
2505674098	68) Mahmud of Ghanzi	Invades India in 11th century. Plunder!	41
2505674099	48) Islamic Patriarchy	More so due to Mesopotamia & Persian influences	42
2505674100	78) Voltaire	French philosophies "Neither holy, nor Roman, nor Empire."	43
2505674101	61) Bezant	Byzantine gold coin	44
2505674102	Caravanserais	Inns for camel caravans	45
2505674103	75) Sundiata	Founder of Mali in Africa	46
2505674104	44) Shia	Caliphate showed follow Ali	47
2505674105	58) India as Emporia	Central location in Indian Ocean	48
2505674106	60) Caesaropapism	Emperor controls church and state	49
2505674107	46) Abbasid	Abbasids NOT conquerors	50
2505674108	51) Kowtow	Prostration to emperor in China	51
2505674109	70) Delhi Sultanate	Control Northern-India islamic	52
2505674110	72) Osman Bay	Founder of Ottoman Turks	53
2505674111	62) Iconoclasm	Emperor Leo 3 policy. Destroys religious icons	54
2505674112	41) Barracks Emperors	26 Roman emperors 235 to 284 military based	55
2505674113	71) Golden Horde	Mongols dominate Russia 13th-15th century	56
2505674114	64) Prince Vladimir	Converts to Orthhodoxy- influence Russia	57
2505674115	65) Central Asia	No large scale agricultures- dry climate	58
2505674116	40) Sinicization	Chinese culture	59
2505674117	73) Bananas	First new crop to Africa	60
2505674118	69) Yuan Dynasty	1279 Khubilai Khan	61
2505674119	52) Mongols	1279, Sona fall to Mongols	62
2505674120	55) Shinto	Japan- native religion	63
2505674121	56) Shogun	Japanese military governor	64
2505674122	57) Hindu	Kingdoms of Southern India embraced this faith	65
2505674123	49) India & Islam	India influence in math	66
2505674124	53) Fast-ripening rice	New crop to China during song & lang	67
2505674125	45) Sharia	Islamic Law	68
2505674126	74) Ghana	Powerful west African state converts to Islam	69
2505674127	50) Sui Dynasty China	Grand Canal	70
2505674128	54) Chan Buddhism	Popular school of Chinese Buddhism	71
2505674129	66) Turkish Conversion	Living near Abbasid convert to Islam	72
2525809537	99) Zahir al-din Muhammad	Created an empire, became a leader, won fame	73
2525815563	116) John Stuart Mill	English philosopher supported very liberal freedoms including equality fro women	74
2525825221	105) Enlightenment Ideas	1) Popular sovereignty 2) Social Contract 3) Political equality 4) Individual freedom	75
2525831250	117) Mary Wollstonecraft	A vindication of the Rights of Women	76
2525835475	96) Devshirme	Balkan slaves may become Janissaries	77
2525839680	115) Saint- Dominque	Only successful slave revolt	78
2525842214	108) Leaders of French Revolution	Wanted a complete reorganization of France	79
2525845828	111) French Revolution Slogan	"Liberty, equality, fraternity"	80
2525851632	106) American Revolt Slogan"	"No taxation without representation"	81
2525853953	101) Steppe Tradition	Blood letting amongst family heirs to leadership	82
2525857617	77) Sub-Saharan African Women	Had greater opportunities	83
2525859489	87) Zheng He	Chinese admiral	84
2525862039	104) Decline of Islamic Empires	1) Weak rulers 2) Dissident religions 3) New trade routes at sea 4) Religious conservatives create intolerance	85
2525870133	89) Son of Heaven	Chinese emperor connect heaven on earth	86
2525873375	103) Jizya	Non Muslims pay tax to practice their faith	87
2525879768	119) Authors of Communist Manifesto	Marx & Engles	88
2525884550	109) Anciem regime	Old order in France that revolutionaries wanted to change	89
2525889103	85) Quipo	Inca mnemonic aid - small knots	90
2525892186	John Locke	"Consent of the governed"	91
2525898222	110) National Assembly	June 17th, 1789 - 3rd estate of France become National Assembly	92
2525904075	99) China's technology during Ming & Qing	Governments focus on social stability & political security	93
2525911386	81) Increased east/west Mediterranean trade during Middle Ages	Crusades	94
