AP World History Chapter 9 Vocabulary Flashcards
| 7842448250 | Qur'an | *Definition:* Islamic sacred book of Muhammad's life and message. *Significance:* The word of God that the Muslims believe and follow. | ![]() | 0 |
| 7842448251 | Umma | *Definition:* The entire community of Muslims bound together by ties of religion. *Significance:* Goal of creating a just and moral society where all believers are community (equality). | ![]() | 1 |
| 7842448252 | Pillars of Islam | *Definition:* (1) Allah is the one true God. (2) 5 daily prayers. (3) Charitable. (4) Fast of Ramadan. (5) Hajj. *Significance:* Rules followed every day. The lifestyle to be good and responsible as a Muslim. | ![]() | 2 |
| 7842448253 | Hijra | *Definition:* Muhammad fled from Mecca to Medina. *Significance:* Other merchants didn't appreciate Muhammed, so he left to Medina (another holy place). He came back to Mecca to reconquer it later. | ![]() | 3 |
| 7842448254 | Sharia | *Definition:* Islamic law based on teachings of the Qur'an. *Significance:* It's the foundation of Muslim Law and how Muslims live their lives (with the Ulama as the judge). | ![]() | 4 |
| 7842448255 | Jizya | *Definition:* Poll tax paid by non-Muslims (minority groups) within Muslim empire. *Significance:* Allowed religious freedom through taxes. Christians and Jews were allowed within the empire because Muslims wanted more trading opportunities. | ![]() | 5 |
| 7842448256 | Ulama | *Definition:* Doctors of Muslim religion and law. *Significance:* Religiously trained scholars and authorities to look to for Qur'an and Muslim faith. | 6 | |
| 7842448257 | Umayyad Caliphate | *Definition:* 2nd of the 4 major caliphates (rule/reign of chief Muslim ruler). *Significance:* Construction of Mosques to symbolize imperial power. It was short lived because of the favor of Arabs. | ![]() | 7 |
| 7842448258 | Abbasid Caliphate | *Definition:* 3rd of the 4 major caliphates. *Significance:* Founded the city of Baghdad, the capital of the "Golden Age" (enlightenment and prosperity). | ![]() | 8 |
| 7842448259 | Sufism | *Definition:* Mystical system of Sufis, an ascetic Muslim sect. *Significance:* Belief and practice in which Muslims seek to find divine love and knowledge through a direct personal relationship with God. (Response to the materialism of leaders). | ![]() | 9 |
| 7842448260 | Al-Ghazali | *Definition:* Islamic thinker who was a scholar. He argued for rationale. *Significance:* He believed that rational philosophy alone could never enable believers to know about Allah. They must know in their heart. (Caused Sufism). | ![]() | 10 |
| 7842448261 | Ibn Battuta | *Definition:* Visited West Africa and criticized the Muslim practices there. *Significance:* Detailed account of visits to Islamic lands, and documented travels. He provided insight. | ![]() | 11 |
| 7842448262 | Timbuktu | *Definition:* Port city of Mal by the Niger River. *Significance:* Contained library and university. It was the center of Islamic religious and intellectual life. | 12 | |
| 7842448263 | Mansa Musa | *Definition:* Ruler of Kingdom of Mali (Muslim) sought to expand kingdom for gold. *Significance:* He showed pride and ignorance of Islamic law. He elevated Mali's status in the Islamic world. | ![]() | 13 |
| 7842448264 | al-Andalus | *Definition:* Chief site of Islamic encounter with Christian Europe (conquered by Arab and Berber forces). *Significance:* Muslims, Christians, and Jews contributed to culture. A place of harmony and tolerance (75% converted to Islam). | ![]() | 14 |
| 7842448265 | Madrassas | *Definition:* (11th century) Formal colleges, offered more advanced instructions in Qur'an and sayings of Muhammad. It was the informal teachings with text memorization. *Significance:* Another way Ulama passed on teachings of the faith, and important knowledge of the faith. | ![]() | 15 |
| 7842448266 | House of Wisdom | *Definition:* Baghdad, the center for research and translation of scientific, medical, and philosophical texts. *Significance:* Islamic ideas circled the world, and Greek information was being translated into Arabic. | ![]() | 16 |
| 7842448267 | Ibn Sina | *Definition:* Writer in almost all fields of science and philosophy. *Significance:* Set standards for medical practice in Islamic and Christian worlds. Accurately diagnosed many disease and found treatments, and revolutionary writings. | ![]() | 17 |
