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AP World History Midterm Flashcards

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8709260771Euro and Japanese lords controlled large lands or ____________Kingdom0
8709260772Constantine's Edict that made Christians happyMilan1
8709260773Famous influential female Greek poetSappho2
870926077414th century cause of instability in Europe/AsiaBlack death3
8709260775Important city along the Silk Road c. 8th century (Iraq)Baghdad4
8709260776Empire that 1st unified Asia Minor, Middle East, and Iranian plateauPersian5
8709260777Influence of any culture on another as it spreadsCultural diffusion6
8709260778Trade network between Asia and europeSilk road7
8709260779Rule by a small group of peopleOligarchy8
8709260780This dynasty's collapse fragmented japanHeian9
8709260781Indian unstable dynastiesDelhi sultanate10
8709260782Most used source of power in Europe during the Middle Ages?Water11
8709260783Mesoamericana and Andean never developed this round technologyWheel12
8709260784Indian dynasty known for math and scienceGupta13
8709260785Founder of ming dynastyHongwu14
8709260786Key Greek philosopher who helped the high middle agesAristotle15
8709260787Maya beans, squash, maizeThree sisters16
8709260788Muslim traveler who recorded his adventuresIbn battuta17
8709260789Not trusting the Chinese, khubilai khan employed this Venetian merchantMarco Polo18
8709260790Period in Japan when land based economics was controlled by militaryKamakura19
8709260791Those who pray, those who fight, those who work. Is the social structure of feudalism or _________ timesMedieval20
8709260792History before writingPrehistory21
8709260793Greatest empire in conquered lands and peoples so farMongol22
8709260794Age with first permanent settlementsNeolithic age23
8709260795Traditional founder of daoismLaozi24
8709260796Muslims brought this language to north africaArabic25
8709260797Inca flourished in this regionAndean26
8709260798Used first printed money in 1024Song27
8709260799Mexicas capitalTenochtitlan28
8709260800Hebrew "contribution" to early religion(made them unique)Monotheism29
8709260801Persian early religionZoroastrianism30
87092608021215 document that is 1st development of democracy in europeMagna carta31
8709260803Europe feared these northmenVikings32
8709260804Trading city of Melaka's locationMalaysia33
8709260805Visigoth who sacked Rome in 410 CEAlaric34
8709260806Marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella created this European stateSpain35
8709260807Alexanders spread of Greek cultureHellenism36
8709260808Mexica farmChinampa37
8709260809Created dome on the cathedral of FlorenceBrunelleschi38
8709260810Author of the IliadHomer39
8709260811Religion of southern Indian kingdomsHindu40
8709260812Paleolithic society was generally ____ in social statusEqual41
8709260813Commentaries and reflections on the vedasUpanishads42
8709260814Giving birth to Aztec warriors was the main job ofWomen43
8709260815Thought that emphasizes harmony with natureDaoism44
8709260816War between Athens/Delian and Sparta and her alliesPeloponnesian war45
8709260817An example of cultural commonality in sub Saharan africaBantu46
8709260818Capital of inca empireCusco47
8709260819Belief system that originated in chinaConfucianism48
8709260820Female pharaohHatshepsut49
8709260821The warring states period created this dynastyQin50
8709260822Empire that helped create modern Russia and ottoman empiresMongols51
8709260823Age of the hunter and gathererPaleolithic age52
8709260824Important Phoenician legacyAlphabet53
8709260825Rich Japanese feudal land ownersDaimyo54
8709260826Inca developed a record keeping system of knots and stringQuipu55
8709260827Ashoka's new religionBuddhism56
8709260828External reason for fall of Rome and hanInvasions57
8709260829Azteca viewed this as essential to the worlds survivalHuman sacrifice58
8709260830Hammurabis code was a code based on retribution or _____ (Latin)Lex talionis59
8709260831Belief system that originated in chinaTaoism60
8709260832Architecture style of cathedrals of medieval europeGothic61
8709260833Contributed to indias caste systemDalit62
8709260834Besides Mecca, this city is important to islamMedina63
8709260835Empire that defeated Borge the western crusaders and the mongolsMuslim64
8709260836Muslim group that overthrew the UmayyadAbbasids65
8709260837Like Mesopotamian political structure, the Maya were independent, warring _____City states66
8709260838Earliest urban society in IndianHarappah67
8709260839Aztec concentrated on this social class(like Sparta)Pipiltin68
8709260840North American Amerindian societies never developed this form of communicationWritten69
8709260841Main commodity of han chinaSilk70
8709260842Created corpus Juris civilisJustinian 171
8709260843If they died in childbirth m, they were given the same fame as warriors killed in battleWomen72
8709260844His law code was not equal when it applied to social structureHammurabi73
8709260845Most important humanist thinkerErasmus74
8709260846Called for the first crusade. Por deuxUrban II75

