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AP World History: Chapter 8 Vocab Flashcards
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| 5431536254 | Ifriqiya | the ancient Roman term for Africa | 0 | |
| 5431537748 | juula | Malinke merchants that formed partnerships to carry out trade throughout the Ghana Mali area | 1 | |
| 5431548009 | emir/caliph | an Islamic title use by ruling families to reinforce their authority | 2 | |
| 5431555283 | Benin | a large city-state of the Edo peoples that controlled land from the Niger River to the coast beginning in the 14th century | 3 | |
| 5431629976 | Almohadis | a later reformist group that aided the penetration of Islam into sub-Saharan Africa. | 4 | |
| 5431629977 | Demographic transition | a shift to low birth rate, low infant death rate, and stabilized population | 5 | |
| 5431631626 | Great Zimbabwe | the largest of several stone settlement complexes in southeastern Africa that served as that kingdom's royal court | 6 | |
| 5431631627 | Stateless societies | power organized around kinship or other forms of obligation | 7 | |
| 5431631628 | Mali | an empire created by the Malinke people centered between the Senegal and Niger Rivers | 8 | |
| 5431633973 | griots | professional oral historians who served as the keepers of tradition | 9 | |
| 5431633974 | Muhammad the Great | Muslim ruler who extended the boundaries of the Songhay Kingdom to dominate the central Sudan | 10 | |
| 5431633975 | Demography | the study of populations | 11 | |
| 5431637305 | Yoruba | agricultural society in 12th century Nigeria supported by peasantry and dominated by a ruling family and aristocracy | 12 | |
| 5431637306 | Maghrib | Arab term for lands to the west in North Africa | 13 | |
| 5431637307 | Sudanic states | several kingdoms that arose during the height of Ghana's power | 14 | |
| 5431639631 | Timbuktu | one of the great "port cities" on the Niger River, it had a population of 50,000 by the 14th century | 15 | |
| 5431639632 | Nok | a forested area of central Nigeria where realistic and highly stylized terra-cotta art objects dating to 500 BCE have been found | 16 | |
| 5431639633 | Kongo | kingdom on the lower Congo River that was flourishing by the 15th century | 17 | |
| 5431641534 | Almoravids | followers of an 11th century puritanical reform among the desert Barbers of the Western Sahara | 18 | |
| 5431641535 | sahel | an extensive grassland belt at the southern edge of the Sahara | 19 | |
| 5431643569 | Sundiata | Malinke leader to whom the great Malinke expansion is attributed | 20 | |
| 5431643570 | Songhay | the successor state to Mali, it dominated the middle areas of the Niger Valley | 21 | |
| 5431645946 | Hausa | people of northern Nigeria that combined Muslim and pagan traditions | 22 | |
| 5431645947 | Sharia | Islamic law that emphasized patrilineal customs | 23 | |
| 5431648742 | Ibn Batuta | an Arab traveler who documented African society and culture | 24 | |
| 5431648743 | Zenj | an Arabic term for the east African coast | 25 |
AP World History Chapter 2 Terms Flashcards
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| 7027261471 | Neolithic | the last division of the Stone Age, immediately preceding the development of metallurgy and corresponding to the ninth to the fifth millennia BC, it was characterized by the increasing domestication of animals and cultivation of crops, established agricultural communities, and the appearance of such crafts as pottery and weaving. | 0 | |
| 7027263479 | Innovation | the explanation that similar cultural traits, techniques, or objects found among different groups of people were invented independently rather than spread from one group to another | 1 | |
| 7027264858 | Diffusion | the spread of ideas, objects, or traits from one culture to another | 2 | |
| 7027267351 | Ziggurat | a temple tower of ancient Mesopotamia, constructed of square or rectangular terraces of diminishing size, usually with a shrine on top built of blue enamel bricks, the color of the sky | 3 | |
| 7027268857 | Pictograms | a pictorial symbol or sign representing an object or concept | 4 | |
