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AP World History - Unit I - Key Concepts Flashcards
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| 11007648697 | Neolithic Revolution | the emergence of permanent agricultural villages | 0 | |
| 11007648698 | Locations of independent neolithic revolutions include | Mesopotamia, Nile River Valley, Sub-Saharan Africa, Indus River Valley, Yellow (Huang He) River Valley, Papua New Guinea, Mesoamerica, and the Andes | 1 | |
| 11007648699 | Pastoralism | the branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock. It is animal husbandry: the care, tending and use of animals such as camels, goats, cattle, yaks, llamas, and sheep | 2 | |
| 11007648700 | Overgrazing | negative impact on the environment by pastoralists | 3 | |
| 11007648701 | Examples of how agricultural communities impact their environment | clearing land and creating water control (irrigation) systems | 4 | |
| 11007648702 | Agricultural Revolution (aka Neolithic Revolution) led to | more abundant and reliable food supplies | 5 | |
| 11007648703 | Reliable and abundant food supplies led to | increased population which led to specialization of labor, including new classes of artisans and warriors, and the development of elites | 6 | |
| 11007648704 | Examples of innovations in technology that improved food production, trade, and transportation | pottery, plows, woven textiles, wheels, and metalurgy | 7 | |
| 11007648705 | Patriarchy | a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line. | 8 | |
| 11007648706 | Social system that developed in pastoralist and agraian societies | patriarchal | 9 | |
| 11007648707 | A power that early states undertook was | mobilization of surplus labor and other resources | 10 | |
| 11007648708 | Early rulers often claimed this as a source of authority | connection to the gods (divine) | 11 | |
| 11007648709 | This group occupied the region of Anatolia (also known as Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey) prior to 1700 BCE, and expanded their territories into an empire which rivaled, and threatened, the established nation of Egypt. | Hitties |  | 12 |
| 11007648710 | New weapon developed by pastoralists that contributed to the transformation of ancient warfare. | ancient composite bow |  | 13 |
| 11007648711 | Modes of transportation that transformed ancient warfare and transportation itself | horseback riding and chariots | 14 | |
| 11007648712 | Examples of developments in architecture and urban planning of early cities | streets and roads, sewage and water systems, and defensive walls | 15 | |
| 11007648713 | Ziggurat | an ancient temple that was common in Mesopotamia (or present-day Iraq and western Iran) during the the civilizations of Sumer, Babylon and Assyria. |  | 16 |
| 11007648714 | Pyramid | ancient Egyptians built these as tombs for the pharaohs and their queens. |  | 17 |
| 11007648715 | Cuneiform | a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia c. 3500-3000 BCE. |  | 18 |
| 11007648716 | Hieroglyphics | the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt. It combined logographic, syllabic and alphabetic elements, with a total of some 1,000 distinct characters |  | 19 |
| 11007648717 | Quipu | a device consisting of a cord with knotted strings of various colors attached, used by the ancient Peruvians (Andean South America) for recording events, keeping accounts, etc. in the region of . |  | 20 |
| 11007648718 | Code of Hammurabi | the longest surviving text (written law) from the Old Babylonian period. Does not attempt to cover all possible legal situations. In its epilogue, described as "laws of Justice" intended to clarify the rights of any "oppressed man." |  | 21 |
| 11007648719 | Examples of Hammurabi's Code | If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out. [ An eye for an eye ] If he break another man's bone, his bone shall be broken. If he put out the eye of a freed man, or break the bone of a freed man, he shall pay one gold mina. | 22 | |
| 11007648720 | Code of Ur-Nammu | the oldest known law code surviving today. It is from Mesopotamia and is written on tablets, in the Sumerian language c. 2100-2050 BCE. |  | 23 |
| 11007648721 | Systems of record keeping | cuneiform, hieroglyphs, pictographs, alphabets, quipu | 24 | |