AP world history Flashcards

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4785650019what do Fossil, linguistic, & genetic DNA evidence support?homoerectus & homosapiens migrating out of Africa.0
4785654173what was the first region of the world where there is evidence of permanent agricultural villages?eastern Mediterranean1
4785672998what caused the Neolithic Revolution?small villages surrounded by agricultural fields.2
4785676728what caused patriarchal families?The transition from hunting to gathering3
4785657792homoerectus & homosapiens migrating out of Africa are supported by what?Fossil, linguistic, & genetic DNA evidence4
4785682564who used fire for warmth, hunting, and foraging?used fire for warmth, hunting, and foraging.5
4785721999what made humans different than other animals during the neolithic times?the ability to fashion tools and use of fire for protein6
4785732022where did human beings first evolveafrica7
4785761302paleolithicold stone age8
4785761303neolithicnew stone age9
4785772847where did homo erectus spread?from africa to asia then to europe10
4785812781what is Enema Elisha?a Babylonian epic poem that tells the story of how the universe came to be, a great struggle among the gods, and the creation of the world and humanity.11
4785819939why was the Enema Elisha written?was written to assert a special relationship between the city of Babylon and her gods.12
4785836414what supports the land bridge theory?Data showing a close genetic relationship between Indians and indigenous13
4785842226what is The Land Bridge Theory?proposes that people migrated from Siberia to Alaska across a land bridge that spanned the current day Bering Strait14
4785862131what is the Code of Hammurab?a well preserved Babylonian law code15
4785876715what is the Code of Hammurabi filled with?social inequalities16
4785884896where did the Bantu people take their languages to?other african regions17

