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AP Government Chapter 13 Flashcards
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| 12614337176 | Bicameral Legislature | A lawmaking body made up of two chambers or parts. | 0 | |
| 12614337177 | Filibuster | An attempt to defeat a bill in the Senate by talking indefinitely, thus preventing the Senate from taking action to the bill | 1 | |
| 12614337178 | Marginal District | Political districts in which candidates elected to the House of Representatives win in close elections, typically by less than 55% of the vote. | 2 | |
| 12614337179 | Franking Privilege | The ability of members to mail letters to their constituents free of charge by substituting their facsimile signature for postage. | 3 | |
| 12614337180 | Conservative Coaliton | Alliance between Republicans and conservative Democrats | 4 | |
| 12614337181 | Majority Leader | The legislative leader elected by party members holding the majority of seats in the House or the Senate. Senate Majority Leader: Mitch McConnell (aka Turtle Man) (R) KY. House Majority Leader: Kevin McCarthy (R) CA. |  | 5 |
| 12614337182 | Minority Leader | Legislative leader elected by minority party members. Representative of lesser party | 6 | |
| 12614337183 | Party Whip | A senator or representative who helps the party leader stay informed about what party members are thinking. A party leader who makes certain that party members are present for a vote and vote the way the party wishes. | 7 | |
| 12614337185 | Congressional Caucus | A group of Congress members that meet to pursue common legislative objectives. | 8 | |
| 12614337186 | Standing Committee | Permanently established legislative committees that consider and are responsible for legislation within a certain subject area. | 9 | |
| 12614337187 | Select Committee | Congressional committees appointed for a limited time and purpose. | 10 | |
| 12614337188 | Joint Committee | Committees on which both senators and representatives serve. | 11 | |
| 12614337189 | Conference Committee | A joint committee appointed to resolve differences in the Senate and House versions of the same bill. | 12 | |
| 12614337190 | Safe District | Districts in which incumbents win by margins of 55% or more. | 13 | |
| 12614337191 | Joint Resolution | Formal expression of congressional opinion. Must be approved by both houses and president. A law | 14 | |
| 12614337192 | Simple Resolution | An expression of opinion either in the House or Senate to settle procedural matters in either body. | 15 | |
| 12614337193 | Concurrent Resolution | An expression of opinion without the force of law that requires the approval of both the House and the Senate, but not the president. | 16 | |
| 12614337194 | Discharge Petition | A device by which any member of the House, after a committee has had the bill for thirty days, may petition to have brought to the floor. | 17 | |
| 12614337195 | Closed Rule | An order from the House Rules Committee that sets a time limit on debate; forbids a bill from being amended on the floor. | 18 | |
| 12614337196 | Open Rule | An order from the House Rules Committee that permits a bill to be amended on the floor. | 19 | |
| 12614337197 | Quorum | The minimum number of members who must be present for business to be conducted in Congress. | 20 | |
| 12614337198 | Rider | A provision added to a piece of legislation that is not germane to the bill's purpose. | 21 | |
| 12614337199 | Cloture Rule | A rule used by the Senate to end or limit debate. Can break filibuster by 3/5 of the vote. Nuclear option | 22 | |
| 12614337200 | Pork Barrel Legislation | Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return. | 23 | |
| 12614337204 | Speaker | Presiding officer of the H.O.R. and the leader of his party in the house | 24 | |
| 12614337205 | Divided Government | One party controls the White House and another controls one or both houses | 25 | |
| 12614337206 | Unified Government | Same party controls the White House and both houses | 26 | |
| 12614341568 | majority-minority districts | Congressional district where a majority of voters are racial/ethnic minorities | 27 | |
| 12614346406 | descriptive representation | when citizens are represented by elected officials from their same racial/ethnic background | 28 | |
| 12614350457 | substantive representation | ability of citizens to elect officials who will have policies that they favor enacted into law | 29 | |
| 12614363462 | party vote | A vote where most Democrats are on one side of the bill, and most Republicans are on the other. | 30 | |
| 12614375198 | restrictive rule | an order from the House Rules Committee that permits certain kinds of amendments but not others to be made into a bill on the floor | 31 | |