| 11007648722 | Vedic | the ancient religion of the Aryan peoples who entered northwestern India from Persia circa 2000-1200 BCE. It was the precursor of Hinduism, and its beliefs and practices are contained in the Vedas. | 25 | |
| 11007648723 | Zoroastrianism | one of the world's oldest monotheistic religions. It was founded in ancient Iran approximately 3500 years ago. | 26 | |
| 11007648724 | Polytheism | belief in many gods | 27 | |
| 11007648725 | Montheism | belief in one god | 28 | |
| 11007648726 | Examples of interregional trade | Mesopotamia and Egypt Mesopotamia and Indus valley Egypt and Nubia | 29 | |
| 11007648727 | Hebrew | this form of monotheism began in the biblical lands of Judah and the Northern Kingdom sometime between 1,000 and 586 B.C.E. The idea of a single god was imparted to Abraham at the biblical Mount Sinai. | 30 | |
| 11007648728 | Ahura Mazda | the creator and sole God of Zoroastrianism | 31 |
Sui, Tang, Song Dynasties: AP World History Flashcards
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| 7913619993 | The Sui Dynasty: Time Period | 581-618 | 0 | |
| 7913630796 | Yang Jian | * founded Sui Dynasty * oversaw reunification of China * from a Chinese family that had intermarried with non-Chinese elite - indication of cultural exchange * strengthened central control of government - more effective government, able to rule more efficiently * written exams for selection of officials - merit test: reassurance that government officials knew what they were doing - better 'filter' on who was able to become a leader; better qualified for jobs - exam prep dominated lives of educated men | 1 | |
| 7913762576 | Grand Canal | * Sui Dynasty * connected Yangzi and Yellow River regions - facilitated trade of tax grain from Yangzi to political/military power in China * Yangzi Valley - rice growing, South China - strengthened China's internal cohesion - facilitated maritime trade | 2 | |
| 7913858089 | The Tang Dynasty: Time Period | 618-907 | 3 | |
| 7913885617 | The Tang Dynasty | * Chang'an - cultural center of East Asia - more efficient population; made up of merchants, pilgrims, missionaries, and students - helped Chinese to be more open to learning from the outside world; more cosmopolitan lifestyle * divided administration into departments - specialized jobs/tasks - done more efficiently than having several jobs * built on Sui precedent of written exams * Confucianism * two females in power - inclusion of women in politics, higher trust and confidence in government - combination of religion and politics IOT gain support for the women/Buddhist sutra (predicted imminent reincarnation) | 4 | |
| 7913944862 | Gaozu (618-626, Li Yuan) and Taizong (626-649) | * first two Tang rulers * expanded territory - Turkish territories | 5 | |
| 7914200535 | Tang Culture | * cities were laid out in rectangular grids * 100 walled blocks inside their walls - road system allowed citizens to easily obtain what they needed without extravagant transportation ~ knowledge of outside world was easily obtained through cosmopolitan cities ~ presence of students, merchants, and envoys < foreign merchants = introduction of new religions, hair/clothing fashions, games, entertainment * great age of poetry - may have used poetry to communicate | 6 | |
| 7914421618 | Buddhism: Tang/Chinese Daily Life | * Buddhist festivals/stories of origin become some of the most popular holidays * monasteries * Buddhist schools for children * Received money from merchants for safekeeping; turned into banks - combined economics/religion - economic morality | 7 | |
| 7914531877 | Pure Land | a school of Buddhism; taught that calling on Buddha Amitabha, rebirth could be achieved in Amitabha's Pure Land paradise | 8 | |
| 7914551410 | Chan school | A school of buddhism (Japan-Zen) that rejected authority of sutras; claimed superiority of mind-to mind transmission of Buddhist truths | 9 | |
| 7914605671 | The Song Dynasty | * Taizu - founder (960-976) - general whose troops elevated him to emperor - worked to make sure that such an act couldn't happen in future by placing armies under central gov't control * civil bureaucrats came to dominate every aspect of DOng gov't/society * Civil Service Exam System - provided dynasty with constant flow of Confucianist Men *curbing generals' power ended warlordism * made a peace treaty with Liao * traded with Khitans to keep them from invading * had to produce weapons in large quantities - military advantage; economic stimulation * controlled only about 2/3 of former Song territories | 10 | |
