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Ap language Lesson 1 Flashcards

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3032414455AltruisticUnselfishly concerned for the welfare of others, generous0
3032414456AmbivalentHaving contrary feelings or attitude, uncertain as to course of action1
3032414457AngularLean; sharp cornered; gaunt2
3032414458ArrogantOverbearingly amusing; insolently proud3
3032414459AversionStrongly disliking4
3032414460DiscernTo differentiate between two or more things5
3032414461DisdainIntense dislike; to treat with scorn or con tent, to reject as unworthy6
3032414462DisparageTo degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner7
3032414463DisparityInequality, the condition or fact of being unequal in age,rank, or degree8
3032414464EmbellishTo decorate, to make beautiful with ornamentation9
3032414465EngenderTo cause, to produce, to create10
3032414466InnocuousHarmless, producing no injury11
3032414467InsipidBoring and stupid12
3032414468LamentTo mourn or do express sorrow13
3032414469LaudTo praise14
3032414470ObscureDifficult to see, vague15
3032414471OstentatiousShowy16
3032414472ProdigalWasteful, a person giving to extravagance17
3032414473RepudiateTo reject, to disown, to disavow18
3032414474ReticenceRestraint in speech19
3032414475RevereTo honor, to regard with respect20
3032414476SereneCalm21
3032414477SubtleDelicate, elusive, not obvious22
3032414478SuperfluousBeyond what is needed or required23
3032414479TaciturnQuiet, not verbose24

AP Psych- Thinking and Language Flashcards

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4834107565cognitionmental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating0
4834107566metacognitionstyle of learning; thinking about HOW you think, aware of biases in judging others1
4834107567convergent thinkingrequires focusing on one answer Ex: school, black and white (no gray area)2
4834107568divergent thinkingrequires brainstorming, considering multiple answers Ex: home contractors, thinking outside the box3
4834107569conceptsmental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people; based on prototypes4
4834107570prototypea mental image or best example of a category Ex: what's the first thing that comes to your head when you hear "shoe"5
4834107571trial and errorproblem solving strategy; trying various possible solutions, and if that fails, trying others; common to fail by missing a clear solution6
4834107572algorithmsproblem solving strategy; methodical, step by step, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem; + guarantees solutions, - time consuming Ex: Sheldon Big Bang Theory: how to make friends7
4834107573heuristicsproblem solving strategy; simple thinking strategy/mental shortcut that allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently but can be prone to errors Ex: rule of thumb, i before e except after c8
4834107574insightno strategy; aha moment, sudden and novel (new) realization of the solution to a problem; right temporal lobe9
4834107575Kohlerdid an insight study; chimp in rooms with bananas hanging from ceiling, did "nothing" but was really thinking of a solution in its head; stacked boxes and got the bananas; incubation effect10
4834107576incubation effectstep away from problem; unconscious continues to work on it Ex: Mrs G typing her Nelson Mandela essay11
4834107577fixationobstacle to problem solving; inability to see a problem from a new perspective12
4834107578mental setfixation; tendency to approach a problem in one particular way, especially if it's been successful in the past Ex: people were confused by the new FRF format13
4834107579functional fixednessfixation; tendency to think of things only in terms of their usual function14
4834107580representativeness heuristicjudging the likelihood of things in terms of how well they seem to represent, or match, our prototypes Ex: Susan Boyle15
4834107581availability heuristicestimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory Ex: more people are killed by cows than by sharks16
4834107582overconfidencethe tendency to be more confident than correct; to overestimate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgments17
4834107583belief perseveranceclinging to one's initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited Ex: wanting to believe the best of people18
4834107584framingthe way an issue is posed; wording effects Ex: "want to go out tonight?" vs "what time should I pick you up?"19
4834107585languageour spoken, written, or signed words and the ways we combine them to communicate meaning20
48341075867critical age for language21
4834107587phonemessmallest unit of sound; we have difficulty pronouncing phonemes of different languages; English = 40 Ex: chat = ch, a, t22
4834107588morphemessmallest unit that carries meaning; may be a word or a part of a word (prefix, suffix, root word) Ex: pre-, -ed, 's23
4834107589grammarsystem of rules that enable us to communicate with and understand others24
4834107590semanticsset of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes, words, and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning Ex: it's raining cats and dogs (we know it isn't literal), -ed means past tense25
4834107591syntaxrules for combining words into grammatically correct sentences Ex: White House vs Casa Blanca26
4834107592in fantisnot speaking27
4834107593receptive languageability to comprehend speech28
4834107594babbling stageage 4-12mos; productive language, utter variety of spontaneous sounds, includes phonemes from various languages, only home language by 10mos29
4834107595productive languagebabbling stage; ability to produce words30
4834107596one word stageage 1-2; mama, baba; holographic speech; comprehension vocab is greater than production vocab31
4834107597holographic speechone word stage; single word and vocal intonation stand for entire sentences32
4834107598two word stageage 2; telegraphic speech; follows rules of syntax in sensible order33
4834107599telegraphic speechtwo word stage; speaks like a telegram; "go car", using nouns and verbs34
4834107600overextensionlanguage error; one word used to describe similar things Ex: dada used to describe all men35