| 12614377070 | double tracking | A procedure to keep the Senate going during a filibuster in which the disputed bill is shelved temporarily so that the Senate can get on with other business. | 32 | |
| 12614378405 | voice vote | A congressional voting procedure in which members shout "yea" in approval or "nay" in disapproval, permitting members to vote quickly or anonymously on bills | 33 | |
| 12614380083 | division vote | a congressional voting procedure in which members stand and are counted | 34 | |
| 12614381430 | roll-call vote | A congressional voting procedure that consists of members answering "yea" or "nay" to their names. | 35 | |
| 12614390364 | teller vote | A congressional voting procedure in which members pass between two tellers, the "yeas" first and the "nays" second. | 36 |
AP US History Chapter7 Flashcards
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| 15394780615 | Judiciary Act of 1789 | Act that established a federal district court in each state and three circuit courts to hear appeals from the districts, with the Supreme Court having a final say. | 0 | |
| 15394780616 | Bill of Rights | The first 10 amendments to the Constitution, officially ratified by 1791. The amendments safeguarded fundamental personal rights, including freedom of speech and religion, and mandated legal procedures, such as trial by jury. | 1 | |
| 15394780617 | Report on the Public Credit | Alexander Hamilton's 1790 report recommending that the federal government should assume all state debts and fund the national debt-that is, offer interest on it rather than repaying it- at full value. Hamilton's goal was to make a new country creditworthy, not debt-free. | 2 | |
| 15394780618 | Bank of the United States | A bank chartered in 1790 and jointly owned by private stockholders and the national government. Alexander Hamilton argued that the bank would provide stability to the specie-starved American economy by making loans to merchants, handling government funds, and issuing bills of credit. | 3 | |
| 15394780619 | Report on Manufactures | A proposal by treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton in 1791 calling for the federal government to urge the expansion of American manufacturing while imposing tariffs on foreign imports. | 4 | |
| 15394780620 | Proclamation of Neutrality | A proclamation issued by President George Washington in 1793, allowing U.S. citizens to trade with all belligerents in the war between France and Great Britain. | 5 | |
| 15394780621 | French Revolution | A 1789 revolution in France that was initially welcomed by most Americans because it abolished feudalism and established a constitutional monarchy, but eventually came to seem too radical to many. | 6 | |
| 15394780622 | Jacobins | A political faction in the French Revolution. Many Americans embraced the democratic ideology of the radical Jacobins and, like them, formed political clubs and began to address one another as 'citizen." | 7 | |
| 15394780623 | Whiskey Rebellion | A 1794 uprising by farmers in western Pennsylvania in response to enforcement of an unpopular excise tax on whiskey. | 8 | |
| 15394780624 | Jay's Treaty | A 1795 treaty between the United States and Britain, negotiated by John Jay. The treaty accepted Britain's right to stop neutral ships. In return, it allowed Americans to submit claims for illegal seizures and required the British to remove their troops and Indian agents from the Northwest Territory. | 9 | |
| 15394780625 | Haitian Revolution | The 1791 conflict involving diverse Haitian participants and armies from three European countries. At its end, Haiti became a free, independent nation in which former slaves were citizens. | 10 | |
| 15394780626 | XYZ Affair | A 1797 incident in which American negotiators in France were rebuffed for refusing to pay a substantial bribe. The incident led the United States into an undeclared war that curtailed American trade with the French West Indies. | 11 | |
| 15394780627 | Naturalization, Alien, and Sedition Acts | Three laws passed in 1789 that limited individual rights and threatened the fledgling party system. The Naturalization Act lengthened the residency requirement for citizenship, the Alien Act authorized the deportation of foreigners, and the Sedition Act prohibited the publication of insults or malicious attacks on the president or members of Congress. | 12 | |
| 15394780628 | Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions | Resolutions of 1798 condemning the Alien and Sedition Acts that were submitted to the federal government by the Virginia and Kentucky state legislatures could judge the constitutionality of federal laws and nullify them. | 13 | |
