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4433266260	Order of 12 Chinese Dynasties	Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, Song, Jin, Yuan, Ming, Qing	0
4433266261	Period 1 Empires/Cuvilizations	Mesopotamia, Sumerian Empire, Egypt, Indus River Valley, Yellow River Valley, Mayans (begin), Chavin (begin), Babylonian Empire, Assyrian Empire, Hittite Empire	1
4433501174	Innovations of the first Industrial Revolution	Textiles, Steam Power, Iron	2
4433501175	Innovations of the second industrial revolution	Steel, chemicals, precision machinery, electronics	3
4433686447	Effects of Industrialization on families	children went to work at a young age, families spent less time together, they had to leave home and travel to work	4
4433686448	Effects of Industrialization on Urban Areas	Increased urbanization, but little government planning led to damaging ecological footprint and I humane living conditions	5
4433686449	Effects of Industrialization on Class Stucture	New classes emerged : Top- New wealthy industrialists and owners of large corporations Middle- factory and office managers, small business owners, professionals Bottom- working class, those who labored in factories and coal mines	6
4433686450	Effects of Industrialization on Women	Working class women worked in coal mines Primary laborers in textile factories Middle class women became housewives ** spurred feminism**	7
4433686451	Effect of Industrialization on Mass Culture	Leisure and consumerism became popular	8
4433686452	Effects of Industrialization on Environment	Toxic air and water pollution	9
4433686453	Labor Unions (emerged in 1800s as a response to Industrialization)	Organizations of workers that advocate for the right to bargain over these matters with employers and put the resulting agreements in a contract	10
4433686454	Social Reforms after Industrialization	Children couldn't work in coal mines under age of 10 Education became mandatory for British children between 5-10 (Germany) Workers accident compensation	11
4433709476	Socialism	System in which resources and industries would be owned by the workers or the government on behalf of all people	12
4433733940	Karl Marx	Advocate of socialism who said capitalism divided society into two classes: Proletariat (working class) and bourgeoise (middle class owners) He said the owners exploited the working class endlessly for the sake of profit Marxist socialism would be communism*	13
4433753054	Anarchism	Abolishing nearly all national government to allow local communities to rule themselves * movement known for assassinating European politicians*	14
4434747703	Enclosure Movement	Government fenced off the commons (farmers land) in order to give exclusive use of it to people who paid for the privilege of who purchased the land * forced small farmers to move from rural areas to urban areas*	15
4438733444	Motives for Economic Imperialism	Natural resources New markets (colonies) Cheap labor	16
4438786659	Imperialism	a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.	17
4442598058	Totalitarian state	State in which all aspects of society are controlled by the government	18
4442598059	Fascism		19
4442600045	Green Revolution	produced food for the earth's growing population as it spread chemically and genetically enhanced forms of agriculture.	20

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7345931170	Neolithic Revolution	Shift from nomadic, hunter gatherer society to agricultural society.	0
7345933449	Early River Valley Agriculture	Reliant on river flooding, prompted need for irrigation	1
7345934998	Religion in early agricultural societies	Based on natural world	2
7345936755	Specialization	A non-food producing job, enabled by a food surplus	3
7345937970	City State	A self governing territory comprised of farmlands surrounding urban areas and had a tendency to argue with one another	4
7345940377	Hammurabi	Hammurabi's Code, eye for an eye as long as you were in the same class.	5
7345941528	Anthropomorphic	"In one's own image" used to describe how humans often present gods	6
7345943438	Cuneiform	Pictorial writing system that took hold in Mesopotamia and partly in Egypt	7