4834107601underextensionlanguage error; one word to describe one specific thing Ex: Micky = only Carson's blanket36
4834107602overgeneralizationlanguage error; love grammar rules, force to fit irregularities Ex: "I go-ed" instead of "I went"37
4834107603Skinnernurture/environment; believed language is learned; we use association, imitation, and reinforcement38
4834107604Chomskynature/biology; language acquisition device (LAD), universal grammar, motherese39
4834107605language acquisition deviceChomsky; brain is prewired for language. switches in brain are thrown as we experience language40
4834107606universal grammarChomsky; same language building blocks (nouns, verbs, etc.); acquire untaught words/grammar, generate sentences they've never heard, make few mistakes41
4834107607mothereseChomsky; parents are biologically programmed to encourage language (baby talk)42
4834107608Whorflinguistic relativity, linguistic determination, believed that thought is influenced and constrained by the language you speak Ex: Eskimos have 20 words for snow, Fiji has no words for snow43
4834107609linguistic relativityWhorf; different languages carve up and name the world differently44
4834107610linguistic determinationWhorf; language shapes thought45

AP Language Terms Journal Flashcards

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3517305095rhetoricThe study of effective language use; according to Aristotle, use of the "available means of persuasion"0
3517312039audienceOne's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed1
3517316446contentThe subject matter being conveyed; the facts being expressed2
3517320721purposeOne's intention or objective in a piece of writing3
3517325895Thesis/claim/assertionAn emphatic statement; declaration. An assertion is supported by evidence becomes an argument4
3517330138SubjectIn rhetoric the topic addressed in a piece of writing5
3517333639Speakera term used for the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing6
3517344962personaThe speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of wring7
3517350825Rhetorical/Aristotelian triangleA diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, subject, and audience8
3517360924EthosRefers to the character of a person; credibility/writer9
3517365442PathosAppeals to emotions10
3517369336logosAn appeal to logic11
3517372077ToneThe speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience12
3517375622assumptionA belief or statement taken for granted without proof13
3517378777counterargumentA challenge to a position; an opposing argument14
3517382298concedeAgreeing that an opposing argument may be true15
3517385182refuteDenying the validity of all or part of the argument16
3517388813ConnotationThat which is implied by a word, as opposed to the world's literal meaning Ex. Pushy refers to someone loud-mouthed and irritating17
3517398274denotationThe literal meaning of a word; its dictionary definition18
3517404270propagandisticA negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information19
3517408565PolemicalAn argument against an idea, usually regarding philosophy, politics, or religion20
3517420514ArrangementOrganization, the order in which the author or speaker positions their ideas in an essay or speech21
3517429967exordium"beginning a web" an appropriate description for an introduction22
3517433013narratioProvides factual information and background material on the subject23
3517439616confirmatioIncludes the development or the proof needed to make the writer's case, containing specific and concrete details24
3517446420refutatioAddresses the counterargument; the bribe between the writer's proof and conclusion25
3517452630PeroratioBrings the essay to a close, brings all the writer's ideas together26
3517457773NarrationRetelling an event or series of events27
3517460615descriptionIs allied with narration, uses the five senses, often used to establish a mood or atmosphere28
3517465330Process analysisExplains how something works, how to do something, or how something was done29
3517469694exemplificationProvides a series of examples- facts, specific cases, or instances; turns a general idea into a concrete one30
3517478002Comparison and contrastjuxtaposing two things to highlight their similarities and differences31
3517484324Classification and divisionSorts materials or ideas into major categories; a writer's task is to develop his or her own categories, to find a distinctive way of breaking down a larger idea or concept into parts32
3517497346definitionLays the foundation to establish common ground or identifying areas of conflict33
3517503050Cause and effectFoundation for argument; signaled by a why in the title or opening paragraph34
3517507445Close readingA careful reading that is attentive to organization, figurative language, sentence structure, vocabulary, and other literary and structural elements of a text35
3517518224AnalysisLooking closely at small parts to see how they affect the whole36
3517523844colloquialismsAn informal or conversational use of language Ex. Wanna- want to Gonna-going to Y'all-you all37
3517535576DictionChoice of words38
3517537639SyntaxThe arrangement of words39
3517543188MetaphorA trope which makes a comparison between two things or objects that are poles from each other but have some characteristics common between them40
3517551251SimileUses "like" or "as" to compare to two things41
3517554291personificationAssigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects42
3517557887Hyperboleexaggeration for the purpose of analysis43
3517563044schemeA pattern of words or sentence construction used for rhetorical effect44
3517569062parallelismsThe deletion of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns Ex. Like father like son, Easy come easy go, Flying is fast comfortable and safe45
3517582999JuxtapositionPlacement of two things side by side for emphasis Ex. All is fair in love and war. Better late then never. Beggars cannot be choosers46
3517592036antithesisTwo opposite ideas are put together to achieve a contrasting effect Ex. Speech is silver but silence is gold. You are easy on the eyes but hard on the heart47