| 15394780629 | Treaty of Greenville | A 1795 treaty between the United States and various Indian tribes in Ohio. American negotiators acknowledged Indian ownership of the land, and in return for various payments, the Western Confederacy ceded most of Ohio to the United States. | 14 | |
| 15394780630 | Marbury v. Madison | A supreme court case that established the principle of judicial review in finding the parts of the Judiciary Act 1789 were in conflict with the Constitution. For the first time, the Supreme Court assumed legal authority to overrule acts of other branches of the government. | 15 | |
| 15394780631 | Louisiana Purchase | The 1803 purchase of French territory west of the Mississippi River that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada. The Louisiana Purchase nearly doubled the size of the United States and opened the way for future American expansion west. The purchase required President Thomas Jefferson to exercise powers not explicitly granted to him by the Constitution. | 16 | |
| 15394780632 | Embargo Act of 1807 | An act of Congress that prohibited U.S. ships from traveling to foreign ports and effectively banned overseas trade in an attempt to deter Britain from halting U.S ships at sea. The embargo caused grave hardships for Americans engaged in overseas commerce. | 17 | |
| 15394780633 | Battle of Tippecanoe | An attack on Shawnee Indians at Prophetstown on the Tippecanoe River in 1811 by American forces headed by William Henry Harrison, Indiana's territorial governor. The governor's troops traded heavy casualties with the with the confederacy's warriors and then destroyed the holy village. | 18 | |
| 15394780634 | Treaty of Ghent | The treaty signed on Christmas Eve 1814 that ended the War of 1812. It retained the prewar borders of the United States. | 19 | |
| 15394780635 | McCulloch v. Maryland | A Supreme Court case that asserted the dominance of national over state statutes. | 20 | |
| 15394780636 | Adams-Onis Treaty | An 1819 treaty in which John Quincy Adams persuaded Spain to cede the Florida territory in the United States. In return, the American government accepted Spain's claim to Texas and agreed to a compromise on the western boundary for the state of Louisiana. | 21 | |
| 15394780637 | Monroe Doctrine | The 1823 declaration by President James Monroe that the Western Hemisphere was closed to any further colonization or interference by European powers. In exchange, Monroe pledged that the United States would not become involved in European struggles. | 22 | |
| 15394780638 | Alexander Hamilton | Leader of the Federalists. First Secretary of the Treasury. He advocated creation of a national bank, assumption of state debts by the federal government, and a tariff system to pay off the national debt. | 23 | |
| 15394780639 | Thomas Jefferson | 3rd President of the United States. He favored limited central government. He was chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence; approved of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and promoted ideals of republicanism. Sent out the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore this territory. | 24 | |
| 15394780640 | John Adams | America's first Vice-President and second President. one of the representatives at the First Continental Congress; swayed his colleagues to a revolutionary course; helped defeat moderate proposal of American home rule under British discretion | 25 | |
| 15394780641 | Little Turtle | Chief of the Miami who led a Native American alliance that raided U.S. settlements in the Northwest Territory. He was defeated and forced to sign the Treaty of Greenville. Later, he became an advocate for peace | 26 | |
| 15394780642 | John Marshall | Appointed by John Adams (1801) as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court- was a Virginia Federalist who was disliked by the state's rights Jeffersonians. (Served 30 days under Federalist administration and 34 years under the Jeffersonians and their successors) The Federalists died out but Marshall continued to hand down Federalist decisions. IMPORTANT ACT- Although he dismissed the Marbury suit ( 1801) to avoid direct political showdown, he said that part of the Judiciary Act of 1789, on which Marbury tried to base his appeal was unconstitutional. | 27 | |
| 15394780643 | Tecumseh | Shawnee chief who tried to united Native American tribes in Ohio and Indiana against encroaching white rule. Failed. | 28 | |
| 15394780644 | Henry Clay | Distinguished senator from Kentucky, who ran for president five times until his death in 1852. He was a strong supporter of the American System, a war hawk for the War of 1812, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and known as "The Great Compromiser." (responsible for the Missouri Compromise). Outlined the Compromise of 1850 with five main points. Died before it was passed however. | 29 | |