AP World History Chapter 36 Flashcards

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9639806353Revisionist PowersJapan, Germany and Italy (Axis Powers) who wanted to revise the Treaty of Versailles0
9639806354Marco Polo BridgeThe first move in the invasion from Japan to China1
9639806355The Rape of NanjingJapanese soldiers raped thousands of women, murdered unarmed civilians, and burned 1/3 of the houses in Nanjing2
9639806356United Front PolicyChinese unanimous decision among Communists and Nationalists that united themselves into an army against the Japanese3
9639806357Tripartite ActJapan-signed act with Germany and Italy that guaranteed economic and military support4
9639806358Francisco FrancoLeader of Spanish Revolution who was aided by Hitler and Mussolini in order to overthrow the republican government5
9639806359November CrimeHitler's reference to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles6
9639806360AnschlussGermany's forced "union" with Austria7
9639806361Munich ConferenceEuropean meeting that introduced appeasement (1938)8
9639806362Appeasementconceding to demands of aggressive nations9
9639806363Neville ChamberlainBritain's prime minister who represented during Munich Conference10
9639806364Russia-German Treaty of NonaggressionTreaty signed between Russia and Germany that stated neither side would attack the other and promised neutrality if either one went to war with a third party11
9639806365fireside chatsFranklin Roosevelt's famous radio broadcasts to the nation12
9639806366Franklin Rooseveltpresident throughout WWII13
9639806367Panzer"armored" tanks14
9639806368Nazi-Soviet PactSoviets took eastern Poland15
9639806369Blitzkrieg"lightning war" that Germany executed efficiently16
9639806370Untersebootesubmarines17
9639806371LuftwaffeGerman air-force18
9639806372Lebensraum"living space" that was created for the Germans by exterminating Jews, Poles and Bolsheviks19
9639806373Operation BarbarossaGermany's invasion into Soviet Russia, lead by Hitler against Stalin20
9639806374LeningradThe German heartland that signaled Germany's official dominance over Soviet Russia21
9639806375Pearl HarborJapanese attack on US-owned base in Hawaii, started US involvement in WWII22
9639806376Vichy GovernmentGerman-backed French government23
9639806377Tojo Hidekiassumed the office of Prime Minister in Japan, which eventually made him responsible for the bombing of Pearl Harbor24
9639806378Liberty ShipsAllie's warships25
9639806379D-DayBritish and US troops landed on the coast of Normandy, eventually defeating the Germans there and taking back France26
9639806380Dresden Fire BombingBritish bombed innocent Germans with extreme intensity27
9639806381ReichstagGermany's Parliament buidling28
9639806382"Magic"enabled a cryptographer monitoring Japanese radio frequencies to know about attack on Midway29
9639806383Kamikazepilots who "volunteered" to fly planes with just enough fuel to fly into an Allie ship30
9639806384Hiroshima and Nagasakisites of atomic bomb dropped by Allies on Japan31
9639806385Emperor HirohitoSurrendered to Soviet Union in 194532
9639806386Greater Germanic EmpireHitler's plan for a nation of racially valuable people (Aryans)33
9639806387Waffen SSHitler's elite military formations34
9639806388House of OrangeNetherlands royal figurehead that was disrespected by people35
9639806389SS EinsatzgruppenGerman action squads that killed entire populations of Jews and Gypsies36
9639806390"final solution"Hitler's plan to exterminate the "lesser race" by industrialized murder37
9639806391Wannsee ConferenceGermany's meeting to plan out the final solution38
9639806392WAVESWomen Appointed for Volunteer Emergency Service in the navy39
9639806393Comfort WomenJapanese women who were forced into brothels as compensation to Japanese soldiers war efforts40
9639806394Cold WarBuilding of tension throughout the world at the end of WWII that implied a sense of Democracy versus Communism, making everyone strengthen opposing alliances41
9639806395United Nationsa supranational organization that was dedicated to keeping world peace and security (formed by the US, Soviet Union, Great Britain, France and China)42
9639806396Truman Doctrinelegitimized the "danger" of communism from a democratic US point of view43
9639806397European Recovery Program/ Marshall Planproposed to rebuild European economies through cooperation and capitalism44
9639806398COMECONSoviet-established "Council for Mutual Economic Assistance"45
9639806399North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)US-sponsored signalization of the cold war46
9639806400Warsaw PactSoviet response to NATO47
9639806401Berlin's BlockadeSoviet Union tried to get Western powers to surrender influence on Berlin, so they made a blockade all around it48
9639806402Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)US, Britain, France coalesced to form this49
9639806403German Democratic Republic (East Germany)Emerged out of Soviet zone of occupation, creating friction with West Germany50
9639806404Berlin WallWall that was built to separate East and West-influenced Berlin51
9639806405Jiang JieshiNationalist Chinese leader who fell after WWII52
9639806406Mao ZedongCommunist opposed to Jieshi who founded People's Republic of China53
9639806407Republic of KoreaUS-sponsored Southern Korea54
9639806408People's Democratic Republic of KoreaSoviet-Sponsored North Korea55
9639806409Southeast Asian Treaty OrganizationImposed by US onto Korea, counterpart of NATO56
9639806410"domino theory"theory formed by Eisenhower that suggested Communism spreading around itself57
9639806411MADmutually assured destruction58
9639806412Fidel Castro RuzCuban revolutionary who overthrew Batista and Zaldivar who eventually formed alliance with Soviet Union59
9639806413Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivarautocratic leaders of Cuba before Fidel Castro who had strong ties with US60
9639806414Bay of Pigs InvasionUS attempted to invade Cuba but epicly failed61
9639806415John F. KennedyPresident during Cuban Missile crisis62
9639806416*Nikita Khrushchev*Soviet Premier who implemented de-Stalinization63
9639806417Alexander DubcekCommunist party leader who launched a "democratic socialist revolution"64
9639806418Prague SpringDubcek's movement to promote "socialism with a human face"65
9639806419Leonid BrezhnevKhrushnev's successor who justified invasion of Czechoslavakia66
9639806420detentereduction in hostility in order to keep the peace between Democratic and Communist tension67