3517606896PeriodicA sentence that builds toward and ends with a main close Ex. In spite of the heavy snow and cold temperatures, the game continued. If the price is good and the quality excellent, I might consider buying a designer dress.48
3517628772Cumulative sentenceAn independent clause followed by subordinate clause or phrases that supply additional detail Ex. Education has no equal in opening minds, instilling values, and creating opportunities.49
3517641558AnnotationExplanatory or critical notes added to a text50
3517646599Topic sentenceA sentence, often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis51
3517659511ImageryVivid use of language that evoke a reader's senses (smell, sight, taste, feel, and hearing)52
3517665888oxymoronFigure of speech that combines two contradictory terms Ex. Pretty cruel. Amazingly awful. Alone together. Random order. Big baby53
3517677762Dialectical journalA double column journal in which one writes a quotation in one column and reflections on that quotation on the other column54
3517691391ZeugmaA word, usually a verb or adjective, applies to more than one noun, blending together grammatically and logically different ideas Ex. John lost his coat and his temper. You are free to execute your laws, and your citizens, as you see fit.55
3517709763Graphic organizerorganize ideas, see relationships, and retain information56
3517714702archaicLanguage used in writing that is considered today to be old-fashioned57
3517722075Complex sentencesA sentence that includes one independent clause and least one dependent clause Ex. When the cost goes up, customers buy less clothing.58
3517735152Declarative sentencesA sentence that makes a statement Ex. London is the capital of England.59
3517743416anaphoraThe repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses Ex. Every day, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better.60
3517761609AntimetaboleThe repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast Ex. Eat to live not live to eat We do what we like and we like what we do61
3517781449Hortative sentenceA sentence urging some course of conduct or action; exhorting; encouraging Ex. Come with me and I'll tell you a story Not far to go now62
3517914773Imperative sentenceA sentence that requests or commands63
3517919808alliterationThe repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of consecutive words or syllables64
3517927955allusionAn indirect reference, often to another text or a historic event Ex. Don't act like Romeo in front of her. Hey! Guess who the new Newton of our school is?65
3517944190AsyndetonLeaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses Ex. Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, shrunk to this little measure?66
3517958092inversionA sentence in which the verb precedes the subject Ex. Destroy the Sith, we must!67
3517969544MetonymyUse of an aspect of something to represent the whole Ex. Let give me give you a hand (hand presents help)68
3517982233Rhetorical questionA question asked more to produce an effect than to summon an answer Ex. Why not? Who knows?69
3517989867DocumentationBibliographic information about the sources used in a piece of writing70
3517996509SarcasmTo speak bitterly; meant to mock with often satirical or ironic remarks with a purpose to amuse and hurt someone simultaneously71
3518006142IronyA contradiction between what is said and what is meant Ex. The name of Britain's biggest dog of "Tiny."72
3518014363SatireAn ironic, sarcastic, or witty composition that claims to argue for something, but actually argues against it Ex. Political cartoons, The Daily Show73
3518027584Rhetorical strategyHelp a writer organize evidence, connect facts into a sequence and provide information necessary fro conveying a purpose or an argument74
3518040587Rhetorical deviceA use of language that is intended to have an effect on its audience Ex. Repetition, figurative language, and rhetorical question75
3518056185MythosA pattern of beliefs expressing often symbolically the characteristic or prevalent attitudes in a group or culture76
3518065820JargonA use of specific phrases and words by writers in a particular situation, profession or trade; specialized terms are used to convey hidden meanings accepted and understood in that field77
3518082779VulgarMarked by a lack of taste, culture, delicacy, manners; vulgar behavior, vulgar language78
3518091357scholarlycharacteristic of scholars or scholarship79
3518094617SyllogismA form of deductive reasoning in which the conclusion is supported by a major and minor premise Ex. "All men are mortal," we know that John is man so "John is mortal." Major premise is "All men are mortal." Minor premise is "John is a man." Logical conclusion deduced from the statements is "John is mortal."80
3518125912informalRelaxed and friendly without being restricted by rules of correct behavior81
3518131500preciseSharply exact or accurate or specific82
3518136168esotericRestricted to or intended for an enlightened or initiated minority83
3518143622Faulty assumptionA defective idea that is formed without evidence84
3518149817LiteralIn accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words85
3518158945figurativeLanguage that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation86
3518168725ApostropheA figure of speech sometimes represented by exclamation "O." A writer or a speaker, using an apostrophe, detaches himself from the reality and addresses an imaginary character in his speech.87
3518188494PedanticSomeone who is concerned with precision, formalism, accuracy, minute details in order to make an arrogant and attract a show learning88
3518197392PretentiousCharacterized by assumption of dignity or importance89
3518203521ObtuseNot quick or alert in perception, feeling or intellect; dull90
3518209844FolksySimple and unpretentious behavior91
3518212819EmotionalManipulation an emotional response in place of a valid or compelling argument92
3518227034TriteSometimes called clichés, are expressions which have grown stale through too frequent use Ex. Busy as a bee Bury the hatchet. Clear as crystal. Fair and square.93
3518244058IdiomaticRefers to a set expression or a phrase compromising two or more words Ex. Every cloud has it silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get to the mint. (silver lining is an idiom which means some promising moment is lurking behind the cloud or difficult time94