7345944687	Egyptian Geography	Surrounded by natural borders, Nile provided consistent flooding	8
7345946115	Mesopotamian Geography	At a continental cross roads, and irregular, sometimes intense flooding would destroy irrigation systems and cause harvest problems.	9
7345949108	Ma'at	The Egyptian reasoning for the order of the universe, kept in order by the Pharaoh	10
7345951333	Mohenjo-Daro and Harrapa		11
7345951334	Loess	A yellow-green topsoil that gives the Huang He (Yellow River) its color	12
7345953202	Feng Shui		13
7345953203	Mandate of Heaven	Justification for monarchies and dynasties in ancient China, whatever happened was the will of the gods	14
7345955735	Legalism	Philosophy that states that humans are inherently evil and order is needed to maintain society.	15
7345957525	Hittites	Anatolian peoples, discovered how to smith iron effectively and attempted to hide the secret	16
7345958632	Egyptian New Kingdom	Focused on expansion, more prosperous than the middle kingdom	17
7345961326	Akhenaten	Egyptian pharaoh who attempted to convert Egypt to monotheism and worship Aten	18
7345964370	Minoans	People who lived on the island of Crete	19
7345965027	Mycenaeans	"Pre Greeks", mainly pastoralists and used stone age tools.	20
7349201464	Shaft Graves	Graves found in both Mycenaean and Chinese cultures, contained precious items which speaks to a belief in the afterlife	21
7349207041	Neo-Assyrian Empire	An empire famous for its brutal military and massive empire.	22
7349209561	Hebrew Monotheism	The Hebrews were the first significant group to adopt monotheism, and they believed that they were god's chosen people and that all other gods and idols were false.	23
7349212525	Israel/Judah	The two territories that Israel became when it split. They often fought with each other but were sometimes friendly.	24
7349216224	Diaspora	The separation/dispersion of the Jews which began in Persia when Cyrus gave them the choice of returning to their holy land or staying in Persia	25
7349220936	Nebuchadnezzar	The Babylonian king who took Israel and destroyed the temple at Jerusalem.	26
7349226438	Phoenicians/Carthage	After the Assyrians destroyed some Canaanite cities, City states in that area started to develop civilization which later brought a phonetic writing system and trade that helped connect parts of the Mediterranean.	27
7349235300	Cyrus the Great	Persian king who conquered more territory than the Persians had ever seen before. He is famous for his tolerance of religion, language, etc.	28
7349238012	Persian Empire	Very tolerant and briefly prosperous before deflation plagued the empire.	29
7349241592	Zoroastrianism	First major shift to monotheism. Found mainly in Persia, it was one of the first religions to pick up elements of the "battle between good and evil".	30
7349246314	Greek Agriculture	Since Greece is mainly mountainous and rocky, the only tradable crops that they grew were olive trees and grape vines. They traded olive oil and wine for necessities.	31
7349251378	Polis	The greek term for a city	32
7349252903	Athenian Democracy	Allowed free male citizens to vote, and was very radical at the time.	33
7349255920	Greek religion/philosophy	Philosophy stood on Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Religion was polytheistic, with gods of nature but often took anthropomorphic forms. Sacrifice was a cornerstone of Greek religion.	34
7349273848	Athens/Sparta	Athens: Focused on art, science, philosophy, and education for the rich. Women had a very restricted role in the community, staying in the home. Athen was set up as an early version of democracy. Their military achievement was their navy. Sparta: Ridiculously militaristic, boys left for brutal military training at seven. The government was set up as an oligarchy, with elders in charge. Women had a much more prominent role in society, running businesses and owning land.	35

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AP World History Vocab #2 Flashcards

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5405480461	Opulence	Great wealth	0
5405480462	Ostentation	Big display of wealth and luxury	1
5405480463	Sectarian	Conceding a Section or sections	2
