AP world history chapter 6 Flashcards
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| 3684239390 | Which of the following has been put forward by scholars as a possible factor in the emergence of slavery within the First Civilizations? | The early domestication of animals | 0 | |
| 3684246628 | Which of the following was a difference between India and China's social structures? | India's social groups were defined more rigidly | 1 | |
| 3684251343 | Wang Mang's reform program following his seizure of the Chinese throne included | Government loans to peasant families | 2 | |
| 3684257430 | Like First Civilizations, societies in the classical era | were patriarchal organizations | 3 | |
| 3684262285 | China was unique in the ancient world in the extent to which | It's social organisation was shaped by the actions of the state | 4 | |
| 3684269021 | India and China during the classical era were similar in that both societies | Sharp distinctions and great inequalities characterized the social order | 5 | |
| 3684272864 | Once the system of Jatis in India was established | An individual Jati could slowly raise her standing in relation to other jatis in the local hierarchy by acquiring land or wealth | 6 | |
| 3684276547 | In comparison to Han China, all of the city-states of Classical Greece posessed | Economies more heavily reliant on slaves | 7 | |
| 3684278622 | In Classical Athens | The growth of democracy was accompanied by the simultaneous growth of slavery on a massive scale | 8 | |
| 3684283019 | In which of the following ancient societies did women enjoy the fewest restrictions | Sparta | 9 | |
| 3684290170 | Which of the following philosophies and religions provided a unifying ideology for peasant rebellions? | daoism | 10 | |
| 3684291506 | In classical civilizations | Public life in general was a male domain, while a women's roles took place in domestic settings | 11 | |
| 3684295613 | Which of the following distinguished the experience of women in Sparta from those in Athens | In Sparta, women married men their own age | 12 | |
| 3684304796 | In the centuries following the fall of the Han Empire, Chinese women | Benefited from the growing influence of Buddhism,which provided some women with an alternative to family life in Buddhist monasaries | 13 |
AP Literature and Composition Flashcards
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| 5004788437 | Apostrophe | An exclamatory figure speech When the speaker in a literary work speaks to an object, idea, or someone who doesn't exist as if it is a living person. When a writer detaches their-self from reality and addresses an imaginary character. A term used when a speaker directly addresses someone or something that isn't present in the poem. The speaker could be addressing an abstract concept like love, place, or thing. Ex: twinkle twinkle little star How I wonder what you are And Car, please get me to work today (Sort of like personification) | 0 | |
| 5004788438 | Assonance | When two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds. Ex: the engineer held the steering to steer the vehicle. | 1 | |
| 5004788439 | Allegory | A story Poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically moral of political one (deeper meaning of something) Ex: Animal Farm-boxer=working class, pigs=people in power, squealer=propaganda | 2 | |
| 5004788440 | Alliteration | When you have words next or near each other that have the same letter or sound at the beginning Ex: The tall towers tilted before Tim | 3 | |
| 5004788441 | Anaphora | The deliberate repetition of a phrase (first part of a sentence- could be the same word or words) begin repeated at the beginning of the sentences to add emphasis Ex: Every single say you let me down. Every single day you make me mad. Every single day you do such silly things. | 4 | |
| 5018140942 | Antithesis | Where two opposite ideas that are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. Ex: money is the root of all evil; poverty is the fruit of all goodness That's one step for man, one giant leap for mankind. | 5 | |