AP World History: Chapter 17 Flashcards

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9054856451stream engineMechanical device in which the steam from heated water builds up pressure to drive a piston, rather than relying on human or animal muscle power; the introduction of the steam engine allowed a hitherto unimagined increased in productivity and made the Industrial Revolution possible; it provided an inanimate and almost limitless source of power beyond that of wind, water or muscle and could be used to drive any number of machines as well as locomotives and oceangoing ships0
9054858076Indian cotton textilesFor much of the eighteenth century, well-made and inexpensive cotton textiles from India flooded Western markets; the competition stimulated the British textile industry to industrialize, which led to the eventual destruction of the Indian textile market both in Europe and in India. were certainly one factory driving the innovation in the British textile industry.1
9054858077middle-class valuesBelief system typical of the middle class that developed in Britain in the nineteenth century; it emphasize thrift, hard work, rigid moral behavior, cleanliness and "respectability". All of which characterized the middle class-culture. The central value of that culture was the part of "respectability" a term that combined notions of social status and virtuous behavior. Nowhere were these values more effectively displayed than in the Scotsman Samuel Smile's famous book Self-Help.2
9054860484lower middle classSocial stratum that developed in Britain in the nineteenth century and that consisted of people employed in the service sector as clerks, salespeople, secretaries, police officers, and the like; by 1900, this group compromised about 20 percent of Britain's population. As Britain's industrial economy matured it gave rise to this class the people apart of it where the workers like clerks salespeople, hotel staff, secretaries, police officers ect. By the end of the century this class represented 20% of Britain's population, this also brought new employment options for women.3
9054860485Karl MarxThe most influential proponent of socialism, Marx (1818-1883) was a German expatriate in England who advocated working-class revolution as the key to creating an ideal communist future. He was German by birth but spent most of his life in England, where he witnessed the brutal conditions of Britain's Industrial Revolution and wrote voluminously about history and economics. His probing analysis led him to the conclusion that industrial capitalism was an inherently unstable system, doomed collapse in a revolutionary upheaval that would give birth to a classless socialist society, thus ending forever the ancient conflict between rich and poor.4
9054862611Ellen Johnston5
9054862612Labour PartyBritish working-class political party established in the 1890s and dedicated to reforms and a peaceful transition to socialism, in time providing a viable alternative to the revolutionary emphasis of Marxism. It advocated a reformist program and peaceful democratic transition to socialism, largely rejecting the class struggle and revolutionary emphasis of classical Marxism.6
9054864282LudditesAny of a group of British workers who between 1811 and 1816 rioted and destroyed laborsaving textile machinery in the belief that such machinery would diminish employment.7
9054864283socialism in the United Statesmassive immigration from Europe in the 1840s created a very diverse industrial labor force on top of the country's sharp racial divide. The country's remarkable economic growth generated a higher standard of living for American workers. Land was cheaper,8
9054866701ProgressivesAmerican political movement in the period around 1900 that advocated reform measures to correct the ills of industrialization9
9054866702Russian Revolution of 1905Spontaneous rebellion that erupted in Russia after the country's defeat at the hands of Japan in1905; the revolution was suppressed, but it forced the government to make substantial reforms10
9054868806caudillosA military strongman who seized control of a government in nineteenth-century Latin America11
9054870905Latin American export boomLarge-scale increase in Latin America exports (mostly raw materials and foodstuffs) to industrializing countries in the second half of the nineteenth century, made possible by major improvements in shipping; the boom mostly benefited the upper and middle classes12
9054870906Mexican RevolutionLong and bloody war (1911-1920) in which Mexican reformers from the middle class joined with workers and peasants to overthrow the dictator Porfirio Diaz and create a new, much more democratic political order13
9054878422dependent developmentTerm used to describe Latin America's economic growth in the nineteenth century, which was largely financed by foreign capital and dependent on European and North American prosperity and decisions14

AP World History World War 2 Flashcards

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9505016987Joseph StalinWas the leader of the Soviet Union0
9505016989Benito MussoliniWas an Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party, and ruled the country as Prime Minister1
9505016994BlizkriegAn intense military campaign intended to bring a quick victory.2
9505016995AppeasmentA new strategy used against Hitler in which the Western democracies would give into the demands of an intruder in order to keep the peace.3
9505016997Nazi partyThe political party founded in Germany and brought to power by Hitler4
9505016999United nationsA replacement for the ineffective League of Nations5
9505017001Winston ChurchillBritish Prime Minister (after Neville) meet with FDR and Stalin in the Yalta Conference.6
9505017002Benito MussoliniBecomes Italy's dictator (1925), and has a private military band called the Black Shirts7
9505017005Franklin Delano RooseveltSets up lend-lease act, meets with other leaders in the Yalta Conference (Dies 1945)8
9505017008Pearl Harbor(Dec. 7, 1941)-Naval base, about 2,400 Americans die in attack, US plans, ships destroyed. Made the US join the war.9
9505017011NazismAn extreme form of fascism shaped by Hitler's fanatical ideas about German nationalism and racial superiority10
9505017012Hideki TojoJapanese Army general and prime minister who led Japan through much of World War II and was later executed as a war criminal. Led the invasion of occupied Manchuria and ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor.11
9505017013AppeasementAccepting demands in order to avoid conflict12
9505017014HolocaustA methodical plan orchestrated by Hitler to ensure German supremacy. It called for the elimination of Jews, non-conformists, homosexuals, non-Aryans, and mentally and physically disabled.13
9505017015Franklin D. RooseveltUS president during most of WWII14
9505017016Harry TrumanPresident after FDR; decided to us atomic bombs on Japan15
9505017018Adolph Hitlergerman leader of Nazi Party. 1933-1945. rose to power by promoting racist and national views16
9505017022Blitzkrieg"Lighting war", typed of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 193917
9505017023D-DayAllied invasion of Normandy. D-day is also called Normandy Landing18
9505017024FascismA political philosophy that glorifies the state above the individual by emphasizing the need for a strong central government led by a dictatorial ruler.19
9505017025GestapoGerman secret police under control of Heinrich Himmler20
9505017027Marshall PlanA plan that the US came up with to revive war-torn economies of Europe. This plan offered $13 billion in aid to western and Southern Europe.21
9505017028Nuremberg LawsA group of laws that robbed German Jews of their citizenship in 193522
9505017031TotalitarianismA political system in which the government has total control over the lives of individual citizens.23
9505017032United NationsAn international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace24
9505017033Weimar RepublicGerman republic founded after the WWI and the downfall of the German Empire's monarchy.25
9505017034Facismglorification of the state above the individual; extreme nationalism26
9505017035Totalitarianismfreedom of speech, press and religion are denied27
9505017036Who used Totalitarianism?Lenin, Hitler, and Mussolini28
9505017037Vladimir LeninRussian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924)29
9505092354Great DepressionA world wide economic failure where people lost money, trade, and jobs30
9505092355AlliesFrance, Britain later Russia and the US31
9505092915New Deala series of federal programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations enacted in the United States during the 1930s in response to the Great Depression32
9505092916Nuremberg Trialsa series of military tribunals held by the Allied forces under international law and the laws of war after World War II33
9505093740Albert EinsteinGerman born scientist who opposed the atomic bomb34
9505093741Atomic BombA powerful bomb used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ordered by US President Harry Truman35
9505094619KristallnachtA series of violent Nazi movements against Jews in Germany36
9505094620Rape of NanjingA violent attack on the city Nanjing in China by Japan where their military went in and raped and killed many people37
9505095736Revolutionary RightThe right of people to overthrow the government38