| 7842452434 | Sikhism | *Definition:* *Significance:* | 18 |
AP World History Religions/Belief Systems - 1st Period Flashcards
| 7371838722 | The star of David | What's Judaism's symbol? | 0 | |
| 7372297825 | Abraham | Who is the founder of Judaism? | 1 | |
| 7372289604 | ca. 3000 B.C.E. | When was Judaism found? | 2 | |
| 7372278690 | Torah | What is Judaism sacred text? | 3 | |
| 7372347433 | They believed to be the chosen people of God | What is the major beliefs of Judaism? | 4 | |
| 7372305207 | 0 C.E | When was Christianity founded? | 5 | |
| 7372298966 | Jesus Christ | Who is the founder of Christianity? | 6 | |
| 7372293914 | The Ten Commandments | The laws given to Moses on Mt. Sanai? | 7 | |
| 7372293492 | Jerusalem | Where did Christianity originate? | 8 | |
| 7372295795 | Holy Bible | What is the sacred text for Christianity? | 9 | |
| 7372289736 | Mohammed | Who founded Islam? | 10 | |
| 7372306683 | Ramadan | Muslims must fast during the holy holiday of... | 11 | |
| 7372300558 | Koran (Quran) | What is the sacred text of Islam? | 12 | |
| 7372287450 | Islam | What Religion does this symbol go with? | ![]() | 13 |
| 7372323879 | 563 BCE | When was Buddhism founded? | 14 | |
| 7372310671 | Siddharta Gautama | Who was the founder of Buddhism? | 15 | |
| 7372354613 | Life is suffering | The first Noble Truth | 16 | |
| 7372373211 | Tripitaka | What is the sacred text of Buddhism? | 17 | |
| 7372306225 | Seeking happiness and wisdom | What were Daoism followers doing by following Dao? | 18 | |
| 7372283439 | Laozi (Lao Tzu) | Who was the founder of Daoism? | 19 | |
| 7372360465 | Around 500 B.C.E | When was Daoism founded? | 20 | |
| 7372339458 | China | Where did Daoism originate from? | 21 | |
| 7372345865 | To keep balance | What is the meaning of Yin & Yang? | 22 | |
| 7372326527 | Analects | What is Confucianism's sacred text? | 23 | |
| 7372345934 | ca. 551 B.C.E. | When was Confucianism founded? | 24 | |
| 7372355563 | Confucianism | What religious symbol is this for | ![]() | 25 |
| 7372334162 | China | Where was Confucianism founded? | 26 | |
| 7383112082 | To end suffering you must end desire | What is the 3rd Noble Truth of Buddhism? | 27 | |
| 7383150051 | cultural diffusion | The spread of Islam throughout the African continent is an example of... | 28 | |
| 7383165374 | The Hijab | What is the head covering that many women of Islam wear? | 29 | |
| 7383179878 | respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors. | In Confucian philosophy, filial piety is a virtue of... | 30 | |
| 7383207388 | giving alms | All Muslims are required give 2.5 % of their wealth to charity. This is called... | 31 | |
| 7383213284 | five | Muslims must pray this many times a day. | 32 | |
| 7383221093 | Bodhi Tree | Siddhartha Gautama found enlightenment here. | 33 | |
| 7383224926 | the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit | The Trinity in Christianity | 34 | |
| 10716689138 | What is this the symbol for | 35 |
Ap world History Unit 5 Flashcards
| 6271848445 | Assembly line | where a product is moved from worker to worker in single tasks | ![]() | 0 |
| 6271848446 | Commercial | economic trade characterized by an increase in towns and trade, the use of banks and credit, and the establishment of guilds to regulate quality and price. | 1 | |
| 6271848447 | Communism | A political system in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country. | 2 | |
| 6271848448 | Emancipation | (it declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free | ![]() | 3 |
| 6271848449 | Enclosure | A movement in England during the 1600s and 1700s in which the government took public lands and sold them off to private landowners--contributing to a population shift toward the cities and a rise in agricultural productivity. | 4 | |
| 6271848450 | Estates-General | the legislative body in France until 1789, representing the three estates of the realm (i.e., the clergy, the nobility, and the commons). | 5 | |
| 6271848451 | Free Market | An economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies. | ![]() | 6 |
| 6271848452 | Imperialism | A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. | ![]() | 7 |
| 6271848453 | Industrial Revolution | rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production, began in England (resources) and invention of steam engine | ![]() | 8 |