2525914575	108) Leaders of French Revolution	Wanted a complete reorganization of France	95
2525917329	102) Sikhism	Syncretic Hindu & Islam	96
2525920552	113) Turning point for Napoleon	1812 Russia	97
2525924056	76) Swahili City States	Wealthy Islamic cities on coast of East Africa	98
2532804777	159) World War 1 France fears...	German expansion Franco Prussian War	99
2532808102	155) Social Darwinism	Powerful nations dominate weaker nations	100
2532816467	134) 19th century Russia began social reform after...	Crimean (military) defeat	101
2532819681	172) Africans in WW1	Bound by colonial ties	102
2532822793	120) Klemens von Metternich	Congress of Vienna	103
2532825342	154) Boers	Dutch farmers settle in South Africa	104
2532829791	163) Nicholas 2	Last Tsar of Russia	105
2532836461	130) Germany was first European nation to provide	Insurance & medical benefits	106
2532842385	140) Self Strengthening Movement	Blends modern western technology with cultural traditions of...	107
2532847886	143) 1853, Japan forced to trade by...	Americans	108
2532852795	133) Young Turks Principles	1) Universal suffrage 2) Emancipation of women 3) Equality before law 4) free public education	109
2532859572	137) Russian Navy was destroyed by the...	Japanese during Russo-Japanese War 1905	110
2532865367	145) Meiji Restoration	1) Abolish feudal order 2) Improve education 3) Revamp Tax 4) Reorganize army/navy	111
2532870109	146) Russo-Japanese War	Japan rises to world power	112
2532873587	138) 1905 Bloody Sunday led to reestablishment of...	Duma	113
2532881708	142) Society of the Righteous & Harmonious Fist	1900- Boxer Rebellion China attacks foreign missionaries	114
2532884410	135) Crimean War	Stopped Russia expansion	115
2532886288	147) Cecil Rhodes	British imperialist Rhodesia Rhodes Scholarship	116
2532891190	126) Luddites	Craft workers in England destroyed machines	117
2532893763	114) Waterloo	Napoleon's final defeat	118
2532897468	128) Marx & Engels	Bourgeoisie & Proletariat struggle & classes	119
2532901485	121) Otto von Bismark	German leader - Blood & Iron	120
2532906518	150) Sepoy Mutiny	India troops rebel against British military	121
2532909632	152) Congo Free State	African colony belongs to Belgium	122
2532920057	123) Crucial to industrialization	Replace human & animal power with inanimate sources of energy	123
2532924519	131) 1900 largest city	London	124
2532926815	122) Industrial Revolution	Began in Great Britain	125
2532929595	123) Cotton cloth	Threatened British wool production	126
2532935415	144) Meiji Restoration in Japan	Understood dangers of European & American domination	127
2532940322	156) World War 1 - catalyst	Franz Ferdinand assassination	128
2532945265	148) Rudyard Kipling	British imperialist author "White Man's Burden"	129
2532952799	128) Two classes of Marx & Engels	Proletariat (workers) & Bourgeoisie (owners)	130
2532957234	158) Triple Alliance	Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Italy	131
2532969773	127) 19th century Industrialized nations experienced demographic transition which meant...	Fertility rate in decline	132
2532974078	140) Self-Strengthening Movement	China	133
2532976472	119) Theodore Herzl	Supported Zionism - A jewish homeland	134
2532978937	132) Young Ottoman	Opposed the Tanzimat	135
2532984773	157) World War 1 areas on conflict...	Industry trade rivalries navy race colonial disputes nationalism	136
2532989648	149) Suez Canal	Assures British control of India	137
2532991453	151) French Indo-China	1852-59 Vietnam Cambodia Laos fall to French control	138
2533000935	125) Calico Acts 1720 & 1721	Restrict British importation of cotton cloth	139
2533006489	139) British sailed up Grand Canal during the...	Opium war	140
2533008722	141) Empress Cixi	Last 50 years of Qing Dynasty	141
2533011833	136) Alexander 2	Freed the serfs	142

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