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ap world history reading quiz #1 Flashcards

14790349196	What 3 zones is India divided into?	mountainous north, great basins of Indus Ganges rivers, and the peninsula proper	0
14790361140	What are monsoons?	seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons	1
14790366473	What is the Vedic Age?	1500-500 bce; info from religious texts called vedas	2
14790375525	Did india have social groups?	yes	3
14790379706	What were two groupings of people based off of skin color?	Aryas and Dasas (varna = color)	4
14790386773	Jati	in India, a group that defines one's occupation and social position	5
14790391291	karma	(Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation	6
14790394763	vidic religion	main deities were male; sacrifice was key	7
14790403887	Women in the Vedic Age	studied sacred lore; made religious hymns; could own property; participated in sacrifice rituals	8
14790415293	What did the caste system do?	give people an identity	9
14790420662	Brahminism	religion of Vedic India, based on priests and rituals, particularly sacrifices to the gods	10
14790424715	Moksha	liberation	11
14790429972	Upanishads	A major book in Hinduism that is often in the form of dialogues that explored the Vedas and the religious issues that they raised.	12
14790437975	What religious challenged Vedic religion?	Janism and buddhism	13
14790442187	Mahavira	Founder of Jainism	14
14790444680	Siddhartha Gautama	Founder of Buddhism	15
14790447660	Buddhism	the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth	16
14790450612	Nirvana	The state of englightenment for Buddhists.	17
14790456943	Division of Buddhism	Mahayana (embraced new); Theravad (traditional)	18
14790467721	What did Vedic religion evolve into?	Hinduism	19
14790478053	Vishnu and Shiva	the two most important deities in the Hindu religion	20
14790482655	Devi	Mother goddess within Hinduism; widely spread following collapse of Guptas; encouraged new emotionalism in religious ritual	21
14790487477	New religions coming into Southeast Asia	often were altered by new converts, who blended traditional beliefs with the new doctrines, and brought direct relationships with god and a sense of underlying unity	22
14790517665	Puja	Hindu devotional worship of deities at home or in a temple	23
14790527360	Ganges River	holiest river to Hindus. They believe bathing in this river will wash away their sins	24
14790534784	Typical Hindu Boy	studies, marries, gives up home for family, abandons personality and reaches moksha	25
14790547215	Why did some people choose Hinduism?	provided where others lacked in terms of not being as harsh and allowing for direct connection with God	26
14790558647	Mother Lalla	brought interactions between religions in south asia through poetry	27
14790568384	South Asia political strusture	generally disunified	28
14790570579	North and south india developed	separate political structres (south more stable)	29
14790588145	Vijaynagara Empire	founded by Harihara and Bukka, Hundu kingdom, south India	30
14790603414	Raiput Kingdom	Hindu; no central government	31
14790623656	Who was India invaded by?	Muslims; islamic power grew; conquered Dehli	32
14790630642	Dehli Sultanate	Centralized Indian empire of varying extent, created by Muslim invaders, prevented Mongols from conquering south Asia	33
14790644490	Hinduism	many gods; deity artwork; hierarchy; several sacred texts	34
14790651513	Islam	1 god; no diety artwork; equal social structure; Quran as sacred text	35
14790667448	What did Islam want to do to India?	proselytize (seek converts), but most converted voluntarily	36
14790681376	Were there a lot of Buddhists in later times in South Asia compared to other Religions? (Islam, Hinduism)	no	37
14790687084	Did Islam alter the social structure in India?	no; low class hindus didn't improve their social class by converting to Islam	38
14790702531	Women in Hindu and Islamic society:	separated; in SE Asia they had more freedom	39
14790708005	South Asia and Middle East	interacted and shared knowledge (arabic numbers); architecture blend of Hindu and Islam	40
14790716566	Qutub Minar	giant leaning tower built by Delhi Sultanate	41
14790726264	Urdu	A Persian-influenced literary form of Hindi written in Arabic characters and used as a literary language since the 1300s.	42
14790730763	Bhakti	Hindu devotional movement that flourished in the early modern era, emphasizing direct relationship to deities	43
14790746290	Srivijaya Empire	Grew wealthy by taxing trade, controlled sea routes; hindu; strong navy; Sumatra; 610-1025	44
14790771562	Majapahit Kingdom	Southeast Asian kingdom (1293-1520); buddhist; Java	45
14790786207	Khmer Empire	The most powerful and longest-lasting kingdom on the mainland of southwest Asia, centering in what is today Cambodia; didn't depend on sea for power (complex irrigation and drainage systems)	46
14790803083	Sukhothai Kingdom	Thais that pushed out Khmer Empire in 1431; has many beautiful ruins	47
14790815506	Where did Islam Spread?	Sumatra, Java and Malay Pinsinula	48
14790847010	What made Buddhism disorganized?	muslim raids	49