| 6271848454 | Lassiez-Faire | hands-off little/no government interference in business | ![]() | 9 |
| 6271848455 | labor union | An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages, and benefits for its members | ![]() | 10 |
| 6271848456 | Cartel | a formal organization of producers that agree to coordinate prices and production | 11 | |
| 6271848457 | Marxism | A branch of socialism that emphasizes exploitation and class struggle and includes both communism and other approaches. | ![]() | 12 |
| 6271848458 | Nationalism | greatest loyalty should be to a nation-state, same culture and people in a state | 13 | |
| 6271848459 | Social Class | A system of stratification that groups members of society according to similarities in social standing. Tied to status and power in the community. | ![]() | 14 |
| 6271848460 | Social Darwinism | 19th century of belief that evolutionary ideas theorized by Charles Darwin could be applied to society. | ![]() | 15 |
| 6271848461 | Socialism | A system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls the means of production. | 16 | |
| 6271848463 | Urbanization | Growth of cities | ![]() | 17 |
| 6271848464 | James Watt | improvements in the steam engine | ![]() | 18 |
| 6271848465 | Steam Engine | invention that allowed factories to run machines and rely on manufacturing made industrialization possible | ![]() | 19 |
| 6271848466 | Adam Smith | Father of Capitalism | ![]() | 20 |
| 6271848467 | Sepoy Mutiny | an 1857 rebellion of Hindu and Muslim soldiers against the British in India | ![]() | 21 |
| 6271848468 | Indian National Congress | group formed by Hindu nationalist leaders of India in the late 1800's to gain greater democracy and eventual self-rule | 22 | |
| 6271848469 | Opium War | 1839-1842. Chinese attempted to prohibit the opium trade, British declared war and won against Chinese. Treaty of Nanjing, agreed to open 5 ports to British trade and limit tariffs on British goods and gave Hong Kong. | 23 | |
| 6271848470 | Taiping Rebellion | The most destructive civil war in China before the twentieth century. A Christian-inspired rural rebellion threatened to topple the Qing Empire. Leader claimed to be the brother of Jesus. | 24 | |
| 6271848471 | Sino-Japanese War | a war between China and Japan for influence, power, and territory. | ![]() | 25 |
| 6271848472 | Boxer Rebellion | Rebellion in China against foreigners that occurred soon after the "Open Door" notes. Caused by foreign (American and European) "spheres of influence" within the Chinese empire. Led to no formal division of China and the world powers accepted compensation from the Chinese for damages instead. | 26 | |
| 6271848473 | Meiji Restoration | The political program that followed the destruction of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1868, in which a collection of young leaders set Japan on the path of centralization, industrialization, and imperialism. | 27 | |
| 6271848474 | Russo-Japanese War | War between Russia and Japan; Japan wins and takes parts of Manchuria under its control. | 28 | |
| 6271848475 | Boer war | (1899-1902) War between Great Britain and the Boers in South Africa over control of rich mining country. Great Britain won and created the Union of South Africa comprised of all the South African colonies. | 29 | |
| 6271848476 | African National Congress | An organization dedicated to obtaining equal voting and civil rights for black inhabitants of South Africa. Founded in 1912 as the South African Native National Congress, it changed its name in 1923. Eventually brought greater equality. | 30 | |
| 6271848477 | Berlin Conference | (1884-1885) During European Imperialism, various European leaders met in Berlin, Germany to discuss plans for dividing Africa peacefully. These leaders had little regard for African independence, and had no representation for native Africans. This began the process of imperializing Africa. | ![]() | 31 |
| 6271848478 | Muhammad Ali | Leader of Egyptian modernization in the early nineteenth century. He ruled Egypt as an Ottoman governor, but had imperial ambitions. His descendants ruled Egypt until overthrown in 1952. | 32 | |
| 6271848479 | European Colonialism | the process of european settlement/political control over the rest of the world | ![]() | 33 |
| 6271848480 | American Revolution | This political revolution began with the Declaration of Independence in 1776 where American colonists sought to balance the power between government and the people and protect the rights of citizens in a democracy. | 34 | |