| 5018140943 | Allusion | A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance that is out of the work of literature Ex: hey guys? Guess who the new Newton of our school is? - Newton, referring to a smart kid. Don't act like a Romeo | 6 | |
| 5018140944 | Breve | A symbol placed over a vowel to show that it has a short sound | 7 | |
| 5018140945 | Cliché Rhyme | Rhymes that are considered predictable. It is overused so much to the point that it loosing its original and more significant meaning Ex: love and dove | 8 | |
| 5018140946 | Cacophony | The usage of several unharmonious or dissonant sounds in a line or passage. These unharmonious and dissonant sounds include the explosive consonants k, t, g, d, p, and b, and the hissing sounds ch, sh, and s. Ex: 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves,an And the mome raths outgrabe | 9 | |
| 5037794015 | Couplet | Successive (right after one another) pair of lines in a poem that usually runes and contain the same meter. Ex: my love will never grow It is always a show | 10 | |
| 5037794016 | Character | Any person, animal, thing, or figure represented in a literary work. The qualities of a distinctive individual. | 11 | |
| 5037794017 | Dictation | Choice of words especially with regard the correctness, clearness, or effectiveness | 12 | |
| 5037794018 | Double Entendre | A figure of speech that might have multiple senses interpretations or two meanings of that could be understood in two different ways. Ex: "I do wish you could chat longer, but...I'm having an old friend for dinner | 13 | |
| 5037794019 | Explication | To explain or analyze something such as an idea or work of literature. | 14 | |
| 5037794020 | Euphony | Words and phrases that have a harmonious combination of sounds and pleasant to listen to. Ex: sonnet 18 | 15 | |
| 5037794021 | Heavy Stress | Emphasis that falls on certain syllables Ex: porDUCE | 16 | |
| 5037794022 | Internal Rhyme | A rhyme involving A word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or next to it (also call middle rhyme) Ex: One of them on a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary | 17 | |
| 5037794023 | Meter | A stress and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse or the lines of a poem | 18 | |
| 5038076803 | Metonymy | A figure of speech I'm which something I'd called by a new name that is related in meaning to the original thing or concept. Ex: the pen is mightier than the sword | 19 | |
| 5038076804 | Persona | A character or figurative mask that an actor, writer, or senior takes on in order to perform. A voice or an assume the role of character that represents the thought of a writer or a specific person the writer wants to present at his mouthpiece | 20 | |
| 5038076805 | Prosody | A literary technique, prosody is the study of meter, intonation and rhythm of a poetic work. | 21 | |
| 5038076806 | Rhyme | Repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines in poems. | 22 |
environmental science chapter 15 Flashcards
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| 5822063744 | atmosphere | A mixture of gases that surrounds a planet or moon. |  | 0 |
| 5822063745 | relative humidity | The amount of water vapor in the air at any given time is usually less than that required to saturate the air. Expressed as a percentage. |  | 1 |
| 5822063746 | air pressure | The measure of the force with which air molecules push on a surface |  | 2 |
| 5822063747 | troposphere | The lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere |  | 3 |
| 5822063748 | stratosphere | The second-lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere. |  | 4 |
| 5822063749 | ozone layer | Protective layer in atmosphere that shields earth from UV radiation. |  | 5 |
| 5822063750 | mesosphere | The layer of Earth's atmosphere immediately above the stratosphere, 3rd layer of the atmosphere. |  | 6 |
| 5822063751 | thermosphere | The uppermost layer of the atmosphere, in which temperature increases as altitude increases, 4th layer of the atmosphere |  | 7 |
| 5822063752 | radiation | Energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles. |  | 8 |