| 7914731359 | Scholar Officials, Neo-Confucianism | * scholar-official class - educated elite class (scholars, officials); Officials; passed exam, Scholars; studied for exam, repeatedly failed * exam system eliminated ancestry, and other unimportant qualities; established more efficient leaders, as they were only considered officials upon their passing of the exam * merit test: had to master literary topics, politics, etc. | 11 | |
| 7914782003 | Invention of Printing | * better communication * better educated elites * more efficient communication: able to spread one message among many people without any confusion * many literary texts (poetry, religious, encyclopedias, etc.) | 12 | |
| 7914821099 | Life of Educated Man | *collected antiques, poetry, etc. * some cultural interests overshadowed politics, philosophy, and economic concerns * engaged in the arts * able to hold high court offices while also pursuing diverse intellectual interests * adopted Confucianism | 13 | |
| 7914854217 | Ouyang Xiu | * wrote love songs * histories * analytical catalogue of stone/bronze inscriptions | 14 | |
| 7914870760 | Sima Guang | * Chancellor * narrative history of China from WSP | 15 | |
| 7914876086 | Su Shi | * over 2700 poems * opposition politics | 16 | |
| 7914887787 | Su Song | * mechanical clock * time concepts | 17 | |
| 7914950249 | Neo-Confucianism | revival of Confucian thinking that began in 11th century, characterized by goal of attaining wisdom of sages, not exam success * Zhu Xi (1130-1200) * wrote many books | 18 | |
| 7914976694 | Women in Song Times | * maids, midwives, mistresses who ran errands, pious women who chanted Buddhist sutras, nuns, girls who wanted to learn to read, daughters who made money weaving mats, jealous wives, widows, etc. * families tried to hold them in the house rather than a field to do house work * sometimes involved in arranged marriages * tended to marry between 16-20 * husbands were few years older * written agreements * match families of equal status * elaborately dressed brides * had to please mother in laws * concubine: second wife, subordinate to first * jealousy was common among wives *daughter-in-law took over cooking/cleaning role *women's status went down | 19 | |
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AP World History Geography Flashcards
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| 10579376609 | Canton (China) |  | 0 | |
| 10579376610 | Baghdad |  | 1 | |
| 10579376611 | Batavia |  | 2 | |
| 10579376612 | Mecca |  | 3 | |
| 10579376613 | Malacca |  | 4 | |
| 10579376672 | Constantinople/Istanbul | (Red) |  | 5 |
| 10579376614 | Cordoba |  | 6 | |
| 10579380060 | Tours | 7 | ||
| 10579376615 | Jerusalem |  | 8 | |
| 10579376616 | Tenochtitlan |  | 9 | |
| 10579376673 | Timbuktu | (12) |  | 10 |
| 10579376617 | Beijing |  | 11 | |
| 10579376674 | Kilwa | (A) |  | 12 |
| 10579376618 | Calcutta |  | 13 | |
| 10579376619 | Jenne (Africa) |  | 14 | |
| 10579376620 | Moscow |  | 15 | |
| 10579376621 | Indian Ocean |  | 16 | |
| 10579376622 | Black Sea |  | 17 | |
| 10579376623 | South China Sea |  | 18 | |
| 10579376624 | Arabian Sea |  | 19 | |
| 10579376625 | Mediterranean Sea |  | 20 | |
| 10579376626 | The Strait of Gibraltar |  | 21 | |
| 10579376627 | The Bering Sea |  | 22 | |
| 10579376628 | Caribbean Sea |  | 23 | |
| 10579376629 | Caspian Sea |  | 24 | |
| 10579376630 | Sea of Japan |  | 25 | |
| 10579376631 | Atlantic Ocean |  | 26 | |
| 10579376632 | Pacific Ocean |  | 27 | |
| 10579376633 | Bosporus |  | 28 | |
| 10579376634 | Persian Gulf |  | 29 | |
| 10579376635 | Nile |  | 30 | |
| 10579376636 | Niger |  | 31 | |
| 10579376637 | Amazon |  | 32 | |
| 10579376638 | Tiber |  | 33 | |
| 10579376639 | Ganges |  | 34 | |
| 10579376640 | Yellow (Huang He) |  | 35 | |
| 10579376641 | Yangtze |  | 36 | |
| 10579376642 | Indus |  | 37 | |
| 10579376643 | Tigris |  | 38 | |
| 10579376644 | Euphrates |  | 39 | |
| 10579376645 | Hindu Kush |  | 40 | |
| 10579376646 | Himalayan |  | 41 | |