AP World History Chapter 18 Flashcards

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8455308580Catherine the GreatGerman-born Russian tsarina; combined selective Enlightenment ideas with strong centralizing policies; converted the nobility to a service aristocracy by granting them new power over the peasantry.0
8455312842CopernicusPolish monk and astronomer disproved the Hellenistic belief that the Earth was at the center of the Universe.1
8455335014Third RomeRussia, with Moscow as its capital, claimed to be the successor of the Roman and Byzantine empires.2
8455340069Partition of PolandThree separate divisions of Polish territory among Russia, Prussia, and Austria in 1772, 1793, and 1795; eliminated Poland as an independent state.3
8455367556Peter I (the Great)Tsar from 1689 to 1725; continued growth of absolutism and conquest; sought to change selected aspects of the economy and culture through imitation of western European models.4
8455344769Pugachev rebellionUnsuccessful peasant uprising led by Cossack Pugachev during the 1770s; typical of peasant unrest during the 18th century and thereafter.5
8455374089Time of TroublesEarly 17th-century period of boyar efforts to regain power and foreign invasion after the death of Ivan IV without an heir; ended with the selection of Michael Romanov as tsar in 1613.6
8455384225Ivan IV (the Terrible)Confirmed power of tsarist autocracy by attacking the authority of the boyars; continued policy of expansion; established contacts with western European commerce and culture.7
8455387974Alexis RomanovSecond ruler of the dynasty; abolished assemblies of nobles; gained new powers over the Orthodox church.8
8455409442RadishevBoyar inspired by Enlightenment, created peasant rebellions.9
8455432942SerfdomA type of labor commonly used in feudal systems in which the laborers work the land in return for protection but they are bound to the land and are not allowed to leave or to peruse their a new occupation. This was common in early Medieval Europe as well as in Russia until the mid 19th century.10
8455434202Rurik DynastyFirst dynasty of Russia, ended with the deaths of Ivan IV and his sons and led into the Time of Troubles. 1462-1612.11
8455436471ObrukLabor obligations of Russian peasants owed either to their landlords or to the state; part of the increased burdens placed on the peasantry during the 18th century.12
8455444428St. PetersburgThe major city in Russia along with Moscow.13
8455448583CossacksPeoples of the Russian Empire who lived outside the farming villages, often as herders, mercenaries, or outlaws. Cossacks led the conquest of Siberia in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.14
8455454630Old BelieversRussians who refused to accept the ecclesiastical reforms of Alexis Romanov (17th century); many exiled to Siberia or southern Russia, where they became part of Russian colonization.15
8455456761BoyarsRussian landholding aristocrats; possessed less political power than their western European counterparts.16
8455463892Ivan IIIPrince of the duchy of Moscow; responsible for freeing Russia from the Mongols; took the title of tsar.17
8455482944Peter IIISilly and childish ruler in Russia who liked to play with toy soldiers. Catherine the great was married to him, but she decided she would be a better leader so she had her lover who was a guard tell him to leave. A few days later he was killed.18
8455489624KremlinCitadel of Moscow, housing the offices of the Russian government.19
8455493043Instruction of 1767Document prepared by Empress Catherine II that recommended liberal, humanitarian political theories for use as the basis of government reform and the formulation of a new legal code.20
8455499811WesternizationAdoption of western ideas, technology, and culture.21
8455504333Romanov DynastyDynasty that favored the nobles, reduced military obligations, expanded the Russian empire further east, and fought several unsuccessful wars, yet they lasted from 1613 to 1917.22
8455508329Alexis de TocquevilleFrench political writer noted for his analysis of American institutions (1805-1859).23
8455513360Chancery of the Secret PoliceMonitored the bureaucracy under Peter the Great.24