| 7027269197 | Cuneiform | a writing system in use in the ancient Near East from around the end of the fourth millennium to the first century BC | 5 | |
| 7027271665 | Ideogram | a character or figure in a writing system in which the idea of a thing is represented rather than its name (Chinese uses ideograms) | 6 | |
| 7253200209 | What are the distinctive characteristics of Neolithic pottery? | fine designs and colors | 7 | |
| 7253205538 | Which region witnessed the earliest urban settlement? | Mesopotamia | 8 | |
| 7253211398 | What does the use of ceramics indicate? | That they were village dwellers | 9 | |
| 7253231864 | Of the following, which is located farthest from the Fertile Crescent? | Iranian plataeu | 10 | |
| 7253234917 | What was the earliest staple crop in India? | Rice | 11 | |
| 7253236464 | The Bronze Age | was a time of significant technological breakthroughs | 12 | |
| 7253242269 | Sumerian cuneiform writing was displaced primarily due to the actions of? | Alexander the Great | 13 | |
| 7253272635 | How far did Sumer trade extend? | extended as far as the Indus valley | 14 | |
| 7253275071 | Who dominated Mesopotamia for nearly a millennium? | The Sumerians | 15 | |
| 7253279788 | In Sumerian times, the idea of legal identity and loyalty was based most fundamentally on: | Geography | 16 | |
| 7253302727 | The city-states of Mesopotamia were especially vulnerable due to what? | Inter-urban warfare | 17 | |
| 7253304740 | Which type of writing occurred first? | Pictographic writing | 18 |
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World History- Feudalism Flashcards
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| 6028587626 | feudalism | Medieval European political, economic and social system from the 9th to 15th century. An example of feudalism is someone farming a piece of land for a lord and agreeing to serve under the lord in war in exchange for getting to live on the land and receiving protection |  | 0 |
| 6028587627 | king | the male ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the position by right of birth. |  | 1 |
| 6028587628 | peasant | a member of a class of persons who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank |  | 2 |
| 6028587629 | plague | A deadly disease that spreads rapidly from person to person. |  | 3 |
| 6028587631 | queen | the female ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the position by right of birth. |  | 4 |
| 6028587632 | monarch | a sovereign head of state, especially a king, queen, or emperor. |  | 5 |
| 6028587633 | knight | A man who received honor and land in exchange for serving a lord as a soldier. |  | 6 |
| 6028587634 | social hierarchy | organization of people in a society into levels based on power |  | 7 |
| 6028587635 | church | Christian place of worship |  | 8 |
| 6028587636 | pope | Leader of the Catholic Church |  | 9 |
| 6028587637 | priest | an ordained minister of the Catholic, Orthodox, or Anglican Church having the authority to perform certain rites and administer certain sacraments |  | 10 |
| 6028587638 | monk | A man who devotes his life to a religious group, often giving up all he owns. |  | 11 |
| 6028587639 | revolt | to fight in a violent way against the rule of a leader or government |  | 12 |
| 6028587640 | black plague | A disease that engulfed Europe during the Middle Ages. It killed about one-third of the population and was carried by fleas. Because of this, the feudal system died out. |  | 13 |
| 6028587641 | black death | Plague; Pestilence. Killed one third to one half of Europe's population. Brought an end to the feudal system. |  | 14 |
| 6028587642 | Islam | A religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed which stresses belief in one god (Allah), and a body of law written in the Quran. |  | 15 |
| 6028587643 | empire | A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler | 16 | |
| 6028587644 | caliphate | Islamic empire ruled by those believed to be the successors to the Prophet Muhammad. |  | 17 |
| 6028587645 | expansion | Extending the nation beyond its existing borders | 18 | |
| 6028587646 | crusades | A long series of wars between Christians and Muslims. |  | 19 |