| 15394780645 | John Quincy Adams | 6th president from 1825-1829; served in the Senate and House of Representatives; son of President John Adams; helped formulate the Monroe Doctrine as Secretary of State; lost his re-election to Andrew Jackson; viewed as one of the greatest diplomats in American history. | 30 |
Unit 2 600-600 AP World History Flashcards
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| 13721619154 | Filial Piety | In Confucian philosophy, filial piety is a virtue of respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors. | 0 | |
| 13721619155 | Syncretism | The merging of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought. | 1 | |
| 13721619156 | Jewish Diaspora | The dispersion of Jews out of their ancestral homeland (the Land of Israel) and the communities built by them across the world. | 2 | |
| 13721619157 | Torah | The central reference of the religious Judaic tradition. | 3 | |
| 13721619162 | Caste System | A system of social stratification which has pre-modern origins, was transformed by the British Raj, and is today the basis of educational and job reservations in India. | 4 | |
| 13721619163 | Siddhartha Gautama | An ascetic and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. | 5 | |
| 13721619164 | Enlightenment | The action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened. | 6 | |
| 13721619165 | Asoka | Indian emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE. | 7 | |
| 13721619166 | Nirvana | A transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self, and the subject is released from the effects of karma and the cycle of death and rebirth. | 8 | |
| 13721619167 | Confucianism | A system of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by Confucius and developed by Mencius. | 9 | |
| 13721619168 | Analects | A collection of sayings and ideas attributed to the Chinese philosopher Confucius and his contemporaries. | 10 | |
| 13721619169 | Patriarchal | Of, relating to, or characteristic of a system of society or government controlled by men. | 11 | |
| 13721619170 | Neo-Confucianism | A movement in religious philosophy derived from Confucianism in China around AD 1000 in response to the ideas of Taoism and Buddhism. | 12 | |
| 13721619172 | Yin-yang | Describes how seemingly opposite or contrary forces may actually be complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world | 13 | |
| 13721619173 | Constantine | Roman Emperor from 306 to 337 AD who converted to Christianity. | 14 | |
| 13721619175 | Roman Catholicism | members of the Catholic Church in full communion with the Pope | 15 | |
| 13721619176 | Eastern Orthodoxy | a church as being in communion with Constantinople, much as "Roman Catholic" did for communion with Rome. | 16 | |
| 13721619188 | Alexander the Great | a king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty and was one of, if not the greatest military leaders in History | 17 | |
| 13721619189 | Greco-Buddhist Architecture & Sculpture | the artistic manifestation of Greco-Buddhism, a cultural syncretism | 18 | |
| 13721619190 | Darius the Great | third king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Also called Darius the Great, he ruled the empire at its peak | 19 | |
| 13721619191 | Shi Huangdi | the founder of the Qin dynasty and was the first emperor of China | 20 | |
| 13721619192 | Bureacracy | a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives. | 21 | |
| 13721619193 | Examination System | basic support for the ongoing study of the Confucian classics during late-imperial times and could be said to have been the impetus behind the school curriculum that was followed all over China, even at the level of the village school for young boys. | 22 | |
| 13721619194 | Aryans | relating to or denoting a people speaking an Indo-European language who invaded northern India in the 2nd millennium BC, displacing the Dravidian and other aboriginal peoples. | 23 | |
| 13721619196 | Mauryan Empire | a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power founded by Chandragupta Maurya which dominated ancient India between c. 322 and 185 BCE | 24 | |
| 13721619197 | Chandragupta | the founder of the Maurya Empire and the first emperor to unify north and south west of present-day India into one state. | 25 | |
| 13721619198 | Phoenicians | an ancient Semitic thalassocratic civilization of unknown origin situated on the coastal part of the Fertile Crescent | 26 | |