AP World History: Unit 4 New Flashcards

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9351331342Trans-Oceanic Tradeglobal trading system in the Caribbean and the Americans trade networks extended to all corners of Atlantic Ocean0
9351331343Columbian ExchangeAn exchange of goods, ideas and skills from the Old World (Europe, Asia and Africa) to the New World (North and South America) and vice versa.1
9351331344MercantilismAn economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought2
9351331345Triangular TradeTrading System between Europe, Africa, and the colonies; European purchased slaves in Africa and sold them to colonies, new materials from colonies went to Europe while European finished products were sold in the colonies.3
9351331346Middle PassageA voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies4
9351331347CaravelA small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic.5
9351331348Cartographythe science or the art of making maps6
9351331349Joint-stock companiesbusinesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses7
9351331350East India CompaniesBritish, French, and Dutch trading companies that obtained government monopolies of trade to India and Asia; acted independently in their regions.8
9351331351Royal African Companya mercantile company set up by the Stuart family and London merchants to trade along the west coast of Africa9
9351331352AmerindiansAmerican Indians10
9351331353SikhismA monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak. It is not a part of Islam or Hinduism.11
9351331355Italian Renaissancerebirth of Classical (Greece/Rome) art/architecture - humanistic focus - patrons - families like Medici and the Catholic Church - blended natural world w/ religion - transition away from religion12
9351331356Northern RenaissanceAn extension of the Italian Renaissance to the nations of northern Europe; the Northern Renaissance took on a more religious nature than the Italian Renaissance13
9351331358HumanismA Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements14
9351331359Protestant ReformationA religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.15
9351331360Martin LutherA German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Chruch. In 1517, he wrote 95 theses, or statements of belief attacking the church practices. He led the Protestant Reformation.16
935133136195 ThesesMartin Luther's ideas that he posted on the church door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation17
9351331362AnglicanismA Protestant denomination of the Christian faith founded by Henry VIII in England18
9351331363Catholic ReformationReligious reform movement within the Latin Christian Church, begun in response to the Protestant Reformation. It clarified Catholic theology and reformed clerical training and discipline.19
9351331364JesuitsMembers of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1534. They played an important part in the Catholic Reformation and helped create conduits of trade and knowledge between Asia and Europe.20
9351331365Scientific RevolutionA major change in European thought, starting in the mid-1500s, in which the study of the natural world began to be characterized by careful observation and the questioning of accepted beliefs.21
9351331366CopernicusDevised a model of the universe with the Sun at the center, and not earth.22
9351331367DescartesFrench philosopher, discovered analytical geometry. Saw Algebra and Geometry have a direct relationship. Reduced everything to spiritual or physical.23
9351331368NewtonThis physicist developed the law of universal gravitation and further caused the decline of the old system of science24
9351331369GalileoHe was the first person to use a telescope to observe objects in space. He discovered that planets and moons are physical bodies because of his studies of the night skies.25
9351331370DeismA popular Enlightenment era belief that there is a God, but that God isn't involved in people's lives or in revealing truths to prophets.26
9351331371John Locke17th century English philosopher who opposed the Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty, and property.27
9351331372ColumbusItalian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)28
9351331373MagellanPortuguese explorer who sailed around the Southern end of South America and eventually reached the Philippines, but was killed in a local war there29
9351331374Vasco da Gamathe first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa.30
9351331375Zheng HeAn imperial eunuch and Muslim, entrusted by the Ming emperor Yongle with a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean, from Southeast Asia to Africa.31
9351331376Little Ice AgeTemporary but significant cooling period between the fourteenth and the nineteenth centuries; accompanied by wide temperature fluctuations, droughts, and storms, causing famines and dislocation.32
9351331377Chattel SlaveryAbsolute legal ownership of another person, including the right to buy or sell that person.33
9351331378El MinaMost important of early Portuguese trading factories in forest zone of Africa34
9351331379Plantation EconomyThis referred to the inefficient, slave-centered economy of the South where all land was used to grow large amounts of cash crops for export.35
9351331380Indentured servitudeA worker bound by a voluntary agreement to work for a specified period of years often in return for free passage to an overseas destination. Before 1800 most were Europeans; after 1800 most indentured laborers were Asians.36
9351331381Encomienda SystemSpaniards received grants of a number of Indians, from whom they could exact "tribute" in the form of gold or labor37
9351331382Hacienda Systemlanded estates granted to conquistadors38
9351331383Mita SystemThe system recruiting workers for particularly difficult and dangerous chores that free laborers would not accept.39
9351331384DevshirmeChristian boys, taken from the Balkan provinces, converted to Islam, and recruited by force to serve the Ottoman government. The boys must passed through a series of examinations to determine their intelligence and capabilities.40
9351331385Jannisariesa member of the Turkish infantry forming the Sultan's guard41
9351331387Daimyo(in feudal Japan) one of the great lords who were vassals of the shogun42
9351331388Peninularesa Spanish-born Spaniard residing in the New World or the Spanish East Indies43
9351331389Creolesa person of mixed European and black descent, especially in the Caribbean44
9351331390MestizosA person of mixed Native American and European ancestry45
9351331391MulattosPersons of mixed European and African ancestry46
9351331392Sociedad de castasCaste system based on racial origins47
9351331393Cape Colonya former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 181448