| 5822063753 | conduction | Form of heat transfer where heat energy is directly transferred between molecules through molecular collisions or direct contact. |  | 9 |
| 5822063754 | convection | The movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity, which consequently results in transfer of heat. |  | 10 |
| 5822063755 | convection current | the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another |  | 11 |
| 5822063756 | air mass | A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height |  | 12 |
| 5822063757 | front | The boundary between two air masses |  | 13 |
| 5822063758 | air pollution | Concentration of trace substances such as carbon monoxide, sulfur oxide, hydrocarbons, and solid particulates, at a greater level than occurs in average air. |  | 14 |
| 5822063759 | emission | the production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation |  | 15 |
| 5822063760 | fossil fuel | Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals. |  | 16 |
| 5822063761 | primary air polluant | Enters the atmosphere, with chemicals in the air to form secondary pollutants | 17 | |
| 5822063762 | secondary air pollutant | formed by reaction of primary pollutants. |  | 18 |
| 5822063763 | smog | air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog |  | 19 |
| 5822063764 | temperature inversion | atmospheric condition in which warm air traps cooler air near the earth's surface |  | 20 |
| 5822063765 | acid deposition | Sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides, emitted by burning fossil fuels, enter the atmosphere-where they combine with oxygen and water to form sulfuric acid and nitric acid-and return to Earth's surface |  | 21 |
| 5822063766 | clean air act | Set emission standards for cars, and limits for release of air pollutants |  | 22 |
| 5822063767 | catalytic converter | a device that reduces carbon monoxide emissions from vehicles. |  | 23 |
| 5822063768 | scrubber | devices containing alkaline substances that precipitate out much of the sulfur dioxide from industrial plants. |  | 24 |
| 5822063769 | ozone hole | A thinning of stratospheric ozone that occurs over the poles during the spring |  | 25 |
| 5822063770 | chlorofluorocarbon | A gas used as a solvent, a propelant in aerosols, a refrigerant, and in plastics foams and fire extinguishers. |  | 26 |
| 5822063771 | montreal protocol | phase out of ozone depleting substances. |  | 27 |
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AP world history Chapter Flashcards
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| 4774033013 | Roman Republic | The period from 507 to 31 BCE, Rome was largely governed by the aristocratic Roman Senate. | 0 | |
| 4774040116 | Roman Senate | A council whose members were the heads of wealthy, landowning families. | 1 | |
| 4774042172 | pardon/client relationship | In ancient Rome, a fundamental social relationship in which the patron---a wealthy and powerful individual--- provided legal and economic protection and assistance o clients... | 2 | |
| 4774049543 | Augustus | Honorific name of Octavian, founder of the Roman Principate, the military dictatorship that replaced the failing rule of the Roman Senate... | 3 | |
| 4774055626 | equites | In ancient Italy, prosperous landowners second in wealth and status to the senatorial aristocracy. | 4 | |
| 4774058943 | pax romana | literally, "Roman peace", it connoted the stability and prosperity that Roman rule brought to the land of the Roman Empire in the first two centuries C.E..... | 5 | |
| 4774061592 | Romanization | The process by which the Latin language and roman culture became dominant in the western provinces of the Roman Empire...... | 6 | |
| 4774064174 | Jesus | A Jew from Galilee in northern Israel.... | 7 | |
| 4774065522 | Paul | Jew from the Greek city of Tarsus in Anatolia.. follower of Jesus... separate Christianity separated from Judaism. | 8 | |
| 4774070526 | aqueduct | A conduit, either elevated or underground, using gravity to carry water from a source to a location that needed it... | 9 | |