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AP World History: Mexican Revolution Flashcards

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9617249282	Dates	1910-1920	0
9617251415	Political causes	Internal forces corrupted political systems with ruthless government outbreak of World War I eruption of nationalism weak political regime surrounded by foreigners/ruled by upper class foreigners More than 40% of Mexico was controlled by the U.S.	1
9617275849	Economic causes	wanted to eliminate foreign sources of goods/realign economy economy was dependent on exports/ lacked adequate investment funds	2
9617296876	Social causes	unbearable working conditions/loss of land 2% of peasants owned land Hacienda system-peasants worked on haciendas for almost no pay peasants were enslaved/worked at gunpoint starvation life expectancy was 30 years practically no middle class existed social unrest	3
9617386757	What percentage of Mexicans lost their lives in the revolution?	10%	4
9617396188	What were the conditions of starvation by 1910?	people ate 50% less than they did before Mexico's independence which was almost 100 years earlier	5
9617410684	Porfirio Diaz	came to power in 1876. He made tremendous economic changes reforms: built railroads dominated politics for 35 years	6
9617438982	What started the revolution?	The election of 1910, when Madero tried to run against Diaz	7
9617447359	Francisco Madero	wealthy son of an elite family tried to run against Diaz-wanted to make moderate democratic political reforms Diaz rigged the election and arrest Madero when Madero returned from prison, he started the rebellion becomes president of Mexico in 1911 asked Huerta for help and is assassinated by him in 1913 by Huerta	8
9617478108	Who supported Madero?	Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata	9
9617488193	Who becomes the moving force of Mexico?	peasants	10
9617494842	What part of Mexico did Pancho Villa control?	Northern Mexico	11
9617499333	Which part of Mexico did Emiliano Zapata control?	Southern Mexico	12
9617503125	Pancho Villa	commander of a rebellion in the northern portion of Mexico former bandit who led farmers, railroaders, and cowboys considered a hero of Mexico helped remove Diaz supported Madero	13
9617526882	Emiliano Zapata	led rebellion in the sourthern province of Mexico Held a goal of land reform led peasants based in Guerilla Movement considered a hero of Mexico helped remove Diaz supported Madero	14
9617561316	Victoriano Huerta	Becomes ruler after the assassination of Madero in 1913 a general who sought to create the type of dictatorship that Diaz held - centralized dictatorship supported by landowners, the army, and foreign companies held an illegal rule forced from power by Villa and Zapata in 1914	15
9617616369	Alvaro Obregon	(1880-1928) emerged as a leader in the Mexican Government in 1915 elected president in 1920 President the year the revolution ends	16
9617632971	Lazaro Cardenas	(1934-1940) - more than 40 million acres of land were distributed in communal holdings	17
9617656334	When was Carranza's rule? Who was he supported by? What did he do in his rule?	1914-1920 Villa and Zapata he passed constituion of 1917 - remains the current Mexican constitution today	18
9617687416	Process of war	country was devastated during the war - 1.5 million people died and major industries were destroyed ranching and farming were disrupted Mexican constitution promised changes and solutions to these issues	19
9617713765	Foreign intervention	U.S. intervention aimed at bringing order to border regions by diplomatic maneuverings - after outbreak of WWI in Europe	20
9617724895	Political results	Constitution of 1917 end of a dictatorship - republic land redistribution - peasants were sometimes cheated with land - immigrated to U.S. Party of Institutionalized Revolution was formed - one party system - multiparty democracy	21
9617737754	Economic results	Marxist socialist ideas were incorporated through intellectuals - conservative revolts resulted from church by Cristeros	22
9617750280	Social results	Incorporation of labor, peasant, military, and middle-class sectors into the one-party system Integration of Indians and their culture into everyday life	23
9617766601	Cultural results	creation of secular schools with Indian integration Mexican muralist movement - artists included: Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco Creativity was spread through literature, art, and dancing - used to inform/celebrate	24
9617790476	Mexican Constitution of 1917	land reform, limited foreign ownership of key resources, guaranteed rights of workers placed restrictions on clerical educational and church ownership of property promised educational reforms organized workers placed in national confederation/ given representation in government extension program for primary/rural education distribution of more than 40 acres of land	25
9617849985	Who modeled their constitution off of Mexico's	Germany	26
9617855737	What was the percentage of land ownership by 1940?	33% - under president Lazaro Cardenas	27