3518278044FormalRelating or involving outward form of structure95

AP World History: Chapter 11 Vocabulary Flashcards

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8094282909Black DeathName later given to the massive plague pandemic that swept through Eurasia beginning in 1331; it is usually regarded as an outbreak of bubonic plague0
8094286591Chinggis KhanTitle meaning "universal ruler" that was given to the Mongol leader Temujin in 1206 after he united the Mongols.1
8094307343"fictive kinship"A common form of tribal bonding in nomadic societies in which allies are designated and treated as blood relatives.2
8094316018Ghazan KhanIl-khan (subordinate khan) of Persia who ruled from 1295 to 1304; he is noted for his efforts to repair the Mongol damage to Persia.3
8094320911Hulegu KhanGrandson of Chinggis Khan (ca. 1217-1265) who became the first il-khan (subordinate khan) of Persia.4
8094321641KarakorumCapital of the Mongol Empire.5
8094325936KhaganSupreme ruler of a Turkic nomadic confederation.6
8094326633KhanbalikThe "city of the khan," founded as a new capital city for the Mongols after their conquest of China; now the city of Beijing.7
8094330045Kublilai KhanGrandson of Chinggis Khan who ruled China from 1271 to 1294.8
8094332976Kipchak KhanateName given to Russia by the Mongols after they conquered it and incorporated it into the Mongol Empire in the mid-thirteenth century; known to Russians as the "Khanate of the Golden Horde."9
8094337028MasaiNomadic cattle-keeping people of what is now Kenya and Tanzania.10
8094337938ModunGreat ruler of the Xiongnu Empire (r.210-174B.C.E.) who created a centralized and hierarchical political system.11
8094340698PastorialismThe way of life in which people depend on the herding of domesticated animals for their food.12
8094343312TurksTurkic speakers from Central Asia, originally nomads, who spread westward into the Near East and into India; they created a series of nomadic empires between 552 and 965 C.E. but had a more lasting impact on world history when they became dominant in the Islamic heartland and founded a series of states and empires there.13
8094344484XiongnuPeople of the Mongolian steppe lands north of China who formed a large-scale nomadic empire in the third and second centuries B.C.E.14
8094347035Yuan DynastyMongol dynasty that ruled China from 1271 to 1368; its name means "great beginnings.15

AP World History: Ch. 18 The Transformation of the West, Pt. 1 Flashcards

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5700846676Niccolo MachiavelliAuthor of The Prince; emphasized realistic discussions of how to seize and maintain power.0
5700846677humanismPhilosophy, or ideology, with a focus on humanity as the center of intellectual and artistic endeavor.1
5700846678Northern RenaissanceCultural and intellectual movement of northern Europe; influenced by earlier Italian Renaissance; centered in France, Low Countries, England, and Germany; featured greater emphasis on religion than the Italian Renaissance.2
5700846679Francis IKing of France (r. 1494-1547); one of many monarchs of the Renaissance period who were influential through their patronage of the arts.3
5700846680Johannes GutenbergIntroduced movable type to western Europe in the 15th century; greatly expanded the availability of printed materials.4
5700846681European-style familyEmerged in the 15th century; involved a later marriage age and a primary emphasis on the nuclear family.5
5700846682Martin LutherGerman Catholic monk who initiated the Protestant Reformation; emphasized the primacy of faith for gaining salvation in place of Catholic sacraments; rejected papal authority.6
5700846683ProtestantismGeneral wave of religious dissent against the Catholic church; formally began with Martin Luther in 1517.7
5700846684Anglican ChurchForm of Protestantism in England established by Henry VIII.8
5700846685Jean (John) CalvinFrench Protestant who stressed doctrine of predestination; established center of his group in Geneva; in the long run encouraged wider public education and access to government.9
5700846686Catholic ReformationCatholic response to the Protestant Reformation; reformed and revived Catholic doctrine.10
5700846687JesuitsCatholic religious order founded during Catholic Reformation; active in politics, education, and missionary work outside of Europe.11
5700846688Edict of Nantes1598 grant of tolerance in France to French Protestants after lengthy civil wars between Catholics and Protestants.12
5700846689Thirty Years WarWar from 1618 to 1648 between German Protestants and their allies and the Holy Roman emperor and Spain; caused great destruction.13
5700846690Treaty of WestphaliaEnded Thirty Years War in 1648; granted right of individual rulers and cities to choose their own religion for their people; Netherlands gained independence.14
5700846691English Civil WarConflict from 1640 to 1660; included religious and constitutional issues concerning the powers of the monarchy; ended with restoration of a limited monarchy.15
5700846692proletariatClass of people without access to producing property; usually manufacturing workers, paid laborers in agriculture, or urban poor; product of the economic changes of the 16th and 17th centuries.16
5700846693LevelersEnglish group demanding more political rights17
5700846694witchcraft persecutionOutburst reflecting uncertainties about religious truth and resentments against the poor, especially women.18

AP World History - Period 2 Flashcards

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9096902845Ahura MazdaIn Zoroastrianism, the good god who rules the world.0
9096902846Alexander the GreatAlexander III of Macedon (356-323 B.C.E.), conqueror of the Persian Empire and part of northwest India.1
9096902847AryansIndo-European pastoralists who moved into India about the time of the collapse of the Indus Valley civilization; their role in causing this collapse is still debated by historians.2
9096902848AshokaThe most famous ruler of the Mauryan Empire (r. 268-232 B.C.E.), who converted to Buddhism and tried to rule peacefully and with tolerance.3