| 4774074212 | Third-century crisis | Historians' term for the political, military, and economic turmoil that beset the Roman Empire during much of the third century CE: frequent changes of ruler... | 10 | |
| 4774077986 | Constantine | Roman emperor(312-337). After reuniting the Roman Empire, he moved the capital to Constantinople and made Christianity a favored religion. | 11 | |
| 4774082303 | Qin | A people and state in the Wei Vally of western China... | 12 | |
| 4774083067 | She Huangdi | Founder of the Qin dynasty | 13 | |
| 4774083608 | Han | 1 汉人 2汉朝 | 14 | |
| 4774085284 | Xiongnu | confederation of nomadic people living beyond the northwest frontier of ancient China.最后被干了 | 15 | |
| 4774087789 | Chang'an | City in the Wei Valley in eastern China. | 16 | |
| 4774089676 | monsoon | 季风 seasonal winds in the Indian Ocean caused by the differences in temp between the rapidly heating and cooling landmasses of Africa and Asia and the slowly changing ocean water...,.. | 17 | |
| 4774092310 | Vedas | Early Indian scared "Knowledge- the literal meaning of the term,- long preserved and communicated orally by Brahmin priests and eventually written down. | 18 | |
| 4774118440 | varna | 种姓制度 category of social identity of great importance in Indian history..... | 19 | |
| 4774120769 | jati | Within the system of varna are many regional groups of people who have a common occupational sphere, and who marry, eat, and generally interact with other members of their group. | 20 | |
| 4774124491 | Karma | Indian tradition, the residue of deeds performed in past and present lives that adheres to a spirit... next life cycle | 21 | |
| 4774126861 | moksha | 解脱The Hindu concept of the spirit's liberation from the endless cycle of rebirths | 22 | |
| 4774128537 | Buddha | Siddhartha Gautama | 23 | |
| 4774131537 | Mahayana Buddhism | 大乘Great Vehicle branch of Buddhism followed in China | 24 | |
| 4774133315 | Theravada Buddhism | 小乘 Way of the Elders branch of Buddhism followed in Sri Lanka and much of Southeast Asia. | 25 | |
| 4774206232 | Hinduism | A general term for a wide variety of beliefs and ritual practices that have develop in the Indian subcontinent since antiquity.... | 26 | |
| 4774206233 | Mauryan Empire | 孔雀王朝 the first state to unify most of the Indian subcontinent. It was founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 324 BCE and survived until 184 BCE. | 27 | |
| 4774210945 | Ashoka | third ru;er pf the Mauryan Empire in India(270-232 BCE) | 28 | |
| 4774211815 | Mahabharata | 史诗A vast epic chronicling the events leading up to a cataclysmic battle between related kinship groups in early India...... | 29 | |
| 4774214984 | Bhagavad-Gita | 史诗中最有名的The most important work of Indian scared literature, a dialogue between the great warrior Arjuna and the god Krishna on duty and the fate of the spirit. | 30 | |
| 4774219899 | Tamil kingdoms | The kingdoms of southern India, inhabited primarily by speakers of Dravidian languages, which developed in partial isolation, and somewhat differently, from the Aryan north.They produced epics, poetry, and performance arts. | 31 | |
| 4774224769 | Gupta Empire | A powerful Indian state based, like its Mauryan predecessor, on a capital at Pataliputra in the Ganges Valley. it controlled most of the indian subcontinent through a combination of military force and its prestige as a center of sophisticated culture. | 32 | |
| 4774229012 | theater-state | Historians' term for a state that acquire prestige and powder by developing attractive cultural forms and staging elaborate public ceremonies to attract and bind subject | 33 | |
| 4774260848 | Funan | An early complex society in Southeast Asia between the first and sixth centuries CE. it was centered in the rich rice-growing region of southern Vietnam....... | 34 | |
| 4774263401 | Srivijaya | A state based on the Indonesian island of Sumatra,..... | 35 | |
| 4774265456 | Borobodur | A massive stone monument on the Indonesian island of java,...... buddhist allegory for the progressive stages of enlightenment. | 36 |
AP World History China Flashcards
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| 7523600510 | warring states period (1) | -between Zhou and Qin -very chaotic/ fighting | 0 | |