AP World History Chapter 16 Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 8471040458 | British East India Company | A joint stock company that controlled most of India during the period of imperialism. This company controlled the political, social, and economic life in India for more than 200 years. |  | 0 |
| 8471040459 | Cape Colony | Dutch colony established at Cape of Good Hope in 1652 initially to provide a coastal station for the Dutch seaborne empire; by 1770 settlements had expanded sufficiently to come into conflict with Bantus. |  | 1 |
| 8471040460 | Colombian Exchange | the trading of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa |  | 2 |
| 8471040461 | Core Nations | Nations, usually European, that enjoyed profit from world economy; controlled international banking and commercial services such as shipping; exported manufactured goods for raw materials. |  | 3 |
| 8471040462 | Henry The Navigator | This Portuguese prince who lead an extensive effort to promote seafaring expertise in the 14th century. Sent many expedition to the coast of West Africa in the 15th century, leading Portugal to discover a route around Africa, ultimately to India. |  | 4 |
| 8471040463 | Vasco de Gama | Portuguese explorer who started exploring the east African coast and eventually reached Calicut on the southwestern coast of India; gave Portugal a direct sea route to India |  | 5 |
| 8471040464 | Vasco de Balboa | First European to reach the Pacific Ocean, 1513. |  | 6 |
| 8471040465 | Christopher Columbus | He mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster route to India. |  | 7 |
| 8471040466 | Treaty of Paris | Concluded in 1763 after the Seven Years War; Britain gained New France and ended France's importance in India |  | 8 |
| 8471040467 | Ferdinand Magellan | Portuguese explorer who found a sea route to the Spice Island by sailing around the American continent. His crew was the first to circumnavigate the world. |  | 9 |
| 8471040468 | Boers | Also known as Afrikaners, the sector of the white population of South Africa that was descended from early Dutch settlers |  | 10 |
| 8471040469 | Mestizos | A new racial concept that develops in Latin America following the intermixing that occurred between European colonists and the native American population. |  | 11 |
| 8471040470 | Francisco Pizarro | Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541). |  | 12 |
| 8471040471 | William Penn | Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718). Founded it so others could be free of persecution. |  | 13 |
| 8471040472 | Emperor Atahualpa | Ruler who's father was killed by infectious disease , gained throne by killing his half brother in civil war and was executed by Francisco Pizarro. | 14 | |
| 8471040473 | Mercantilism | An 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 bought |  | 15 |
| 8471040474 | Battle of Lepanto | Naval battle between Spain and the Ottoman empire resulting in Spanish victory in 1571. Demonstrated European naval superiority over Muslims | 16 | |
| 8471040475 | the Line of demarcation | imaginary longitude, moved slightly from line drawn by Pope Alexander VI; divided new lands claimed by Portugal from those of Spain (1493) | 17 | |
| 8471040476 | gunpowder | European knowledge of explosives -> Chinese invention; adapted into gunnery | 18 | |
| 8471040477 | Dutch East India Company | joint stock company; obtained government monopoly over trade in Asia; acted as independent government in regions claimed; not supervised by own states; rights to raise armies and coin money on own | 19 | |
| 8471040478 | compass | During 15th century; Europeans; used compass for navigation; copied from Arabs -> who learned from Chinese | 20 | |
| 8471040479 | caravel | small, highly maneuverable sailing ship developed in 15th century by Portuguese to explore along west African coast and into Atlantic Ocean | 21 | |
| 8471040480 | Cabot | c. 1450 - c. 1500); was a Genoese navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of parts of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is commonly held to have been the first European exploration of the mainland of North America since the Norse Vikings' visits to Vinland in the eleventh century. | 22 | |