9096902849Caesar AugustusThe great-nephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar who emerged as sole ruler of the Roman state at the end of an extended period of civil war (r. 31 B.C.E.-14 C.E.).4
9096902850Cyrus (the Great)Founder of the Persian Empire (r. 557-530 B.C.E.); a ruler noted for his conquests, religious tolerance, and political moderation.5
9096902851Darius IGreat king of Persia (r. 522-486 B.C.E.) following the upheavals after Cyrus's death; completed the establishment of the Persian Empire.6
9096902852Greco-Persian WarsTwo major Persian invasions of Greece, in 490 B.C.E. and 480 B.C.E., in which the Persians were defeated on both land and sea.7
9096902853Gupta EmpireAn empire of India (320-550 C.E.).8
9096902854Han dynastyChinese dynasty that restored unity in China softened legalist policies. Begun in 202 B.C. by Liu Bang, the dynasty ruled China for more than 400 years.9
9096902855Hellenistic eraThe period from 323 to 30 B.C.E. in which Greek culture spread widely in Eurasia in the kingdoms ruled by Alexander's political successors.10
9096902856HerodotusGreek historian known as the "father of history" (ca. 484-ca. 425 B.C.E.). His Histories enunciated the Greek view of a fundamental divide between East and West, culminating in the Greco-Persian Wars of 490-480 B.C.E.11
9096902857hopliteA heavily armed Greek infantryman. Over time, the ability to afford a military wares and to fight for the city came to define Greek citizenship.12
9096902858IoniaThe territory of Greek settlements on the coast of Anatolia; the main bone of contention between the Greeks and the Persian Empire.13
9096902859Mandate of HeavenThe ideological underpinning of Chinese emperors, this was the belief that a ruler held authority by command of divine force as long as he ruled morally and benevolently.14
9096902860Battle of MarathonAthenian victory over a Persian invasion in 490 B.C.E.15
9096902861Mauryan EmpireA major empire (322-185 B.C.E.) that encompassed most of India.16
9096902862PatriciansWealthy, privileged Romans who dominated early Roman society.17
9096902863Pax RomanaThe "Roman peace," a term typically used to denote the stability and prosperity of the early Roman Empire, especially in the first and second centuries C.E.18
9096902864Peloponnesian WarGreat war between Athens (and allies) and Sparta (and allies), lasting from 431 to 404 B.C.E. The conflict ended in the defeat of Athens and the closing of Athens's Golden Age.19
9096902865PersepolisThe capital and greatest palace-city of the Persian Empire, destroyed by Alexander the Great.20
9096902866Persian EmpireA major empire that expanded from the Iranian plateau to incorporate the Middle East from Egypt to India; flourished from around 550 to 330 B.C.E.21
9096902867PlebiansPoorer, less privileged Romans who gradually won a role in Roman politics.22
9096902868Punic WarsThree major wars between Rome and Carthage in North Africa, fought between 264 and 146 B.C.E., that culminated in Roman victory and control of the western Mediterranean.23
9096902869Qin DynastyA short-lived (221-206 B.C.E.) but highly influential Chinese dynasty that succeeded in reuniting China at the end of the Warring States period.24
9096902870Qin ShihuangdiLiterally "first emperor" (r. 221-210 B.C.E.) forcibly reunited China and established a strong and repressive state.25
9096902871SolonAthenian statesman and lawmaker (fl. 594-560 B.C.E.) whose reforms led the Athenians toward democracy.26
9096902872WudiHan emperor (r. 141-86 B.C.E.) who began the Chinese civil service system by establishing an academy to train imperial bureaucrats.27
9096902873XiongnuNomadic peoples to the north of the Great Wall of China who were a frequent threat to the stability of the Chinese state.28
9096902874AristotleA Greek polymath philosopher (384-322 B.C.E.); student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great.29
9096902875Bhagavad GitaA great Hindu epic text, part of the much larger Mahabharata, which affirms the performance of caste duties as a path to religious liberation.30
9096902876BrahmanThe "World Soul" or final reality in upanishadic Hindu belief.31
9096902877BrahminsThe priestly caste of India.32
9096902878BuddhismThe cultural/religious tradition first enunciated by Siddhartha Gautama33
9096902879ConfucianismThe Chinese philosophy first enunciated by Confucius, advocating the moral example of superiors as the key element of social order.34
9096902880ConfuciusThe founder of Confucianism (551-479 B.C.E.); an aristocrat of northern China who proved to be the greatest influence on Chinese culture in its history.35
9096902881ConstantineRoman emperor (r. 306-337 C.E.) whose conversion to Christianity paved the way for the triumph of Christianity in Europe.36
9096902882DaoismA Chinese philosophy/popular religion that advocates simplicity and understanding of the world of nature, founded by the legendary figure Laozi.37
9096902883Filial pietyThe honoring of one's ancestors and parents, a key element of Confucianism.38
9096902884Greek rationalismA secularizing system of scientific and philosophic thought that developed in classical Greece in the period 600 to 300 B.C.E.; it emphasized the power of education and human reason to understand the world in nonreligious terms.39
9096902885HinduismA word derived from outsiders to describe the vast diversity of indigenous Indian religious traditions.40
9096902886HippocratesA very influential Greek medical theorist (ca. 460-ca. 370 B.C.E.); regarded as the father of medicine.41
9096902887Jesus of NazarethThe prophet/god of Christianity(ca. 4 B.C.E.-ca. 30 C.E.).42
9096902888YahwehA form of the Hebrew name of God used in the Bible. The monotheistic religion developed by the Hebrews, emphasizing a sole personal god with concerns for social justice.43
9096902889KarmaIn Hinduism, the determining factor of the level at which the individual is reincarnated, based on purity of action and fulfillment of duty in the prior existence.44
9096902890LaoziA legendary Chinese philosopher of the sixth century B.C.E.; regarded as the founder of Daoism.45
9096902891LegalismA Chinese philosophy distinguished by an adherence to clear laws with vigorous punishments.46
9096902892MokshaIn Hindu belief, liberation from separate existence and union with Brahman.47