9351331394Boersthe Dutch and Afrikaans word for "farmer". As used in South Africa, it was used to denote the descendants of the Dutch-speaking settlers of the eastern Cape frontier in Southern Africa during the 18th century49
9351331396Commercial RevolutionA dramatic change in the economy of Europe at the end of the Middle Ages. It is characterized by an increase in towns and trade, the use of banks and credit, and the establishment of guilds to regulate quality and price.50
9351331397Proletariatworkers or working-class people, regarded collectively (often used with reference to Marxism)51
9351331398Cossacksmember of a people of southern Russia and Ukraine, noted for their horsemanship and military skill52
9351331399Boyarsa member of the old aristocracy in Russia, next in rank to a prince53
9351331400Potosia city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center54
9351331401Absolutismthe acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters55
9351331402*Louis XIV(1638-1715) Known as the Sun King, he was an absolute monarch that completely controlled France. One of his greatest accomplishments was the building of the palace at Versailles.56
9351331403*Phillip IIKing of Spain, 1556 - 1598; married to Queen Mary I of England;he was the most powerful monarch in Europe until 1588; controlled Spain, the Netherlands, the Spanish colonies in the New World, Portugal, Brazil, parts of Africa, parts of India, and the East Indies. He was also father to Alexander the Great.57
9351331404*Ivan III"Ivan the Great"; ruled as great prince and first ruler of the independent state called Russia. Prince of Moscow who ended Mongol rule in 1480 and adopted the title of tsar.58
9351331405*Ivan IVthe Terrible, beat the Mongols, Tartars, and the Poles, forced nobles into service, first ruler to take the title tsar59
9351331406*Peter the Great(1672-1725) Russian tsar. He enthusiastically introduced Western languages and technologies to the Russian elite, moving the capital from Moscow to the new city of St. Petersburg.60
9351331407*Parliamentary monarchyA government with a king or queen whose power is limited by the power of a parliament61
9351331408Divine RightsA belief of kings and monarchs that they have a God-given right to rule and that rebellion against them is a sin.62
9351331409VersaillesA palace built for Louis XIV near the town of Versailles, southwest of Paris. It was built around a chateau belonging to Louis XIII, which was transformed by additions in the grand French classical style63
9351331412Ottomans (Suleiman)Gun powder empire64
9351331413Safavids (Abbas)Gun powder empire65
9351331414Mughals (Akbar, Aurangzeb)Gunpowder empire66
9351331442Russians67
9351331415European Empires in the AmericansGreat Britain, France, Spain, Netherlands, Denmark68
9351331416Aztecsa nomadic tribe in northern Mexico, arrived in Mesoamerica around the beginning of the 13th century. From their magnificent capital city, Tenochtitlan, the Aztecs emerged as the dominant force in central Mexico, developing an intricate social, political, religious and commercial organization that brought many of the region's city-states under their control by the 15th century69
9351331417IncasA Native American people who built a notable civilization in western South America in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The center of their empire was in present-day Peru. Francisco Pizarro of Spain conquered the empire.70
9351331418Ming-Dynasty - ChinaThe Ming dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China—then known as the Empire of the Great Ming—for 276 years following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.71
9351331443Tokugawa Shogunate - Japan72
9351331419ConquistadorsEarly-sixteenth-century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico, Central America, and Peru. (Examples Cortez, Pizarro, Francisco.)73
9351331420Thirty Year Wara series of wars in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648. It was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, as well as the deadliest European religious war, resulting in eight million casualties.74
9351331421Treaty of WestphaliaEnded Thirty Years War in 1648; granted right to individual rulers within the Holy Roman Empire to choose their own religion-either Protestant or Catholic.75
9351331422Edict of Nantesdocument that granted religious freedom to the Huguenots76
9351331423English Civil Wara series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists over, principally, the manner of England's government77
9351331424Glorious RevolutionA reference to the political events of 1688-1689, when James II abdicated his throne and was replaced by his daughter Mary and her husband, Prince William of Orange.78
9351331425Enlightenmenta European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition79
9351331426*John Locke17th century English philosopher who opposed the Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty, and property.80
9351331427*Adam Smitha Scottish moral philosopher, pioneer of political economy, and a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment81
9351331428*Mary WollstonecraftEnglish writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women82
93513314297 Years Wara war fought between 1754 and 1763, involving every European great power of the time except the Ottoman Empire, spanning five continents, and affected Europe, the Americas, West Africa, India, and the Philippines. The conflict split Europe into two coalitions, led by the Kingdom of Great Britain (Prussia, Portugal, Hanover, and other small German states) on one side and the Kingdom of France (Austria-led Holy Roman Empire, Russia, Spain, and Sweden) on the other.83
9351331430French & Indian WarAmerican version of the 7 Year's War, French and Indians fight colonists and are victorious in early stages, then British pour on the pressure and emerge victorious, end-result French are removed from North America and Britain is left in debt.84
9351331431Treaty of TordesillasA treaty signed by Portugal and Spain to divide the new world.85
9351331432Treaty of ZaragosaA treaty signed by Portugal and Spain to divided up Asia.86
9351331433Hernan Cortesa Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire87
9351331434Francisco PizzaroSpanish conquistador who conquered the Inca's88
9351331439Audienciasan appellate court in Spain and its empire. The name of the institution literally translates as Royal Audience89
9351331440CapitainciesStrips of land along Brazilian coast granted to minor Portuguese nobles for development; enjoyed limited success in developing the colony.90
9351331441Japan's Closed Country policyDidn't allow anyone to enter or leave the country.91