| 7523664666 | warring states period (2) | -people scared of death -political instability | 1 | |
| 7523674987 | confucianism (1) | -created by Confucius -relationships, rituals important -morality in conduct -conduct will prepare for place in gov. | 2 | |
| 7527182081 | Confucius | -created Confucianism -tried to reshape Zhou period & stop the fighting -brought logic and peace to land -benevolent | 3 | |
| 7527290645 | Analects | -Confucian books -names of books -Book of Songs -Book of Spring and Annals -Book of Changes | 4 | |
| 7523721170 | confucianism (2) | -family important -each person in family has a specific duty -duty based on age and gender -reverence: respecting family & elders extremely important | 5 | |
| 7523796811 | filial piety | relationship between parents and their children | 6 | |
| 7523806702 | confucianism (3) | -idea of home relationships balanced workplace will be productive & balanced -a superior individual runs gov. w/ your best interest at heart -run w/ benevolence -> respond w/ respect | 7 | |
| 7523894752 | legalism (1) | -came from 'Hundred Schools of Thought' period -wanted to end fighting between 3/4 centuries -philosophical & political -Lord Shang ruled | 8 | |
| 7527157441 | Lord Shang | -head of legalism -believed Confucianism was naive -told people to trust their judgements | 9 | |
| 7523988917 | legalism (2) | -effective but unpopular (oppressive) -agriculture & military important -chaos eliminated by powerful, merciless state | 10 | |
| 7527234256 | Shi Huangdi of Legalism | made legalism happen | 11 | |
| 7527140010 | how long was legalism impacted | short term impact | 12 | |
| 7524418827 | Xia Dynasty | -on Yellow & Yangtze Rivers -Emperor Huangdi (aka Yellow Emperor) -might not have existed | 13 | |
| 7527120651 | inventions of Xia Dynasty | wheeled vehicles, silk making, armor, pottery making, ships | 14 | |
| 7527339493 | oracle bones | first system of writing found on bones during Xia Dynasty | 15 | |
| 7527446625 | Shang Dynasty (1) | -middle of Bronze Age -bigger than Xia -feudalistic/ decentralized gov. -main God Shang Di | 16 | |
| 7527644783 | how land was given out | vassal- lord- vassal /. emperor --- lord- vassal \ vassal -lord- vassal | 17 | |
| 7527596947 | vassel | person who gave land | 18 | |
| 7527466109 | what was the Bronze Age | when bronze represented luxury and power | 19 | |
| 7527519408 | bronze in Bronze Age made what | -horse drawn chariot -military weapons -vessels | 20 | |
| 7527735924 | Shang Dynasty (2) | -veneration of ancestors -big on filial piety -wrote on oracle bones -developed written language -had class differentiations | 21 | |
| 7527774533 | Zhou Dynasty (1) | -overthrew Shang in 11th century BCE -overthrown by a Zhou member -new ruler took throne but not everyone liked him -could take decades for a ruler to gain control | 22 | |
| 7527794281 | how Zhou overthrew Shang | -Zhou noticed Shang leader dishonoring Gods by his behavior -Shang leader drank, took bribes, & corrupt -Gods withdrew mandate from Shang & gave it to Zhou -Zhou fulfilled duties | 23 | |
| 7527858875 | Mandate of Heaven | -given right of rule by a God named Heaven | 24 | |
| 7527872412 | Zhou Dynasty (2) | -emperor can choose anyone he wants to become next emperor (even if not in bloodline) -normally a son in bloodline takes throne next | 25 | |
| 7527898862 | Duke of Zhou | first Zhou emperor | 26 | |
| 7527904733 | first four emperors called | Sage Kings | 27 | |
| 7527914236 | economy and society of Zhou Dynasty (1) | p |. p | p -|-----|- p |. e | p -|-----|- p |. p | p "well- field system" | 28 | |
| 7527997496 | economy and society of Zhou Dynasty (2) | -land fallow and yield -silk luxury good -cultivation of wet rice -iron -pop growth -created money economy | 29 | |
| 7528015846 | land fallow | land not used for harvest | 30 | |
| 7528015847 | yield | harvesting too much in one place so soil has no more nutrients | 31 | |
| 7528036313 | 100 schools era | -associated w/ legalism -many ways to get out of warring states period | 32 | |
