AP World History
Religion/Philosophies
Vocabulary
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| 227065614 | Analects | recordings of Confucius' conversations with his students | 0 | |
| 227065615 | Animism | The belief in a supernatural power that organizes and animates the material universe; the attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects and natura phenomena | 1 | |
| 227065616 | Assimilation | To take in (information, ideas, culture) and understand fully; to absorb and integrate into a wider society or culture | 2 | |
| 227065617 | Bodhisattvas | a person who is able to reach nirvana but delays doing so out of compassion in order to save suffering beings | 3 | |
| 227065618 | Brahmin | a socially or culturally superior person; member of the highest Hindu caste (priesthood) | 4 | |
| 227065619 | Codification | Arrange (laws/rules) into a systematic code | 5 | |
| 227065620 | Dharma | a set of laws that set behavioral standards for all individuals and classes in Indian society; principle of cosmic order; teaching of the Buddha | 6 | |
| 227065621 | Disciple | a personal follower of Jesus during his life; follower/student of a teacher, leader or philosophy (12 Apostles) | 7 | |
| 227065622 | Dissemination | Spread | 8 | |
| 227065623 | Edict of Milan | letter signed by emperors Constantin I and Licinius proclaiming religious toleration of Christianity in Roman Empire | 9 | |
| 227065624 | Filial Piety | (Confucian ideals) respect for parents and ancestors + repayment to them; how to set up a good society using this principle | 10 | |
| 227065625 | Karma | sum of a person's actions in current and previous states of existence weighted to decide fate in future existences; what goes around comes around (a lifetime later) | 11 | |
| 227065626 | Messiah | the promised deliverer of the Jewish nation prophesied in the Hebrew Bible | 12 | |
| 227065627 | Moksha | release from the cycle of rebirth impelled by the law of karma | 13 | |
| 227065628 | New Testament | 2nd part of the Christian Bible (incl. 4 Gospels, Acts of Apostles, Book of Revelation) | 14 | |
| 227065629 | Nirvana | transcendent state in which there is no desire/suffering/sense of self; subject is released from effects of karma and samsara (cycle of death and rebirth) | 15 | |
| 227065630 | Pope | bishop of Rome; head of Roman Catholic Church | 16 | |
| 227065631 | Reincarnation | rebirth/transference of a soul into a new body | 17 | |
| 227065632 | Shamanism | range of beliefs and practices regarding communication with the spiritual world | 18 | |
| 227065633 | Yin and Yang | daoism concept of polar opposites or seemingly contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world (everything in nature needs and has an opposite) | 19 |