| 13721619199 | Carthage | City located in present-day Tunisia and the seat of the powerful Carthaginian (Punic) Empire; founded by Phoenicians ca. 800 B.C.E. It became a major commercial center and naval power in the western Mediterranean until defeated by the expanding Roman Republic in the third century B.C.E. | 27 | |
| 13721619200 | Hellenes | an ancient Greek. | 28 | |
| 13721619201 | Oligarchies | a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution. | 29 | |
| 13721619202 | Sparta & Athens | Two major city states of ancient Greece. Athens was a city that enjoyed the arts, philosophy and the finer things in life, while Sparta was completely militaristic. | 30 | |
| 13721619203 | Persian Wars | a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire of Persia and Greek city-states that started in 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC. | 31 | |
| 13721619204 | Peloponnesian Wars | an ancient Greek war fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. | 32 | |
| 13721619205 | Republic | a sovereign state or country which is organized with a form of government in which power resides in elected individuals representing the citizen body and government leaders exercise power according to the rule of law. | 33 | |
| 13721619206 | Plebian | of or characteristic of the lower class | 34 | |
| 13721619207 | Patrician | an aristocrat or nobleman | 35 | |
| 13721619208 | Pax Romana | the peace that existed between nationalities within the Roman Empire. | 36 | |
| 13721619209 | Punic Wars | a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 BC to 146 BC. At the time, they were probably the largest wars that had ever taken place. | 37 | |
| 13721619210 | Aqueduct | an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge supported by tall columns across a valley. | 38 | |
| 13721619211 | Epidemics | a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time. | 39 | |
| 13721619212 | Byzantine Empire | also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire in the East during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople | 40 | |
| 13721619213 | Justinian Law | the collections of laws and legal interpretations developed under the sponsorship of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I | 41 | |
| 13721619214 | Teotihuacan | an ancient Mesoamerican city located in a sub-valley of the Valley of Mexico | 42 | |
| 13721619215 | Maya | People of the Mayan civilization | 43 | |
| 13721619216 | Moche | a civilization flourished in northern Peru with its capital near present-day Moche, Trujillo, Peru from about 100 to 800 during the Regional Development Epoch | 44 | |
| 13721619217 | Quipu | a series of colored, knotted strings. The type of knot indicated a number, and the knot's placement signified units of 1, 10, 100, or more. All the cords hung from a main string, and their positions and colors likely signaled what was being counted—gold, corn, or other goods. | 45 | |
| 13721619218 | Ayllu | the traditional form of a community in the Andes, especially among Quechuas and Aymaras. | 46 | |
| 13721619219 | Mit'a | was mandatory public service in the society of the Inca Empire | 47 | |
| 13721619220 | Literacy | the ability to read and write. | 48 | |
| 13721619221 | Serfdom | the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism. It was a condition of bondage, which developed primarily during the High Middle Ages in Europe and lasted in some countries until the mid-19th century. | 49 | |
| 13721619222 | Indian Ocean Maritime Network | a network of trade between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. The trade network started in the third millennium BCE. The main participants in the trade network were Egyptians, Indians, Portuguese, Chinese and Africans | 50 | |
| 13721619223 | Monsoon Winds | the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter. | 51 | |
| 13721619224 | Oasis | a fertile spot in a desert where water is found | 52 | |
| 13721619225 | Chang'an | an ancient capital of more than ten dynasties in Chinese history, today known as Xi'an | 53 | |
| 13721619226 | Camels | an even-toed ungulate within the genus Camelus, bearing distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back | 54 | |
| 13721619227 | Patriarchy | A male dominated society |  | 55 |
| 13721619228 | Mandate of Heaven | an ancient Chinese belief and philosophical idea that tiān (heaven) granted emperors the right to rule based on their ability to govern well and fairly. |  | 56 |
| 13721619229 | Silk Road | an ancient network of trade and cultural transmission routes that were central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent connecting the West and East by merchants, pilgrims, monks, soldiers, nomads, and urban dwellers from China and India to the Mediterranean Sea | 57 | |