5405480464	Frivolities	Lack of seriousness	3
5405480465	Sumptuous	Splendid and expensive looking	4
5405480466	Mantilla	Silk scarf worn by women in spain	5
5405480467	Preponderance	Quality or fact of being greater in number	6
5405480468	Senility	Aged or frail	7
5405480469	Rapacious	Seizing by force	8
5405480470	Stipulate	Demand or specify a bargain or agreement	9
5405480471	Ambiguous	Unclear or inexact	10
5405480472	Seclusion	A sheltered or private place	11
5405480473	Stratified	Arange or classify	12
5405480474	Enuchs	A man who has been castrated	13
5405480475	Prominent	Important famous	14
5405480476	Hadith	Collections of traditions containing sayings of Muhammad	15
5405480477	Narcissus	Eurasian plant	16
5405480478	Privation	Loss or absence of a quality or attribute	17
5405480479	Generation	People born and living around the same time	18
5405480480	Duration	Time during which something continues	19
5408485500	Intoning	The rise and fall of the voice in speaking	20

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AP World History Chapter 3 Test ANSWERS Flashcards

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4610176721	The first clear view of an after-world in the ancient world came from	Egypt	0
4610176722	By around ______ B.C.E. peoples of the eastern Sudan started to domesticate cattle and became nomadic herders	9000	1
4610176723	The early Sudanic societies recognized a single divine force as the source of good and evil, and they associated it with	rain	2
4610176724	Do to a climate shift the Sahara desert, which had been cool and well watered, became increasingly arid and uninhabitable around	5000 B.C.E.	3
4610176725	The Greek historian Herodotus used the phrase "the gift of the ______" to describe Egypt	Nile	4
4610176726	In regards to political organization, Egypt	was much more organized than Mesopotamia	5
4610176727	Egypt was united around 3100 B.C.E. by the conqueror	Menes	6
4610176728	Egyptians associated the early pharaohs with	Horus	7
4610176729	The largest Egyptian pyramids were built during the	Old Kingdom	8
4610176730	______ is the largest of all the pyramids	Khufu	9
4610176731	During the third millennium the Egyptians traded with the Nubian kingdom of	Kush	10
4610176732	The capital of the kingdom of Kush was	Kerma	11
4610176733	Harkhuf was	an Egyptian explorer who visited Nubia	12
4610176734	Pharaohs in the Middle Kingdom were	less powerful than pharaohs of the Old Kingdom	13
4610176735	The pharaoh Neferkare was most excited to see ______ brought back from Nubia by the explorer Harkhuf	the dancing dwarf	14
4610176736	the Hyksos were	external invaders who helped bring about the end of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom	15
4610176737	Horse-drawn chariots and bronze weapons were introduced into Egypt by the	Hyksos	16
4610176738	The most vigorous of all New Kingdom pharaohs was ______, who led his troops into Palestine and Syria and who even received tribute from the Mesopotamian city-states	Tuthmosis III	17
4610176739	The Egyptians were the most imperialistic during the	New Kingdom	18
4610176740	During the eighth century B.C.E. Egypt fell under the control of the ______ for around a century	Kushites	19
4610176741	Around 760 B.C.E. the Kushite King Kashta	founded a dynasty that ruled Egypt for around a hundred years	20
4610176742	In the mid-seventh century B.C.E. Egypt lost its independence and became a part of	the Assyrian empire	21
4610176743	The conqueror Menes founded ______ around 3100 B.C.E., a city that would serve as the capital for early Egypt	Memphis	22
4610176744	Hatshepsut was	the first woman to rule Egypt as pharaoh	23
4610176745	In which of the following societies did women enjoy the most freedom and opportunity	Egypt	24
4610176746	In Kush	there is evidence for many female rulers	25
4610176747	A kandake was	a female regent in Kush	26
4610176748	In Africa, iron metallurgy	arose independently	27
4610176749	The Egyptians traded through the Red Sea with a land they called Punt, which is probably	modern-day Somalia	28
4610176750	The Greek words meaning "holy inscriptions" refers to	hieroglyphics	29