9096902893NirvanaThe end goal of Buddhism, in which individual identity is "extinguished" into a state of serenity and great compassion.48
9096902894PlatoA disciple of Socrates whose Dialogues convey the teachings of his master while going beyond them to express Plato's own philosophy; lived from 429 to 348 B.C.E.49
9096902895PythagorasA major Greek philosopher (ca. 560-ca. 480 B.C.E.) who believed that an unchanging mathematical order underlies the apparent chaos of the world.50
9096902896Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha)The Indian prince (ca. 566-ca. 486 B.C.E.) who founded Buddhism.51
9096902897SocratesThe first great Greek philosopher to turn rationalism toward questions of human existence (469-399 B.C.E.).52
9096902898UpanishadsIndian mystical and philosophical works, written between 800 and 400 B.C.E.53
9096902899VedasThe earliest religious texts of India, a collection of ancient poems, hymns, and rituals that were transmitted orally before being written down ca. 600 B.C.E.54
9096902900Warring States PeriodPeriod in China from 403 to 221 B.C.E. that was typified by disorder and political chaos.55
9096902901Yin and YangExpression of the Chinese belief in the unity of opposites.56
9096902902ZoroastrianismPersian monotheistic religion founded by the prophet Zarathustra.57
9096902903caste as varna and jatiThe system of social organization in India that has evolved over millennia; it is based on an original division of the populace into four inherited classes, with the addition of thousands of social distinctions based on occupation, which became the main cell of social life in India.58
9096902904dharmaIn Indian belief, performance of the duties appropriate to an individual's caste; good performance will lead to rebirth in a higher caste.59
9096902905helotsThe dependent, semi-enslaved class of ancient Sparta whose social discontent prompted the militarization of Spartan society.60
9096902906KshatriyaThe Indian social class of warriors and rulers.61
9096902907latifundiaHuge estates operated by slave labor that flourished in parts of the Roman Empire62
9096902908PericlesA prominent and influential statesman of ancient Athens (ca. 495-429 B.C.E.); presided over Athens's Golden Age.63
9096902909SudraThe lowest Indian social class of varna; regarded as servants of their social betters; eventually included peasant farmers64
9096902910the "three submissions"In Chinese Confucian thought, the notion that a woman is permanently subordinate to male control: first that of her father, then of her husband, and finally of her son.65
9096902911UntouchablesAn Indian social class that emerged below the Sudras and whose members performed the most unclean and polluting work.66
9096902912VaisyaThe Indian social class that was originally defined as farmers but eventually comprised merchants.67
9096902913Silk RoadTrade route stretching from China into Europe.68

AP World History Period 5 Flashcards

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9850502771abolitionist movementAn international movement that between approximately 1780 and 1890 succeeded in condemning slavery as morally repugnant and abolishing it in much of the world; the movement was especially prominent in Britain and the United States.0
9850502772CreolesNative-born elites in the Spanish colonies.1
9850502773Declaration of the Rights of Man and CitizenDocument drawn up by the French National Assembly in 1789 that proclaimed the equal rights of all men; the declaration ideologically launched the French Revolution.2
9850502774Declaration of the Rights of WomanShort work written by the French feminist Olympe de Gouges in 1791 that was modeled on the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen and that made the argument that the equality proclaimed by the French revolutionaries must also include women.3
9850502775Estates-GeneralFrench representative assembly called into session by Louis XVI to address pressing problems and out of which the French Revolution emerged; the three estates were the clergy, the nobility, and the commoners.4
9850502776FreetownWest African settlement in what is now Sierra Leone at which British naval commanders freed Africans they rescued from illegal slave ships.5
9850502777French RevolutionMassive dislocation of French society (1789-1815) that overthrew the monarchy, destroyed most of the French aristocracy, and launched radical reforms of society that were lost again, though only in part, under Napoleon's imperial rule and after the restoration of the monarchy.6
9850502778gens de couleur libresLiterally, "free people of color"; term used to describe freed slaves and people of mixed racial background in Saint Domingue on the eve of the Haitian Revolution.7
9850502779HaitiName that revolutionaries gave to the former French colony of Saint Domingue; the term means "mountainous" or "rugged" in the Taino language.8
9850502780Haitian RevolutionThe only fully successful slave rebellion in world history; the uprising in the French Caribbean colony of Saint Domingue (later renamed Haiti) was sparked by the French Revolution and led to the establishment of an independent state after a long and bloody war (1791-1804).9
9850502781Hidalgo-Morelos RevolutionSocially radical peasant insurrection that began in Mexico in 1810 and that was led by the priests10
9850502782Latin American RevolutionsSeries of risings in the Spanish colonies of Latin America (1810-1826) that established the independence of new states from Spanish rule but that for the most part retained the privileges of the elites despite efforts at more radical social rebellion by the lower classes.11
9850502783Toussaint L'OuvertureFirst leader of the Haitian Revolution, a former slave (1743-1803) who wrote the first constitution of Haiti and served as the first governor of the newly independent state.12
9850502784Maternal feminismMovement that claimed that women have value in society not because of an abstract notion of equality but because women have a distinctive and vital role as mothers; its exponents argued that women have the right to intervene in civil and political life because of their duty to watch over the future of their children.13