| 8471040481 | Cabral | Portuguese leader of an expedition in India; blown off course in 1500 and landed in Brazil | 23 | |
| 8471040482 | Hudson | 24 | ||
| 8471040483 | Dias | 25 | ||
| 8471040484 | Ferdinand and Isabella | 26 | ||
| 8471040485 | Drake | 27 | ||
| 8471040486 | tariffs | 28 | ||
| 8471040487 | proletariat | class of working people without access to producing property; typically manufacturing workers, paid laborers in agricultural economy, or urban poor, in Europe, product of economic changes of 16th and 17th centuries | 29 | |
| 8471040488 | domestic manufacturing system | 30 | ||
| 8471040489 | cash crops | 31 | ||
| 8471040490 | capitalism | 32 | ||
| 8471040491 | the Levelers | The Levellers were a political movement during the English Civil War (1642-1651) that emphasised popular sovereignty, extended suffrage, equality before the law, and religious tolerance, all of which were expressed in the manifesto "Agreement of the People". In contrast to the Diggers, the Levellers opposed common ownership, except in cases of mutual agreement of the property owners. The Levellers came to prominence at the end of the First English Civil War (1642-1646) and were most influential before the start of the Second Civil War (1648-1649). Leveller views and support were found in the populace of the City of London and in some regiments in the New Model Army. The term "leveller" had been used in 17th-century England as a term of abuse for rural rebels | 33 | |
| 8471040492 | inflation | 34 | ||
| 8471040493 | flying shuttle | 35 | ||
| 8471040494 | The Seven Years' War | fought both in continental Europe and also in overseas colonies between 1756 and 1763; resulted in Prussian seizures of land from Austria, English seizures of colonies in India and North America | 36 |
AP World History Unit One Review Flashcards
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| 4837618793 | What are 5 major regions of the world? | Americas, Asia, Africa, Oceania and Europe | 0 | |
| 4837628313 | use of stone tools | accomplishment of paleolithic age | 1 | |
| 4837630484 | tamed dog, invented hunting tools | accomplishment of paleolithic age | 2 | |
| 4837631989 | developed language and fire | accomplishment of paleolithic age | 3 | |
| 4837636281 | 2.5 million to 8000 BCE | Paleolithic age | 4 | |
| 4837634113 | significance of Neolithic revolution | agricultural revolution domestication of cattle, goats, sheep and pigs food surplus allowed villages connected by road developed unity and culture tech improved-wheels and sails change transportation | 5 | |
| 4837645426 | 8000-3000 BCE | Neolithic age | 6 | |
| 4837657106 | Fertile Cresent | location of first agricultural villages | 7 | |
| 4837664531 | exception to 1st villages being agricultural | southern Japan some among the Jamon people formed an economic base of hunting and gathering | 8 | |
| 4837668651 | Characteristics of civilization | 1. Urban centers (trade) 2.Specialized workers 3. Complex installations: political/ economic/ religious 4. record keeping 5. advanced tech *irrigation | 9 | |
| 4837679453 | where did civilization first appear | Mesopotamia, egypt, indus valley, china, mesoamerica, south america, niger river valley | 10 | |
| 4837712639 | Where is Sumer? | lower part of valley (Persian Gulf) emerged in 3000 BCE | 11 | |
| 4837715915 | What was ancient Sumers writing system? | Cuneiform-pressed marks into clay tablets | 12 | |
| 4837719443 | What were Sumer's city's like? | City states, ruled by priests and frequently warred | 13 | |
| 4837722701 | 3 primary sumer city states | Ur, Urak, and Kisk functioned independently | 14 | |
| 4837729059 | Social classes | Top, middle and bottom | 15 | |
| 4837732497 | When did military leaders take control in sumer | 3000 BCE | 16 | |
| 4837736128 | What were Sumarian temples called | Ziggurats | 17 | |
| 4837739110 | Were Sumarians polytheistic or monotheistic? | polytheistic | 18 | |
| 4837742455 | Sumers inventions | wheel, improved plow and bronze | 19 | |
| 4837747877 | Epic of Gilgamesh | epic about larger than life hero, first hero in literature, truth-misery and sorrow are part of human life | 20 | |