4610176751	The Egyptian work, "The Satire of the Trades,"	reflected a scribe's desire for his son to become a scribe himself and avoid other unpleasant jobs	30
4610176752	Meroitic writing	was a Nubian script that borrowed Egyptian hieroglyphics	31
4610176753	The cult of Amon-Re	was a combination of the Egyptian air and sun gods	32
4610176754	The cult of Amon-Re is the best example of	how the Egyptians associated various gods with each other	33
4610176755	What Pharaoh tried, unsuccessfully, to transform Egypt into a monotheistic society	Akhenaton	34
4610176756	Besides the Hebrews, the only other example of monotheism from the ancient world occurred during the reign of	Akhenaton	35
4610176757	The line, "O Sole God beside whom there is none! You made the earth as you wished," is drawn from	the Great Hymn to Aten	36
4610176758	The Egyptian god of the underworld was	Osiris	37
4610176759	Osiris judged whether or not souls were worthy for immortality by	weighing their hearts against a feather symbolizing justice	38
4610176760	During the Old Kingdom	only the pharaohs received the honor of mummification	39
4610176761	The Bantu originally came from around	Modern day Nigeria	40
4610176762	The tribes which, beginning as early as 3000 B.C.E., began to spread their language and agriculture techniques throughout Africa were the	Bantu	41
4610176763	In relation to spreading their language across a huge stretch of Africa the Bantu played a role similar to that played by the	Indo-Europians	42
4610176764	The Bantu probably began their migrations because of	population pressures	43
4610176765	By the middle of the first millenium B.C.E. the Bantu people had begun to produce	iron	44
4610176766	Egyptian explorer who visited Nubia	Harkhuf	45
4610176767	Nubian kingdom	Kush	46
4610176768	Nubian female regent	Kandake	47
4610176769	later Kushite king who conquered and ruled Egypt	Kashta	48
4610176770	Tribes that spread their language across Africa	Bantu	49
4610176771	First woman to rule Egypt	Hatshepsut	50
4610176772	Semitic peoples who introduced horse-drawn chariots and bronze weapons into Egypt	Hyksos	51
4610176773	Pharaoh who attempted, unsuccessfully, to promote monotheism	Akhenaton	52
4610176774	Egyptian god of the underworld	Osiris	53
4610176775	powerful New Kingdom warrior pharaoh	Tuthmosis III	54
4610176776	Inspiration for a massive temple at Heliopolis	Amon-Re	55
4610176777	The largest pyramid	Khufu	56

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AP World History: Chapter 13 Vocabulary Terms Flashcards

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7497116355	Bakufu	A military government established in Japan after the Gempei Wars; the emperor became a figurehead, while real power was concentrated in the military, including the samurai	0
7497116356	Shoguns	Military leaders of Japan during its feudal era and the actual powers behind the emperor	1
7497116357	Minamoto	Defeated the rival Taira family in the Gempei Wars and established military government (bakufu) in 12th-century Japan	2
7497116358	Emperor Kammu	Empereror during the shift from Nara to Heian period in 795. Brief assertion of autonomy and Imperial power before the Fujiwara rule. Kicked Buddhists out of the city. Stopped Taika reforms	3
7497116359	Fujiwara	Japanese aristocratic family in mid-9th century; exercised exceptional influence over imperial affairs; aided in decline of imperial power.	4
7497116363	Tea Ceremony	Japanese ceremony with Chinese influences symbolizing tranquility	5
7497116364	Ho Xuan Huong	Female poet whom wrote poems about the displeasing traditions of women in Confucianism	6
7497116365	Hanoi	Capital of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War	7
7497116366	Trinh	Dynasty that ruled in north Vietnam at Hanoi, 1533 to 1772, rivals of Nguyen family in the south	8
7497116367	Hojo	Warrior family closely allied with Minamoto, dominated Kamakura regime and manipulated Minamoto rulers who claimed to rule in the name of the Japanese emperor at Kyoto	9
7497116368	Ashikaga Shogunate	Replaced the Kamakura regime in Japan, ruled from 1336 to 1573 CE, destroyed the rival Yoshino center of imperial authority	10
7497116369	Choson	earliest Korean Kingdom; conquered by Han emperor in 109 BCE	11