9850502785Napoleon BonaparteFrench head of state from 1799 until his abdication in 1814 (and again briefly in 1815); preserved much of the French Revolution under an autocratic system and was responsible for the spread of revolutionary ideals through his conquest of much of Europe.14
9850502786NationA clearly defined territory whose people have a sense of common identity and destiny, thanks to ties of blood, culture, language, or common experience.15
9850502787NationalismThe focusing of citizens' loyalty on the notion that they are part of a "nation" with a unique culture, territory, and destiny; first became a prominent element of political culture in the nineteenth century.16
9850502788North American RevolutionSuccessful rebellion conducted by the colonists of parts of North America (not Canada) against British rule (1775-1787); a conservative revolution whose success assured property rights but established republican government in place of monarchy.17
9850502789Petit BlancsThe "little" (or poor) white population of Saint Domingue, which played a significant role in the Haitian Revolution.18
9850502790Seneca Falls ConferenceThe first organized women's rights conference19
9850502791Elizabeth Cady StantonLeading figure of the early women's rights movement in the United States (1815-1902).20
9850502792the TerrorTerm used to describe the revolutionary violence in France in 1793-1794, when radicals under the leadership of Maximilien Robespierre executed tens of thousands of people deemed enemies of the revolution.21
9850502793Third EstateIn prerevolutionary France, the term used for the 98 percent of the population that was neither clerical nor noble, and for their representatives at the Estates General; in 1789, it declared itself a National Assembly and launched the French Revolution.22
9850502794Tupac AmaruThe last Inca emperor; in the 1780s, a Native American rebellion against Spanish control of Peru took place in his name.23
9850502795BourgeoisieTerm that Karl Marx used to describe the owners of industrial capital; originally meant "townspeople."24
9850502796British Royal SocietyAssociation of scientists established in England in 1660 that was dedicated to the promotion of "useful knowledge."25
9850502797Caste War of YucatanLong revolutionary struggle (1847-1901) of the Maya people of Mexico against European and mestizo intruders.26
9850502798CaudilloA military strongman who seized control of a government in nineteenth-century Latin America.27
9850502799Crimean WarMajor international conflict (1854-1856) in which British and French forces defeated Russia; the defeat prompted reforms within Russia.28
9850502800Dependent 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 decisions.29
9850502801Porfirio DiazMexican dictator from 1876 to 1911 who was eventually overthrown in a long and bloody revolution.30
9850502802DumaThe elected representative assembly grudgingly created in Russia by Tsar Nicholas II in response to the 1905 revolution.31
9850502803Sigmund FreudAustrian doctor and the father of modern psychoanalysis (1856-1939); his theories about the operation of the human mind and emotions remain influential today32
9850502804Labour 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.33
9850502805Latin American Export BoomLarge-scale increase in Latin American 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 classes.34
9850502806LeninPen name of Russian Bolshevik Vladimir Ulyanov (1870-1924), who was the main leader of the Russian Revolution of 1917.35
9850502807Lower 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 comprised about 20 percent of Britain's population.36
9850502808Karl MarxGerman expatriate in England who advocated working-class revolution as the key to creating an ideal communist future.37
9850502809Mexican RevolutionLong and bloody war (1911-1920) in which Mexican reformers from the middle class joined with workers and peasants to overthrow the dictator Porfirio Díaz and create a new, much more democratic political order.38
9850502810Middle class valuesBelief system that developed in Britain in the nineteenth century; it emphasized thrift, hard work, rigid moral behavior, cleanliness, and "respectability."39
9850502811Model TThe first automobile affordable enough for a mass market; produced by American industrialist Henry Ford.40
9850502812Robert OwensSocialist thinker and wealthy mill owner (1771-1858) who created an ideal industrial community at New Lanark, Scotland.41
9850502813Peter the GreatTsar of Russia (r. 1689-1725) who attempted a massive reform of Russian society in an effort to catch up with the states of Western Europe.42
9850502814PopulismLate-nineteenth-century American political movement that denounced corporate interests of all kinds.43
9850502815ProgressivismAmerican political movement in the period around 1900 that advocated reform measures to correct the ills of industrialization.44
9850502816ProletariatTerm that Karl Marx used to describe the industrial working class; originally used in ancient Rome to describe the poorest part of the urban population.45
9850502817Russian Revolution of 1905Spontaneous rebellion that erupted in Russia after the country's defeat at the hands of Japan; the revolution was suppressed, but it forced the government to make substantial reforms.46
9850502818Socialism in the United StatesFairly minor political movement in the United States, at its height in 1912 gaining 6 percent of the vote for its presidential candidate.47
9850502819Steam 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 this item allowed a hitherto unimagined increase in productivity and made the Industrial Revolution possible.48
9850502820Abd al-Hamid IIOttoman sultan (r. 1876-1909) who accepted a reform constitution but then quickly suppressed it, ruling as a reactionary autocrat for the rest of his long reign.49
9850502821Boxer RebellionRising of Chinese militia organizations in 1900 in which large numbers of Europeans and Chinese Christians were killed50
9850502822China 1911The collapse of China's imperial order, officially at the hands of organized revolutionaries but for the most part under the weight of the troubles that had overwhelmed the government for the previous half-century.51