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AP Language Syntax & Diction Flashcards

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13874533950	Simple Sentence	Contains one subject and one verb. Ex: The singer bowed to her adoring audience.	0
13874533951	Compound Sentence	Contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinate conjunction (and, but, or), or by a semicolon. Ex: The singer bowed to the audience, but the listeners requested no encores.	1
13874533952	Complex sentence	Contains an independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses. Ex: You said that you would tell the truth.	2
13874533953	Compound-Complex sentence	Contains two or more principal clauses and one or more subordinate clauses. Ex: The singer bowed while the audience applauded, but the crowd requested no encores.	3
13874533954	Loose Sentence	Make complete sense if bought to a close before the actual ending. Ex.The woman died, because she was pushed off the cliff.	4
13874533955	Periodic Sentence	Makes sense only when the end of the sentence is reached. Ex. The woman that was so nice and caring was found dead.	5
13874533956	Balanced Sentence	The phrases or clauses balance each other by virtue of their likeness or structure, meaning, and/o length. Ex. The band played their song, but the crowd was not cheering.	6
13874533957	Monosyllabic	One syllable in length. Ex. Huh, No, Etc.	7
13874533958	Polysyllabic	More than one syllable in length. Ex. Familiar, Marvelous, Etc.	8
13874533959	Colloquial	Slang Ex. Y'all	9
13874533960	Denotative	Containing an exact meaning Ex. Stop: to not be in motion	10
13874533961	Connotative	Containing a suggested meaning. Ex. You are obese. To be way over one's weight limit.	11
13874533962	Concrete	Specific Ex. You are 7 years old.	12
13874533963	Abstract	General Ex. Joy, shame, beauty, etc.	13
13874533964	Euphonious	Pleasant sounding Ex. Harmonic	14
13874533965	Cacophonous	Harsh sounding Ex. Sucker	15

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Introductory Vocab- Apes Flashcards

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7371945752	Sustainability	living on Earth in a way that allows humans to use its resources without depriving future generations of those resources	0
7371953655	Natural resource	any of the various substances and energy sources that we take from our environment and that we need in order to survive	1
7371960017	Renewable resource	materials or substances that occur in nature and can be replenished by natural processes in a reasonable timeframe	2
7371968610	Nonrenewable Resource	natural resources that are in limited supply or are formed much more slowly than we use them	3
7371972172	Biodiversity	the variety of life across all levels of biological organization, including the diversity of species, their genes, their populations, and their communities.	4
7371980021	Genetic diversity	a measurement of the differences in DNA composition among individuals within a given species	5
7371984211	Species diversity	the number and variety of different species in the world or in particular region	6
7371985540	Pollution	the release of matter or energy into the environment that causes undesirable impact on the health and well-being of humans or other organisms. Pollution can be physical, chemical, or biological, and it can affect water, air, or soil	7
7371990871	Point Source	A specific spot-such as a factory- where large quantities of air pollutants or water pollutants are discharged	8
7371993682	Nonpoint Source	A diffuse source of pollutants, often consisting of many small sources	9
7371996350	Carrying Capacity	the maximum population size that a given environment can sustain	10
7372001308	Developing Countries	a country with relatively low levels of industrialization and income	11
7372006019	Developed Countries	a country with relatively high levels of industrialization and income	12
7372017885	Anthropogenic	derived from human activities	13
7372026956	Per Capita	per person	14
7372029147	Ecosystem Services	the process by which natural environments provide life-supporting resources	15
7372035011	Biotic	living	16
7372042025	Abiotic	Non-living	17
7372047299	Biomass	the total mass of all living matter in a specific area	18