| 6271848481 | French Revolution | The revolution that began in 1789, overthrew the absolute monarchy of the Bourbons and the system of aristocratic privileges, and ended with Napoleon's overthrow of the Directory and seizure of power in 1799. | 35 | |
| 6271848482 | Declaration of the Rights of Man | French Revolution document that outlined what the National Assembly considered to be the natural rights of all people and the rights that they possessed as citizens. | 36 | |
| 6271848483 | Napoleon Bonaparte | (1769-1821) Emperor of the French. Responsible for many French Revolution reforms as well as conquering most of Europe. He was defeated at Waterloo, and died several years later on the island of Saint Helena. | 37 | |
| 6271848484 | Haitian Revolution | A major influece of the Latin American revolutions because of its successfulness; the only successful slave revolt in history; it is led by Toussaint L'Ouverture. | 38 | |
| 6271848485 | Latin Revolutions | Simon Bolivar is the greatest, father Miguel Hildago | 39 | |
| 6271848486 | Unification of Italy and Germany | Germany replaced France as the dominant power in continental Europe. | 40 | |
| 6271848487 | Nicholas II | Last emperor of Russia, a tsar. Political enemies nicknamed him Nicholas the Bloody because of the Khodynka Tragedy, anti-Semitic pogroms, Bloody Sunday, his violent suppression of the 1905 Revolution, his execution of political opponents and his perceived responsibility for the Russo-Japanese War. | 41 | |
| 6271848488 | Monroe Doctrine | A statement of foreign policy which proclaimed that Europe should not interfere in affairs within the United States or in the development of other countries in the Western Hemisphere. | ![]() | 42 |
| 6271848489 | Spanish-American War | conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States. Fought mainly for the issue of Cuban independence from Spain. | 43 | |
| 6271848490 | Decline of Ottoman Empire | They fell behind in industrialization, in education, and in general compared to the west. | 44 |
Period 3 - AP World History Flashcards
The Post-Classical World, 500-1450
| 5467932460 | Bedouin | nomadic pastoralists of the Arabian peninsula with a culture based on herding camels and goats | 0 | |
| 5467932461 | Mecca | Arabian commercial center; dominated by the Quraysh; the home of Muhammad and the future center of Islam | 1 | |
| 5467932462 | Medina | town northeast of Mecca; asked Muhammad to resolve its intergroup differences; Muhammad's flight to Medina, the hijra, in 622 began the Muslim calendar | 2 | |
| 5467932463 | Umayyad | clan of the Quraysh that dominated Mecca; later an Islamic dynasty | 3 | |
| 5467932464 | Muhammad | (570-632); prophet of Allah; originally a merchant of the Quraysh | 4 | |
| 5467932465 | Qur'an | the word of god as revealed through Muhammad; made into the holy book of Islam | 5 | |
| 5467932466 | Umma | community of the faithful within Islam | 6 | |
| 5467932467 | Five Pillars | the obligatory religious duties for all Muslims; confession of faith, prayer, fasting during Ramadan, zakat, and hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) | 7 | |
| 5467932468 | Caliph | the successor to Muhammad as head of the Islamic community | 8 | |
| 5467932469 | Ali | cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad; one of the orthodox caliphs; focus for the development of shi'ism | 9 | |
| 5467932470 | Abu Bakr | succeeded Muhammad as the first caliph | 10 | |
| 5467932471 | Jihad | Islamic holy war | 11 | |
| 5467932472 | Sunnis | followers of the majority interpretation within Islam; included the Umayyads | 12 | |
| 5467932473 | Shi'a | followers of Ali's interpretation of Islam | 13 | |
| 5467932474 | Mawali | non-Arab converts to Islam | 14 | |
| 5467932475 | Dhimmis | "the people of the book"-- Jews, Christians; later extended to Zoroastrians and Hindus | 15 | |
| 5467932476 | Abbasids | dynasty that succeeded the Umayyads in 750; their capital was at Baghdad | 16 | |
| 5467932477 | Hadiths | "traditions" of the prophet Muhammad; added to the Qur'an, form the essential writings of Islam | 17 | |
| 5467932478 | Wazir | chief administrative official under the Abbasids | 18 | |
| 5467932479 | Dhows | Arab sailing vessels; equipped with lateen sails; used by Arab merchants | 19 | |