7497116372	Daimyo	A Japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai; warlord but not as powerful as a shogun.	12
7497116374	Chams	Indianized rivals of the Vietnamese; driven into the highlands by the successful Vietnamese drive to the south.	13
7497116375	Son of Heaven	Title of the ruler of China, first known from the Zhou dynasty. It acknowledges the ruler's position as intermediary between heaven and earth.	14
7497116376	Khmers	Indianized rivals of the Vietnamese; moved into Mekong River delta region at time of Vietnamese drive to the south	15
7497116377	Nguyen	Rival Vietnamese dynasty that arose in southern Vietnam to challenge traditional dynasty of Trinh in north at Hanoi; kingdom centered on Red and Mekong rivers; capital at Hue.	16
7497116380	Sinification	Extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions; typical of Korea and Japan, less typical of Vietnam.	17
7497116381	Le Dynasty	the longest ruling Vietnamese dynasty. Drawing on Confucian principles, its rulers increased the size and strength of the Vietnamese state and promoted agricultural productivity.	18
7497116382	Silla	Independent Korean kingdom in the southeastern part of the peninsula, defeated Koguryo along with their Chinese Tang allies, submitted a vassal of the Tang emperor and agreed to tribute payment, ruled united Korea by 668 CE	19
7497116383	Hue	The capital of Nguyen house. Far north of Mekong delta region	20
7497116386	Gumpei Wars	Waged for five years from 1180 on Honshu between the Tiara and Minamoto families; ended in the destruction of the Taira.	21
7497116387	Viets	Traded with southern China, valued independence and nuclear families, lived in villages, practiced Buddhism, few restrictions on women.	22
7497116388	Kumsong	Capital of Korea in the Medieval Era modeled after the Chinese capital of Chang'an	23
7497116389	Samurai	Class of warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land.	24
7497116390	Tribute system	Chinese method of dealing with foreign lands and people's that assumed the subordination of all non-Chinese authorities required the payment of tribute --produce of value from their countries--to the Chinese emperor(although the Chinese gifts given in return were often much more valuable).	25
7497116391	Trung Sisters	Leaders of one of the frequent peasant rebellions in Vietnam against Chinese rule, revolt broke out in 39 CE, demonstrates importance of Vietnamese women in indigenous society	26
7497116392	Paekche	Koguryo's southern rival.	27
7497116393	Nara	First Japanese imperial capital	28
7497116394	Yi	Korean dynasty that succeeded Koryo dynasty following period of Mongol invasions; established in 1392; ruled Korea to 1910; restored aristocratic dominance and Chinese influence.	29
7497116395	Koryo Dynasty	Korean dynasty that ruled from 935 to 1392	30
7497116396	Taira	Powerful Japanese family in 11th and 12th centuries; competed with Minamoto family; defeated after Gempei Wars.	31
7497116397	Seppuku	Ritual suicide or disembowelment in Japan; commonly known in West as hara-kiri; demonstrated courage and a means to restore family honor.	32
7497116398	Heian	Capital city of Japan under the Yamato emperors, later called Kyoto; built in order to escape influence of Buddhist monks; patterned after ancient imperial centers of China; never fully populated	33
7497116399	Bushi	"the way of the warrior"; Japanese word for the Samurai life ; Samurai moral code was based on loyalty, chivalry, martial arts, and honor until the death	34
7497116400	Taika Reforms	Attempt to remake Japanese monarch into an absolute Chinese-style emperor; included attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army.	35
7497116402	Zen Monasteries	Monasteries where monks practiced Zen Buddhism. Provided key points of renewed diplomatic and trade contacts with China. Appealing to warrior elites bc place of arts in an era of strife + destruction.	36
7497116404	Yoritomo	first shogun, feudalism becomes the normal political way of life	37
7497116405	Tale of Genji	story of Prince Genji and his lovers, written by Lady Murasaki Shikibu at end of 11th century, world's first full novel	38