| 4837755846 | code of hammurabi | code of laws, provides insight into problems of time,upper class less severe, men is less severe | 21 | |
| 4837761120 | Sargon of Akkad | first ruler of Akkadian empire, conquered Sumarian city states in 2350 bce weakened by war. | 22 | |
| 4837774944 | Akkaidens | ruled by sargon conquered Sumer declined due to famine and invasion | 23 | |
| 4837786611 | Babylonians | ruled for 250 years capital babylon | 24 | |
| 4837802418 | Hammurabi | 1792 BC Hammurabi established law codes Code Of Hammurabi | 25 | |
| 4837803030 | Hittites | Conquered Babylon in 1590 BC with advanced tech capital in turkey 710 BC collapsed | 26 | |
| 4837828016 | Assyrians | controlled area of Syria, babylon and egypt Had cavalry, chariots, battering rams and iron weapons conquered tortured, enslaved or killed library constructed by him had over 20,000 tablets | 27 | |
| 4837873374 | Chaldeans | hanging garden calculated length of year fell to persians | 28 | |
| 4837877353 | Phoenicians | ? | 29 | |
| 4837885881 | 3000-600 BCE | preclasical era | 30 | |
| 4837893460 | Where is Egypt? | Nile River Valley, Africa | 31 | |
| 4837898214 | Early dynastic period of egypt | (3000-2700) Religion and political administrators were centered | 32 | |
| 4837905989 | Old Kingdom of egypt | (2700-2200) Pharaohs become god like | 33 | |
| 4837913907 | Pharaohs | had absolute power dynasty power from father to son | 34 | |
| 4837918443 | writing system of egypt | Hieroglyphs, wrote on papyrus | 35 | |
| 4837926252 | Menes | United Egypt | 36 | |
| 4837932232 | Snefru | built three pyramids that still stand | 37 | |
| 4837932819 | Djoser | built Step pyramid, first deified emperor, huge tomb, model of later pharaohs | 38 | |
| 4837933828 | Sesostris | built fortresses, first pharaoh to show he loves people but not enemies and is human, destroyed Nubia. | 39 | |
| 4837940387 | Hatshepsut | first women ruler, lover was architect and built most lavish temple. made the obelisk and took throne from Thutmose | 40 | |
| 4837941010 | Amenhotep/Akhenaten | transfered religion of Egypt, made new city Akhetaten | 41 | |
| 4837941011 | Tutankhamen | Tomb undisturbed found many treasures in it died at young age | 42 | |
| 4837942281 | Seti I | extravagant tomb cut from pure rock, built hypostyle hall, conquerer, died unexpectedly | 43 | |
| 4838017597 | Religion of egypt | Polytheistic, Amon-Ra universal God Osiris-God of dead Isis-Wife of Osiris, goddess of egypt Horus-God of light | 44 | |
| 4838022504 | burial practices of egypt | originally mastabas then pyramids Buried with possessions and mummified so ka and ba can be reunited | 45 | |
| 4838028215 | when did civilization emerge in the nile valley | 46 | ||
| 4838211401 | what are the major urban centers of the Indus Valley | Harappa and Mohenjo Daro-hill of the dead | 47 | |
| 4838213431 | Trade items of Indus Valley | pottery, metalworking in bronze, beads, turquoise, copper and silver | 48 | |
| 4838214528 | why was religion not as important in Indus valley | burials were not nearly as extravagant as those in egypt | 49 | |
| 4838215652 | why do we know less about indus valley civilization? | scarse written records, don't have words of harappans and can't fully translate language | 50 | |
| 4838217660 | What group replaced the indus valley civilization | Aryans | 51 | |
| 4838231340 | What are the first three dynasties of China | Xia (2205-1176) Shang(1766-1122) Zhou (1122-256) | 52 | |
| 4838255135 | Religion in early China | Sacrifices human and animal oracle bones used for divination Emperor was dependent from gods | 53 | |
| 4838272305 | Accomplishments of the Shang | constructed irrigation and flood control bronze weapons and utensils horse drawn chariots | 54 | |
| 4838276068 | Accomplishments of the Zhou | developed mandate from heaven book of documents details conquest built roads canals and coins produced cast iron | 55 | |
| 4838280168 | book of documents of the Zhou | details accomplishments and conquests | 56 | |
| 4838280555 | mandate from heaven | If not a a just and wise leader then you got kicked out | 57 | |
| 4838326231 | how is urbanization in mesoamerica similar to that of China | Began as religious shrine centers developed into city states some had great influence | 58 | |