| 7528056663 | Art of War | -written by Sun Tzu -contemporary of Confucius | 33 | |
| 7528080308 | Daoism (1) | -aka Taoism -similar to Confucianism -'Dao' means path -nature oriented -strike balance w/ nature -tranquil | 34 | |
| 7528162545 | who founded Doaism | Lao-Tzu | 35 | |
| 7528173639 | Doaism (2) | -people turned away from society -argued education, knowledge are obstacles from continuing your path -fundamental understanding of 'Dao' -influence over people | 36 | |
| 7528198495 | What does Dao say | -do no harm to any living creature -do not fear death -world is always changing | 37 | |
| 7528211972 | symbol of Daoism | Yin and Yang (Universities of Opposites) | 38 | |
| 7528219599 | Yin on Yin and Yang | -black side -darkness -cold -earth;moon -feminine -passive -weak | 39 | |
| 7528245587 | Yang on Yin and Yang | -white side -light -warmth -heaven;sun -masculine -active -strong | 40 | |
| 7528285568 | 5 principle relationships of confucianism | 1.ruler -> subject 2.father -> son 3.husband -> wife 4.older brother -> younger brother 5.older friend -> younger friend | 41 | |
| 7528318720 | Chinese caste system | 1. scholar gentry 2. peasants 3. artisans 4. merchants | 42 | |
| 7528336213 | idea behind Chinese caste system | -peasants valued more than artisans or merchants bc they worked harder than artisans or merchants | 43 | |
| 7528348098 | Mencius (1) | -disciple for Confucius -people either born good or bad -most people born good -someone does something bad -> education answer not punishment | 44 | |
| 7528397595 | Mencius (2) | -can bring ones self back from doing something bad -moral psychology | 45 | |
| 7528395050 | Qin Dynasty (1) | -established china's 1st empire -Shi Huangdi ruled -legalist gov | 46 | |
| 7528654287 | Shi Huangdi | -ruler of Qin Dynasty -had over 7000 terra-cotta warriors as a protective army in afterlife -used real people as models -extravagant and powerful | 47 | |
| 7528583339 | bad things of Shi Huangdi | -abolished local laws and created uniformed laws -appointed his own people so they follow new laws -killed people who disagreed w/ him -burned all Confucianism books -killed people for examples | 48 | |
| 7528629641 | good things of Shi Huangdi | 1. expanded size of china 2. gave peasants right to own land 3. standardized Chinese scripts 4. created units and measurements | 49 | |
| 7528795092 | Qin Dynasty (2) | -centralized bureaucracy -many people killed or exiled by Shi Huangdi | 50 | |
| 7528673813 | end of Qin Dynasty | -Shi hangdi dies -eunuchs see opportunities | 51 | |
| 7528725847 | Zhau Gho | -eunuch that formed relationship w/ Shi Huangdi -forged Shui Huangdi will -wanted to become ruler | 52 | |
| 7528684497 | eunuchs | castrated people that serve as guards for people | 53 | |
| 7528786780 | Han Dynasty (1) | -Liu Bang -gov control took control of corrupt merchants -irrigation techniques | 54 | |
| 7528830195 | Liu Bang | -1st emperor of Han -moved capital Chang'an -recentralizes bureaucracy -lowered taxes -brought back confucianism | 55 | |
| 7528780013 | Han Dynasty (2) | -Buddhism introduced along Silk Roads -expanded Chinese empires -eventually transporting goods from Asia -revival of Chinese landscapes | 56 | |
| 7528811450 | Silk Roads | trade routes across the east | 57 | |
| 7528850998 | Han Emperor Wudi | -most significant Han emperor -wanted to clean up gov w/ people who do not belong in their gov place -people had to take service tests to see if they fit into gov potentials -education process failed -> created universities | 58 | |
| 7528876472 | Han Dynasty (3) | -colonized Machuria, Vietnam, -Pax Sinica: economy grew -peasants improved lively hood -silk production increased -diseases (smallpox, measles, bubonic Plague) dropped pop. on trade routes | 59 | |
| 7528960677 | Han Dynasty (4) | -economically small landowners could not pay off land anymore -larger landowners took their land | 60 | |
| 7528990078 | Han Dynasty (5) | -Wang Mang wanted to fix land probs. -took back stolen land -landowners unhappy & rebels -peasants team up -emperor overthrow | 61 |
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