9850502823DaimyoFeudal lords of Japan who retained substantial autonomy under the Tokugawa shogunate and only lost their social preeminence in the Meiji restoration.52
9850502824Informal empireTerm commonly used to describe areas that were dominated by Western powers in the nineteenth century but that retained their own governments and a measure of independence, e.g., Latin America and China.53
9850502825Meiji RestorationThe overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan in 1868, restoring power at long last to the emperor54
9850502826Matthew PerryU.S. navy commodore who in 1853 presented the ultimatum that led Japan to open itself to more normal relations with the outside world.55
9850502827Opium WarsTwo wars fought between Western powers and China (1839-1842 and 1856-1858) after China tried to restrict the importation of foreign goods; China lost both wars and was forced to make major concessions.56
9850502828Russo-Japanese WarEnding in a Japanese victory, this war established Japan as a formidable military competitor in East Asia and precipitated the Russian Revolution of 1905.57
9850502829SamuraiArmed retainers of the Japanese feudal lords, famed for their martial skills and loyalty; in the Tokugawa shogunate, they gradually became an administrative elite, but they did not lose their special privileges until the Meiji restoration.58
9850502830Self-strengthening MovementChina's program of internal reform in the 1860s and 1870s, based on vigorous application of Confucian principles and limited borrowing from the West.59
9850502831Selim IIIOttoman sultan (r. 1789-1807) who attempted significant reforms of his empire, including the implementation of new military and administrative structures.60
9850502832The Sick Man of EuropeWestern Europe's unkind nickname for the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a name based on the sultans' inability to prevent Western takeover of many regions and to deal with internal problems; it fails to recognize serious reform efforts in the Ottoman state during this period.61
9850502833Social DarwinismAn application of the concept of "survival of the fittest" to human history in the nineteenth century.62
9850502834Taiping UprisingMassive Chinese rebellion that devastated much of the country between 1850 and 1864; it was based on the millenarian teachings of Hong Xiuquan.63
9850502835Tanzimat ReformsImportant reform measures undertaken in the Ottoman Empire beginning in 1839; the term means "reorganization."64
9850502836Tokugawa ShogunateRulers of Japan from 1600 to 1868.65
9850502837Unequal treatiesSeries of nineteenth-century treaties in which China made major concessions to Western powers.66
9850502838Young OttomansGroup of would-be reformers in the mid-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire that included lower-level officials, military officers, and writers; they urged the extension of Westernizing reforms to the political system.67
9850502839Young TurksMovement of Turkish military and civilian elites that developed ca. 1900, eventually bringing down the Ottoman Empire68
9850502840Africanization of ChristianityProcess that occurred in non-Muslim Africa, where millions who were converted to Christianity sought to maintain older traditions alongside new Christian ideas; many converts continued using protective charms and medicines and consulting local medicine men, and many continued to believe in their old gods and spirits.69
9850502841ApartheidAfrikaans term for the system that developed in South Africa of strictly limiting the social and political integration of whites and blacks.70
9850502842Cash crop agricultureAgricultural production, often on a large scale, of crops for sale in the market, rather than for consumption by the farmers themselves.71
9850502843Colonial racismA pattern of European racism in their Asian and African colonies that created a great racial divide between themselves and the natives and limited native access to education and the civil service, based especially on pseudo-scientific notions of naturally superior and inferior races.72
9850502844Colonial tribalismA European tendency, especially in African colonies, to identify and sometimes invent distinct "tribes" that had often not existed before, reinforcing European notions that African societies were primitive.73
9850502845Leopold IIhis rule as private owner of the Congo Free State during much of that time is typically held up as the worst abuse of Europe's second wave of colonization, resulting as it did in millions of deaths.74
9850502846Cultivation SystemSystem of forced labor used in the Netherlands East Indies in the nineteenth century; peasants were required to cultivate at least 20 percent of their land in cash crops such as sugar or coffee for sale at low and fixed prices to government contractors, who then earned enormous profits from further sale of the crops.75
9850502847Indian Rebellion of 1857-1858Massive uprising of much of India against British rule; also called the Indian Mutiny or the Sepoy Mutiny from the fact that the rebellion first broke out among Indian troops in British employ.76
9850502848Informal EmpiresTerm commonly used to describe areas such as Latin America and China that were dominated by Western powers in the nineteenth century but that retained their own governments and a measure of independence.77
9850502849Invention of traditionIn many colonial states, a process of forging new ways of belonging and self identification that defined and to some extent mythologized the region's past, especially to create broader terms of belonging than had existed before.78
9850502850Scramble for AfricaName used for the process of the European countries' partition of the continent of Africa between themselves in the period 1875-1900.79
9850502851Western educated eliteThe main beneficiaries in Asian and African lands colonized by Western powers; schooled in the imperial power's language and practices, they moved into their country's professional classes but ultimately led anticolonial movements as they grew discouraged by their inability to win equal status to the colonizers.80

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