| 4838329345 | Olmec | raised platforms and settlements rudimentary hieroglyphs destroyed religious sites and giant stone heads | 59 | |
| 4838333103 | Maya | Fully fledged cities states extensive sacrifice elaborate barrels advanced hieroglyphics and calendar king was religious center | 60 | |
| 4838335918 | tikal | most completely excavated city had over 360,000 people | 61 | |
| 4838337480 | Chitin Itza | Mayan ruins, massive step pyramids | 62 | |
| 4838340054 | popol vuh | book of the people most complete collection of creation myths of early maya | 63 | |
| 4838342510 | maya code | mayan glyphs is the writing system of ancient mayans only mesoamerica writing system mostly deciphered | 64 | |
| 4838355189 | technology of maya | used stone tools almost all work done by hand believed it had more value | 65 | |
| 4838358069 | monuments of maya | massive stone pyramids and organized cities | 66 | |
| 4838359209 | Teotihuacan | had sun and moon pyramids trading outpost regularity city plan got too big | 67 | |
| 4838361578 | Tenochtitlan | city state that became capital of area taking out all competition | 68 | |
| 4838368121 | Chinampas | farming areas for Aztecs, large areas of man made islands that could produce crops for growing population and people could live on | 69 | |
| 4838370173 | Hernan Cortez | Conquered Aztecs | 70 | |
| 4838371436 | Montezuma | first ruler of aztecs and made his own tomb | 71 | |
| 4838372069 | religion of aztecs | had to sacrifice one person to gods or sun wouldn't rise polytheistic built temples to gods | 72 | |
| 4838376478 | human sacrifice | Aztecs sacrificed at least one person a day to keep sun rising | 73 | |
| 4838377555 | Chavin | in andes mountains central peru a ceremonial cite at their capital Chavin de Haunter shows existence | 74 | |
| 4838383011 | inca | civilization that spread very far and grew very powerful but only lasted from 1476-1534 | 75 | |
| 4838389980 | how do we know their was a strong central government | people had to pay taxes extensive roads strong infrastructure | 76 | |
| 4838391095 | quipu | The quipu is 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 used for Inca record keeping | 77 | |
| 4838394325 | Mita system | unpaid labor for public construction for part of year. required from all adults | 78 |
AP World History, Nationalsim Flashcards
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| 9095226279 | Victor Emmanuel II | King of Sardinia and the first king of united Italy 14 March 1820 - 9 January 1878 | 0 | |
| 9095229038 | Otto von Bismarck | German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898) (Franco-Prussian war) Was a Realpolitik | 1 | |
| 9095232612 | Franco-Prussian War | 1870-1871 united Germany; ended Second French Empire a result of the letter edited originally sent by Napoleon; France defeated | 2 | |
| 9095236025 | William II of Germany | dismissed Bismarck supported Austria, led to first world war last German Emperor | 3 | |
| 9095239927 | Emancipation of the Serfs | 1861 most important reform in autocratic Russia, put into motion by Alexander II Ending of serfdom in Russia which resulted in little to no agricultural production | 4 | |
| 9095243322 | Pan-Slavism | The movement to unite Slavs in the Balkans Russia saw itself as the largest of the Slavic states. Wanted all Slavic states to work together | 5 | |
| 9095243323 | Crimean War | 1853-1856 Russia invaded leading to a stalemate, many deaths due to disease a war that broke out when Russia invaded Ottoman lands along the Danube; ended in Russian defeat | 6 | |
| 9095245552 | Young Turks | Members of a Turkish reformist and nationalist political party active in the early 20th century. A revolutionary group made up of young military officers | 7 | |
| 9095245553 | Tanzimat | 1839-1876 A set of reforms designed to remake the Ottoman Empire on a western European model | 8 | |
| 9095250302 | Free-Trade Imperialsim | Imperialism that was focused mostly on economic motivation | 9 | |
| 9095250303 | Monroe Doctrine | A United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823. | 10 | |
| 9095254492 | Panama canal | 1904-1914 A ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States | 11 | |