| 13721619230 | Social Heirarchy | how individuals and groups are arranged in a relatively linear ladder |  | 58 |
| 13721619231 | Reincarnation | the rebirth of a soul in a new body. | 59 | |
| 13721619232 | Assimilation | The process by which a person or persons acquire the social and psychological characteristics of a group |  | 60 |
| 13721619233 | Monotheistic | The belief in only one god | 61 | |
| 13721619234 | Eightfold Path | the path to nirvana, comprising eight aspects in which an aspirant must become practiced: right views, intention, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration. | 62 | |
| 13721619235 | Zoroanstrianism | one of the world's oldest monotheistic religions. It was founded by the Prophet Zoroaster in ancient Iran approximately 3500 years ago. | 63 | |
| 13721619236 | Greek Philosophy and Picture | the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics |  | 64 |
| 13721619237 | Polytheistic | The belief in many gods | 65 | |
| 13721619238 | Legalism | strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit. | 66 | |
| 13721619239 | Buddhism | is a nontheistic religion or philosophy (Sanskrit: dharma; Pali: धम्म dhamma) that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on teachings attributed to Gautama Buddha, commonly known as the Buddha ("the awakened one"). | 67 | |
| 13721619240 | Judaism | an ancient monotheistic religion, with the Torah as its foundational text (part of the larger text known as the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible), and supplemental oral tradition represented by later texts such as the Midrash and the Talmud. | 68 | |
| 13721619241 | Christianity | the religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, or its beliefs and practices. | 69 | |
| 13721619242 | Daoism | a philosophical, ethical or religious tradition of Chinese origin, or faith of Chinese exemplification, that emphasizes living in harmony with the Tao. | 70 | |
| 13721619243 | Persia | an empire located in modern day Iran but stretched as far as Egypt and Iraq. | 71 | |
| 13721619244 | Gupta | an empire located in northern India that lasted from 320-550 c.e. | 72 | |
| 13721619245 | Roman empire | located in modern day Italy but expanded to outlying countries throughout its reign, it lasted from 201 b.c.e- 476 c.e. | 73 | |
| 13721619246 | State | A body of people living in a defined territory who have a government with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority | 74 | |
| 13721619247 | Empire | an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority. | 75 | |
| 13721619249 | Roman Empire | Existed from 27 BCE to about 400 CE. Conquiered entire Mediterranean coast and most of Europe. Ruled by an emperor. Eventually oversaw the rise and spread of Christianity. | 76 | |
| 13721619250 | Vedic Concepts | Core beliefs in sanskrit scriptures; Hinduism; influence of Indo-European traditions in the development of the social and political roles of a caste system; importance of multiple manifestations of Brahma to promote teachings about reincarnation. | 77 | |
| 13721619251 | Hinduism | A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms | 78 | |
| 13721619252 | Ashoka | Leader of the Mauryan dynasty of India who conquered most of India but eventually gave up violence and converted to Buddhism. | 79 | |
| 13721619253 | Siddhartha Gautama (The Buddha) | Means "Enlightened One." He is said to have renounced his worldly possessions and taught of a way to overcome suffering. | 80 | |
| 13721619254 | Emperor Constantine | Founded Constantinople; best known for being the first Christian Roman Emperor; issued the Edit of Milan in 313, granting religious toleration throughout the empire. | 81 | |
| 13721619255 | Gupta Empire | (320-550 CE) The decentralized empire that emerged after the Mauryan Empire, and whose founder is Chandra Gupta. | 82 | |
| 13721619256 | filial piety | In Confucian thought, one of the virtues to be cultivated, a love and respect for one's parents and ancestors. | 83 | |
| 13721619257 | monasticism | A way of life in which men and women withdraw from the rest of the world in order to devote themselves to their faith | 84 | |
| 13721619258 | ancestor veneration | Veneration of the dead or ancestor reverence is based on the beliefs that the dead have a continued existence, and may possess the ability to influence the fortune of the living, the worship of deceased ancestors | 85 | |
| 13721619259 | syncretic religion | Combines two religious traditions into something distinctly new, while containing traits of both | 86 | |
| 13721619260 | Persian Empire | Greatest empire in the world up to 500 BCE. Spoke an Indo-European language. A multi-ethnic and multi-religious empire. Fell to Alexander the Great. | 87 | |