| 5467932480 | Seljuk Turks | nomadic invaders from central Asia; staunch Sunnis; ruled from the 11th c. in the name of the Abbasids | 20 | |
| 5467932481 | Crusades | invasions of western Christians into Muslim lands, especially Palestine; captured Jerusalem and established Christian kingdoms enduring until 1291 | 21 | |
| 5467932482 | Ulama | Islamic religious scholars; pressed for a more conservative and restrictive theology; opposed to non-Islamic thinking | 22 | |
| 5467932483 | Sufis | Islamic mystics; spread Islam to many Afro-Asian regions | 23 | |
| 5467932484 | Mongols | central Asian nomadic peoples; captured Baghdad in 1258 and killed the last Abbasid caliph | 24 | |
| 5467932485 | Chinggis Khan | (1162-1227); Mongol ruler; defeated the Turkish Persian kingdoms | 25 | |
| 5467932486 | Mamluks | Rulers of Egypt; descended from Turkish slaves | 26 | |
| 5467932487 | Arabic numerals | Indian numerical notation brought by the Arabs to the West | 27 | |
| 5467932488 | Shrivijaya | trading empire based on the Malacca straits; its Buddhist government resisted Muslim missionaries; when it fell, southeastern Asia was opened to Islam | 28 | |
| 5467932489 | Malacca | flourishing trading city in Malaya; established a trading empire after the fall of Shrivijaya | 29 | |
| 5467932490 | Mali | state of the Malinke people centered between the Senegal and Niger rivers | 30 | |
| 5467932491 | Mansa | title of the ruler of Mali | 31 | |
| 5467932492 | Ibn Battuta | Arab traveler throughout the Muslim world | 32 | |
| 5467932493 | Sundiata | created a unified state that became the Mali empire; died in 1260 | 33 | |
| 5467932494 | Songhay | successor state to Mali; dominated middle reaches of the Niger valley; capital at Gao | 34 | |
| 5467932495 | East African trading ports | urbanized commercial centers mixing African and Arab cultures; included Mogadishu, Mombasa, Malindi, Kilwas, Pate, and Zanzibar | 35 | |
| 5467932496 | Great Zimbabwe | with massive stone buildings and walls, incorporates the greatest early buildings in sub-Saharan Africa | 36 | |
| 5467932497 | Greek Fire | Byzantine weapon consisting of mixture of chemicals that ignited when exposed to water; used to drive back the Arab fleets attacking Constantinople | 37 | |
| 5467932498 | Icons | images of religious figures venerated by Byzantine Christians | 38 | |
| 5467932499 | Iconoclasm | the breaking of images; religious controversy of the 8th c; Byzantine emperor attempted, but failed, to suppress icon veneration | 39 | |
| 5467932500 | Manzikert | Seljuk Turk victory in 1071 over Byzantium; resulted in loss of the empire's rich Anatolian territory | 40 | |
| 5467932501 | Cyril and Methodius | Byzantine missionaries sent to convert eastern Europe and Balkans; responsible for creation of Slavic written script called Cyrillic | 41 | |
| 5467932502 | Kiev | commercial city in Ukraine established by Scandinavians in 9th c; became the center for a kingdom that flourished until 12th c | 42 | |
| 5467932503 | Rurik | legendary Scandinavian, regarded as founder of Kievan Rus' in 855 | 43 | |
| 5467932504 | Vladmir I | ruler of Kiev (980-1015); converted kingdom to Orthodox Christianity | 44 | |
| 5467932505 | Russian Orthodoxy | Russian form of Christianity brought from Byzantine Empire | 45 | |
| 5467932506 | Tatars | Mongols who conquered Russian cities during the 13th c; left Russian church and aristocracy intact | 46 | |
| 5467932507 | Middle Ages | the period in western European history between the fall of Roman Empire and the 15th c | 47 | |
| 5467932508 | Gothic | an architectural style developed during the 13th and 14th c in western Europe; featured pointed arches and flying buttresses as external support on main walls | 48 | |
| 5467932509 | Vikings | seagoing Scandinavian raiders who disrupted coastal areas of Europe from the 8th to 11th c; pushed across the Atlantic to Iceland, Greenland, and North America; formed permanent territories in Normandy and Sicily | 49 | |
| 5467932510 | Manorialism | rural system of reciprocal relations between landlords and their peasant laborers during the Middle Ages; peasants exchanged labor for use of land and protection | 50 | |
| 5467932511 | Serfs | peasant agricultural laborers within the manorial system | 51 | |
| 5467932512 | Three-field system | practice of dividing land into thirds, rotating between two different crops and pasturage-- an improvement making use of manure | 52 | |