| 9095254493 | Spanish American War | 1898 War that began when the United States demanded Cuba's independence from Spain | 12 | |
| 9095260791 | Indentured Servitude | An agreement to exchange labor for travel expenses an/or job training for a certain amount of time | 13 | |
| 9095265582 | Mary Wollstonecraft | English writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women | 14 | |
| 9095268099 | Seneca Falls Confrence | July 19-20 1848 First women's rights convention which discussed the social, civil, and religious condition as well as rights of women | 15 |
AP World History Chapter 3 Flashcards
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| 7622046506 | Hittites | A people from central Anatolia who established an empire in Anatolia and Syria in the Late Bronze Age | 0 | |
| 7622065121 | Hatsheput | Queen of Egypt 1474- 1458 B.C.E. | 1 | |
| 7622095621 | Akhenaten | Egyptian pharaoh 1353- 1335 B.C.E. He built a capital at Amaerna, fostered a new style of naturalistic art, and created a religious revolution by imposing worship of the sun-disk | 2 | |
| 7622125070 | Ramesses II | A long lived ruler of New Kingdom Egypt 1290- 1224 B.C.E. | 3 | |
| 7622137281 | Minoan | prosperous civilization on the Aegean island of Crete in the second millennium B.C.E. | 4 | |
| 7622155996 | Mycenae | Site of a fortified palace complex in southern Greece that controlled a Late Bronze Age kingdom | 5 | |
| 7622173161 | Shaft graves | A term used for the burial sites of elite members of Mycenaean Greek society in the mid- second millennium B.C.E. | 6 | |
| 7622190091 | Linear B | A set of syllabic symbols | 7 | |
| 7622215511 | Neo-Assyrian Empire | An empire extending from western Iran to Syria- Palestine, conquered by the Assyrians of northern Mesopotamia between the tenth and seventh B.C.E. | 8 | |
| 7624768030 | Kossites | A member of an ancient people related to the Elamites why ruled Babylon | 9 | |
| 7624779578 | Akkadian | One of the Akkadian people | 10 | |
| 7624791207 | Hyksos | A nomadic people who conquered and ruled ancient Egypt | 11 | |
| 7672751563 | Mass deportation | The forcible removal and relocation of large numbers of people or entire populations | 12 | |
| 7672789116 | Ashur | ancient city where kings were crowded and buried; chief god King was concerned to every corner of the Empire | 13 | |
| 7672792200 | Library of Ashurbanipal | contained official documents as well as literary and scientific text | 14 | |
| 7672817920 | Hebrew bible | A collection of sacred books containing diverse material ps concerning the origins, experiences, beliefs, and practices of the Israelites | 15 | |
| 7672839839 | Israel | In antiquity, the land between the eastern shore of the Mediterranean and the Jordan River, occupied by the Israelites from the early second millennium B.C.E. | 16 | |
| 7698845810 | David | As king he oversaw Israels transition from tribal, confederacy to unified monarchy, made Jerusalem his capital , brought the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem, and raised taxes and raised a standing army; father of Solomon | 17 | |
| 7698859539 | First Temple | A monumental sanctuary built in Jerusalem by king Solomon in the tenth century B.C.E. to be the religious center for the israelite god Yahweh | 18 | |
| 7698877016 | monotheism | the belief in Yahweh as the one and only God | 19 | |
| 7698879948 | Nebuchadnezzar | destroyed the temple in Jerusalem and deported many people | 20 | |
| 7698887411 | Dispora | Greek word meaning "dispersal;" used to describe the communities of a given ethnic group living outside their homeland | 21 | |
| 7698911471 | Phoenicians | Semitic-speakingCanaanites living on the coast of modern Lebanon and Syria in the first millennium B.C.E. | 22 | |
| 7747978917 | tophets | walled enclosures where thousands of small | 23 | |
| 7747983172 | Neo- Babylonian Kingdom | Under the Chandlaeans , Babylon again became a major political and cultural center in the seventh and sixth centuries B.C.E. | 24 | |
| 7748015833 | Carthage | City located in present- day Tunisia, founded by Phoenicians ca. 800 B.C.E. | 25 |
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