AP WORLD HISTORY TERMS Flashcards

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5751465019civilizationAn ambiguous term often used to denote more complex societies but sometimes used by anthropologists to describe any group of people sharing a set of cultural traits0
5751480517cultureSocially transmitted patterns of human action and expression1
5751637195historyThe study of past events and changes in the development, transmission, and transformation of cultural practices2
5751645608Stone AgeThe historical period characterized by the production o tools rom stone and other nonmetallic substances3
5751667879PaleolithicThe period o the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans4
5751677443NeolithicThe period of the Stone Age associated with the ancient Agricultural Revolution(s)5
5751691803foragersPeople who support themselves by hunting, fishing, and gathering wild edible plants and insects6
5751701560Agricultural RevolutionsThe change from food gathering to food production that occurred between about 8000 and 2000 B.C.E. Also known as the Neolithic Revolution7
5751729446HoloceneThe geological era since the end of the Great Ice Age about 13,000 years ago8
5751736667megalithsStructures and complexes of very large stones constructed for ceremonial and religious purposes in Neolithic times9
5751750234SumeriansThe people who dominated southern Mesopotamia through the end of the third millennium B.C.E10
5751762317SemiticFamily of related languages long spoken across parts of western Asia and northern Africa. In antiquity these languages included Hebrew, Aramaic, and Phoenician. The most widespread modern number of the Semitic family is Arabic11
5885910829City-stateA small independent state consisting of an urban center and the surrounding agricultural territory. A characteristic political form in early Mesopotamia, Archaic and classical Greece, Phoenician, and early Italy12

AP World History Chapter 12 Flashcards

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8506083540IndiansName Columbus gave to Native Americans when he arrived in America, but thought he was in the Indies.0
8506155350Toltec culturesucceeded Teotihuacan in central Mexico, influenced culture there for centuries.1
8506228563Toltec Empireestablished in 968 in central Mexico, expanded into Central America, and fell to nomadic invaders in 1150.2
8506237511Cahokiacentered in St. Louis, the Mound Builders of Cahokia lived on 5 square miles and contained 30,000 people.3
8506276193Tenochtitlansettled by Aztec people in 1325, on Lake Texcoco.4
8506308349chinampas"floating islands" made of mud, sand, and weeds in lakes, provided most Aztec agriculture.5
8506313387pochtecamerchant class in Aztec society; specialized in long distance trade and luxury items.6
8506316880calpulliclans that the Aztec naturally divided into, 7 of them.7
8506337172The Great Speakerrulers of city-states within the Aztec empire.8
8506357356Incan Empireflourished in South America between 1400 and 1533.9
8506357357Pachacutiruler of Inca society from 1438 to 1471; gained control of land from Cuzco to Lake Titicaca.10
8506359776Twantinsuyuthe Inca name that they gave their empire, which stretched from Columbia to Chile, and East into Argentina.11
8506381449Temple of the Sunreligious center in Cuzco; held mummies of past rulers.12
8506386464tambosInca storehouses and inns for armies or mailmen on the move.13
8506388007Quechualanguage of the Inca.14

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