7598800994 | Provinces | administrative division of certain countries or empires | 0 | |
7598800995 | Ashoka Maurya | emperor in the Mauryan dynasty of India, patron of Buddhism during his reign helped further the expansion of that religion throughout India | 1 | |
7598800996 | Rock and Pillar Edicts | Placed along trade routes & inscribed on rocks and pillars, they proclaimed Emperor Asoka's reforms and policies and his advice to his subjects | 2 | |
7598800997 | Gupta Empire | or "Golden Age" of Indian History including developments in politics, economics, culture, social life, religion and art. | 3 | |
7598800998 | Mauryan Dynasty | geographically extensive and powerful political and military empire in ancient India | 4 | |
7598800999 | Chandragupta Maurya | founder of the Mauryan Empire and is credited for unifying India for the first time in history | 5 | |
7598801000 | Pax Sinica | uring the rule of the Han emperors, China enjoyed a 400 year period of peace and prosperity | 6 | |
7598801001 | Civil Service Examination | system of competitive examinations for recruiting officials that linked state and society and dominated education | 7 | |
7598801002 | Yellow Turban Rebellion | a peasant revolt in China against the Eastern Han dynasty | 8 | |
7598801003 | Karma | sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence | 9 | |
7598801004 | Jainism | a nontheistic religion, non injury to living creatures, and is noted for its ascetics. | 10 | |
7598801005 | Buddhism | a religion holding that life is full of suffering caused by desire and that the way to end this suffering is through enlightenment | 11 | |
7598801006 | Ahimsa | nonviolence toward all living things | 12 | |
7598801007 | Siddhartha Gautama | also known as the Buddha "the awakened one") was the leader and founder of Buddhism | 13 | |
7598801008 | Ascetic | a person who practices severe self-discipline, like a monk or nun | 14 | |
7598801009 | Nirvana | freedom from repeating cycle of reincarnation | 15 | |
7598801010 | Reincarnation | the rebirth of a soul in a new body. | 16 | |
7598801011 | Inoculations | the introduction of a vaccine or serum into a living organism to create immunity | 17 | |
7598801012 | Confucius | a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher | 18 | |
7598801013 | Caste system | form of social stratification which often includes status in a hierarchy and exclusion | 19 | |
7598801014 | Indian Ocean Sea Lanes | major goods traded from India and Africa by boat | 20 | |
7598801015 | Silk Roads | ancient trade route, linking China with the West, that carried goods and ideas between the two great civilizations of Rome and China | 21 |
AP World History- Chapter 5 Vocabulary Flashcards
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