| 13721619261 | Qin Dynasty | the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall | 88 | |
| 13721619262 | Han Dynasty | (202 BC - 220 AD) dynasty started by Lui Bang; a great and long-lasting rule, it discarded the harsh policies of the Qin dynasty and adopted Confucian principles; rulers chose officials who passed the civil service exams rather than birth; it was a time of prosperity | 89 | |
| 13721619263 | Hellenistic | Of or influenced by the Greek Empire. A type of culture typically referred to after the conquests of Alexander the Great. | 90 | |
| 13721619265 | Athens | A democratic Greek polis who accomplished many cultural achievements, and who were constantly at war with Sparta. | 91 | |
| 13721619266 | Alexandria | City on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt founded by Alexander. It became the capital of the Hellenistic kingdom of Ptolemy. It contained the famous Library and the Museum and was a center for leading scientific and literary figures in the classical and postclassical eras. | 92 | |
| 13721619267 | Constantinople | A large and wealthy city that was the imperial capital of the Byzantine empire and later the Ottoman empire, now known as Istanbul | 93 | |
| 13721619268 | Trans-Saharan Caravan Route | Islamic trade in West Africa was conducted by caravans of camels. According to Ibn Battuta, the explorer who accompanied one of the caravans, the average size was a thousand camels per caravan, with some being as large as 12,000. | 94 | |
| 13721619271 | Jesus of Nazareth | a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity. | 95 | |
| 13721619273 | Greco-Roman Philosophy | Ideas that emphasized logic, empirical observation, and nature of political power and hierarchy. | 96 | |
| 13721619274 | tribute | Money paid by one country to another in return for protection | 97 |
AP Literature vocabulary Flashcards
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| 15023266731 | inexorable | impossible to stop or prevent | 0 | |
| 15023266732 | insipid | lacking interest or flavor | 1 | |
| 15023266733 | nefarious | extremely wicked | 2 | |
| 15023266734 | physiognomy | the art of judging human character from facial features | 3 | |
| 15023266735 | Epistle | a letter (form of communication) | 4 | |
| 15023266736 | efficacy | the power to produce a desired result | 5 | |
| 15023266737 | capricious | impulsive and unpredictable | 6 | |
| 15023266738 | akin | (adj.) related by blood; having similar qualities or character | 7 | |
| 15023266739 | vacillate | to waver; to sway indecisively | 8 | |
| 15023266740 | reticent | silent; reserved | 9 | |
| 15023266741 | moribund | at the point of death | 10 | |
| 15023266742 | impetus | a moving force, impulse, stimulus | 11 | |
| 15023266743 | Hospice | a home providing care for the sick, especially the terminally ill. | 12 | |
| 15023266744 | vacuous | empty | 13 | |
| 15023266745 | avocation | a hobby or minor occupation | 14 |
AP Literature Vocabulary Unit 9 Flashcards
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| 12792409361 | avatar | (n.) an embodiment (as of a concept or philosophy) often in a person; an electronic image that represents and is manipulated by a computer user syn: embodiment, virtual identity syl: a | 0 | |
| 12792418944 | beatitude | (n.) a state of perfect happiness or blessedness; a blessing syn: bliss, rapture ant: misery, despair syl: at | 1 | |
| 12792423421 | bete noire | (n.) someone or something that one especially dislikes, dreads, or avoids syn: pet peeve, bugbear, nemesis ant: pet, idol syl: noire | 2 | |
| 12792428723 | bode | (v.) to be an omen of; to indicate by signs syn: presage, augur, foreshadow | 3 | |
| 12792431857 | dank | (adj.) unpleasantly damp or wet syn: clammy, moist, soggy ant: dry, arid, parched, desiccated | 4 | |
| 12792437605 | ecumenical | (adj.) world wide or universal in influence or application syn: general, comprehensive ant: parochial, regional, insular syl: men | 5 | |
| 12792442499 | fervid | (adj.) burning with enthusiasm or zeal; extremely heated syn: ardent, fervent, earnest ant: apathetic, indifferent, cool, blase syl: fer | 6 | |
| 12792448565 | fetid | (adj.) having an unpleasant or offensive odor syn: smelly, putrid, noisome, foul, malodorous ant: fragrant, aromatic, perfumed, sweet syl: fet | 7 | |
| 12792454610 | gargantuan | (adj.) of immense size, volume, or capacity; enormous, prodigious syn: huge, colossal, mammoth, gigantic ant: tiny, minuscule, infinitesimal, dwarfish syl: gan | 8 | |
| 12792463443 | heyday | (n.) the period of greatest power, vigor, success, or influence; the prime years syn: golden age ant: formative years, twilight years, decline syl: hey | 9 | |
