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AP World History Period 2: 600 BCE to 600 CE

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13912763425Climate and location of routes, typical trade goods, and the ethnicity of the people involved.What factors shaped the features of early trade routes in the eastern hemisphere?0
139127634261. Eurasian Silk Roads 2. Trans-Saharan caravan routes 3. Indian Ocean sea lanes 4. Mediterranean sea lanesWhat are the most significant trade routes of the period between 600BCE and 600CE?1
13912763427Yokes, saddles, and stirrups permitted the use of domesticated pack animals.What new technologies facilitated long-distance communication and exchange between 600BCE and 600CE?2
13912763428Innovations in maritime technology and advanced knowledge of monsoon winds. Ex. Lateen sail and dhow ships.What factors stimulated early exchanges along maritime routes from East Africa to East Asia?3
13912763429Trade goods, people, technology, religious and cultural beliefs, food crops, domesticated animals, and disease pathogens.What are the various forms of exchanges that took place between 600BCE and 600CE?4
13912763430Rice and cotton.What crops spread from South Asia to the Middle East?5
13912763431Changed in farming and irrigation techniques.What changes did the spread of crops encourage?6
13912763432Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism.What religious and cultural traditions were transformed as they spread?7
13912763433Imposing political unity.The number and size of key states and empires grew dramatically by:8
13912763434Southwest 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: MocheWhat are the key classical states/empires and their locations?9
13912763435Administrative institutionsWhat did the rulers of empires create to organize their subjects?10
139127634361. Centralized government 2. Elaborate legal systems & bureaucraciesImportant elements of imperial administrations are:11
13912763437China, Persia, Rome, & South AsiaWhat regions hosted the most famous administrative institutions?12
139127634381. Diplomacy 2. Developing supply lines 3. Building fortifications 4. Defensive walls and roads 5. Drawing new groups of military officers and soldiers from the local populations or conquered peoplesName ways in which imperial governments projected military power over large areas.13
139127634391. Centers of trade 2. Public performance of religious rituals 3. Political administration for states and empiresWhat function did cities play in Afro-Eurasia and the Americas?14
13912763440Rome & TeotihuacanName 2 important early imperial cities.15
13912763441Hierarchies / Included cultivators, laborers, slaves, artisans, merchants, elites, or caste groupsWhat did the social structures of early empires display? What groups were typically included?16
13912763442Relied on a range of methods such as peasant communities and slavery.How did imperial societies maintain food production?17
13912763443To provide rewards for the loyalty of elites.An important reason to produce surplus in imperial societies was:18
13912763444Patriarchy___________ continued to shape gender and family relations in imperial societies.19
13912763445Roman, Han, Persian, Mauryan, and GuptaWhat specific empires created difficulties they could not manage?20
13912763446Political, cultural, and administrativeWhat types of difficulties did Empires create that often led to their collapse/decline/transformation?21
13912763447Successive 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.How did empire create environmental issues and what did these issues lead to?22
13912763448Issues along the frontier such as threat of invasions.What sorts of external problems did empires face?23
13912763449Rome: Problems with northern and eastern neighbors Gupta: HunsWhat are 2 important examples of empires' external problems?24
13912763450Hebrew (Scriptures)The codification of the ________ scriptures further associated Judaism with monotheism.25
13912763451MesopotamiaThe Hebrew scriptures influenced the cultural and legal traditions of what area?26
13912763452Conquest of Jewish states by Assyria, Babylonia, and Rome.What trend influenced the Jewish diasporic communities in the Middle East? Which peoples were involved?27
13912763453Vedic, HinduismSanskrit scriptures formed the basis of the __________ religions, which later became known as __________.28
13912763454desire, suffering, and the search for enlightenment.What core beliefs did Buddhism preach?29
13912763455The Vedic beliefs and rituals dominant in South Asia.Buddhism was, in part, a reaction to ____________.30
13912763456Asoka / Mauryan Empire / efforts of missionaries and merchants and the establishment of educational institutions.Emperor _______________ of _____________ supported the spread of Buddhism. Buddhism was also spread through ___________________________.31
13912763457ConfucianismThe philosophical belief system of ___________ came out of China.32
13912763458to promote social harmony by outlining proper rituals and social relationships.Confucianism's main goal was:33
13912763459Balance between humans and nature.What are the core beliefs of Daoism?34
13912763460It influenced medical theories and practices, pottery, metallurgy, and architecture.What role did Daoism play in the development of Chinese culture?35
13912763461JudaismChristianity drew on which religious tradition?36
13912763462Roman & HellenisticInitially, Christianity rejected _______________ influences.37
13912763463Efforts of missionaries and merchants through many parts of Afro-Eurasia / Emporer ConstantineChristianity initially spread through ____________, and later through the support of ____________________.38
13912763464Logic, empirical observations, and the nature of political power and hierarchy.What are the cored ideas of Greco-Roman philosophy/science?39
13912763465Affected gender roles: Judaism & Christianity: encouraged monastic life Confucianism: emphasized filial pietyWhat role did belief systems play in social systems?40
13912763466Shamanism/Animism persisted because of their daily reliance on the natural world.What belief systems continued alongside the codified, written belief systems? Why did these persist outside of core civilizations?41
13912763467Literature, drama, architecture, and sculpture. / Ex. Greek plays, Indian epicsWhich major art forms were influenced by belief systems?42
13912763468Assyrians and HittitesWhich empires are known for military strength and iron tools?43

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