| 10579376647 | Alps |  | 42 | |
| 10579376648 | Pyrenees |  | 43 | |
| 10579376649 | Andes |  | 44 | |
| 10579376650 | Caucasus |  | 45 | |
| 10579376651 | Urals |  | 46 | |
| 10579376652 | Indonesia |  | 47 | |
| 10579376653 | Philippines |  | 48 | |
| 10579376654 | Indian sub-continent |  | 49 | |
| 10579376655 | Arabian Peninsula |  | 50 | |
| 10579376656 | Korean Peninsula |  | 51 | |
| 10579376657 | Japan |  | 52 | |
| 10579376658 | Swahili Coast |  | 53 | |
| 10579376659 | Sub-Saharan Africa |  | 54 | |
| 10579376660 | South Asia |  | 55 | |
| 10579376661 | Southeast Asia |  | 56 | |
| 10579376662 | Middle East |  | 57 | |
| 10579376663 | Iberian Peninsula |  | 58 | |
| 10579376664 | Sumatra |  | 59 | |
| 10579376665 | Malaysian Peninsula |  | 60 | |
| 10579376666 | Crimean Peninsula |  | 61 | |
| 10579376667 | Anatolia |  | 62 | |
| 10579376668 | Central Asia steppes |  | 63 | |
| 10579376669 | Sahara Desert |  | 64 | |
| 10579376670 | Gobi Desert |  | 65 | |
| 10579376671 | Klahari |  | 66 |
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AP World History Chapter 3 multiple choice Flashcards
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| 7317528178 | The dynasty that ruled China from 221 to 202 BCE | Qin | 0 | |
| 7317528179 | The Era of Warring States ran from | 400 to 200 BCE | 1 | |
| 7317528180 | Shi Huangdi was the founder of | Qin dynasty | 2 | |
| 7317528181 | The policy carried out by Qin Shi Huangdi | Began massive construction projects | 3 | |
| 7317528182 | The rebellion that ended Qin dynasty was initiated by | Peasants | 4 | |
| 7317528183 | The Xiongnu were | Nomadic invaders | 5 | |
| 7317528184 | By around 200 CE the Chinese govt employed about | 130,000 bureaucrats | 6 | |
| 7317528185 | Philosophy based on notion that humans are basically evil | Legalism | 7 | |
| 7317528186 | Dao means | the way | 8 | |
| 7317528187 | What emerged as a distinct and powerful class under the Han rulers | scholar gentry | 9 | |
| 7317528188 | What is the pattern of inheritance in which the oldest male inherits everything | primogeniture | 10 | |
| 7317528189 | What helped explain the focus of Confucius on education and imperial service | his family's shi geniture | 11 | |
| 7317528190 | Who threatened the imperial culture after the fall of the Zhou dynasty | military elites | 12 | |
| 7317528191 | Both the glory of Qin Shi Huangdi's reign and a key reason for his downfall was his | massive building program | 13 | |
| 7317528192 | What characterizes the Qin dynasty in context of Chinese history | a very short but extremely influential period | 14 | |
| 7317528193 | Han emperors found Confucianism helpful because the philosophy | stressed loyalty | 15 | |
| 7317528194 | Like the Zhou dynasty, the end of the Han dynasty was marked by | a period of warfare | 16 | |
| 7317528195 | Both the Qin and Han rulers attempted to weaken | landed elites | 17 | |
| 7317528196 | The examination system can be said to have been ---- members of elite groups in China | dominated by | 18 | |
| 7317528197 | The background to the development of Confucius 's philosophy was | a period of political chaos | 19 | |
| 7317528198 | Unlike Laozi Confucius focused on the | practical | 20 | |
| 7317528199 | What was the key goal of Confucianism | order | 21 | |
| 7317528200 | What emerged as a powerful and enduring combination in the early Han dynasty | Confucianism and the shi | 22 | |
| 7317528201 | For both Legalism and Confucianism what was a key virtue | service to the state | 23 | |
| 7317528202 | The ideas of Legalism ----imperial power | provided influential support | 24 | |
| 7317528203 | Confucianism provided support for what well-established tradition in China | patriarchy | 25 | |
| 7317528204 | In the context of classical Chinese culture, the influence of Buddhism was | an anomaly | 26 | |
| 7317528205 | What best explains the success of Legalism immediately following the lifetime of Confucius | continued political turmoil | 27 | |
| 7317528206 | Like the pharaohs of the Old Kingdom, the status of Qin Shi Huangdi in Chinese history is largely due to his | massive building projects | 28 | |
| 7317528207 | What is reflected in Han Capital, as compared to other capitals | strongly centralized power | 29 |
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