| 12792467137 | incubus | (n.) a demon or evil spirit supposed to haunt human beings in their bedrooms at night; anything that oppresses or weighs upon one, like a nightmare syn: hobgoblin, millstone syl: in | 10 | |
| 12792473377 | infrastructure | (n.) a basic foundation or framework; a system of public works; the resources and facilities required for an activity; permanent military installations syn: base, basis, underpinning ant: superstructure syl: in | 11 | |
| 12792482198 | inveigle | (v.) to entice, lure, or snare by flattery or artful inducements; to obtain r acquire by artifice syn: induce, beguile, cajole, wheedie syl: va | 12 | |
| 12792629697 | kudos | (n.) the acclaim, prestige, or renown that comes as a result of some action or achievement syn: glory, praise, accolades ant: boos, disapproval, condemnation syl: ku | 13 | |
| 12792634414 | lagniappe | (n.) an extra or unexpected gift or gratuity syn: bonus syl: lan | 14 | |
| 12792637228 | prolix | (adj.) long-winded and wordy; tending to speak or write in such a way syn: garrulous ant: laconic, succinct, pithy syl: lix | 15 | |
| 12792643558 | protege | (n.) someone whose welfare, training, or career is under the patronage of an influential person; someone under the jurisdiction of a foreign country or government syn: ward, charge, disciple, trainee ant: sponsor, mentor, benefactor syl: pro | 16 | |
| 12792650763 | sycophant | (n.) someone who attempts to win favors or advance him- or herself by flattery or servile behavior; a slanderer, defamer syn: yes-man, flunky, bootlicker stress: syc | 17 | |
| 12792656176 | tautology | (n.) needless repetition of an idea by using different bu equivalent words; a redundancy syn: pleonasm syl: tol | 18 | |
| 12792659177 | truckle | (v.) to yield or submit tamely or submissively syn: kowtow, stoop, grovel ant: resist, defy, stand up to syl: truk | 19 |
Pre-Ap language arts Flashcards
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| 14673989238 | Accustomed | used to; familiar with | 0 | |
| 14673993375 | Adjust | to change or alter in order to fit or conform | 1 | |
| 14673993376 | Alter | To change; to modify | 2 | |
| 14674012801 | Assent | Agree;concede | 3 | |
| 14674015448 | Demur | Disagree; object on the basis of values or morals | 4 | |
| 14674021594 | Discerning | clear eyed; perceptive | 5 | |
| 14674024600 | majority | The group or party that wins more than half the votes cast in an election. | 6 | |
| 14674028316 | prevail | to be greater in strength; to win | 7 | |
| 14674031315 | stark | severe; grim; absolute | 8 | |
| 14674034175 | Witness | To see; to observe | 9 |
AP Literature Terms (1-20) Flashcards
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| 14978783460 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds | 0 | |
| 14978789425 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 1 | |
| 14978791715 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 2 | |
| 14978796515 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 3 | |
| 14978800584 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | 4 | |
| 14978804759 | Aside | a short comment or speech that a character delivers directly to the audience, or to himself, while other actors on the stage appear not to hear | 5 | |
| 14978811035 | Assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity | 6 | |
| 14978816611 | Antithesis | literally means opposite, is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect | 7 | |
| 14978823315 | Anthropomorphism | the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object. | 8 | |
| 14978834522 | Asyndeton | a stylistic device used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases, and in the sentence, yet maintain grammatical accuracy. | 9 | |
| 14978842942 | figure of speech in which two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors | 10 | ||
| 14978844988 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 11 | |
| 14978848232 | cacophony | refers to the use of words with sharp, harsh, hissing, and unmelodious sounds | 12 | |
| 14978853407 | Caesura | A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line. | 13 | |
| 14978856593 | Consonance | Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity. | 14 | |
| 14978858803 | Colloquialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | 15 | |
| 14978862633 | Chiasmus | a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form | 16 | |
| 14978865132 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 17 | |
| 14978868691 | didactic | intended to instruct | 18 | |
| 14978872347 | Enjambment | means to step over, or put legs across. In poetry it means moving over from one line to another without a terminating punctuation mark | 19 |
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