| 5467932513 | Clovis | King of the Franks; converted to Christianity circa 496 | 53 | |
| 5467932514 | Carolingians | royal house of Franks from 8th c to 10th c | 54 | |
| 5467932515 | Charles Martel | first Carolingian king of the Franks; defeated Muslims at Tours in 732 | 55 | |
| 5467932516 | Charlemagne | Carolingian monarch who established large empire in France and Germany circa 800 | 56 | |
| 5467932517 | Holy Roman Emperors | political heirs to Charlemagne's empire in northern Italy and Germany; claimed title of emperor but failed to develop centralized monarchy | 57 | |
| 5467932518 | Feudalism | personal relationship during the Middle Ages by which greater lords provided land to lesser lords in return for military service | 58 | |
| 5467932519 | Vassals | members of the military elite who received land or a benefice from a lord in return for military service and loyalty | 59 | |
| 5467932520 | William the Conqueror | invaded England from Normandy in 1066; established tight feudal system and centralized monarchy in England | 60 | |
| 5467932521 | Magna Carta | Great charter issued by King John of England in 1215; represented principle of mutual limits and obligations between rulers and feudal aristocracy, and the supremacy of law | 61 | |
| 5467932522 | Parliaments | bodies representing privileged groups; institutionalized the principle that kings ruled with the advice and consent of their subjects | 62 | |
| 5467932523 | Hundred Years War | conflict between England and France over territory (1337-1453) Established a since of Nationalism with each country. Joan of Arc united the French and promoted French patriotism. | 63 | |
| 5467932524 | Pope Urban II | organized the first Crusade in 1095; appealed to Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim control | 64 | |
| 5467932525 | Investiture | the practice of appointment of bishops; Pope Gregory attempted to stop lay investiture, leading to a conflict with the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV | 65 | |
| 5467932526 | Gregory VII | 11th c pope who attempted to free church from secular control; quarreled with Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV over practice of lay investiture of bishops | 66 | |
| 5467932527 | Thomas Aquinas | creator of one of the great syntheses of medieval learning; taught at University of Paris; author of Summas; believed that through reason it was possible to know much about natural order, moral law, and nature of God | 67 | |
| 5467932528 | Scholasticism | dominant medieval philosophical approach; so-called because of its base in the schools or universities; based on use of logic to resolve theological problems | 68 | |
| 5467932529 | Hanseatic League | an organization of north German and Scandinavian cities for the purpose of establishing a commercial alliance | 69 | |
| 5467932530 | Guilds | associations of workers in the same occupation in a single city; stressed security and mutual control; limited membership, regulated apprenticeships, guaranteed good workmanship; held a privileged place in cities | 70 | |
| 5467932531 | Black Death | bubonic plague that struck Europe in the 14th c; significantly reduced Europe's population; affected social structure; decimated populations in Asia | 71 | |
| 5467932532 | Period of the Six Dynasties | era of continuous warfare (220-589) among the many kingdoms that followed the fall of the Han | 72 | |
| 5467932533 | Jinshi | title given students who passed the most difficult examinations; became eligible for high office | 73 | |
| 5467932534 | Mahayana (Pure Land) Buddhism | emphasized salvationist aspects of Chinese Buddhism; popular among the masses in East Asia | 74 | |
| 5467932535 | Wuzong | Tang emperor (841-847); persecuted Buddhist monasteries and reduced influence of Buddhism in favor of Confucianism | 75 | |
| 5467932536 | Southern Song | smaller surviving dynasty (1127-1279); presided over one of the greatest cultural reigns in world history. Fell to the Mongols in 1276 and eventually taken over in 1279. | 76 | |
| 5467932537 | Grand Canal | great canal system begun by Yangdi; joined Yellow River region to the Yangtze basin | 77 | |
| 5467932538 | Junks | Chinese ships equipped with watertight bulkheads, stern-post rudders, compasses, and bamboo fenders; dominant force in Asian seas east of the Malayan peninsula | 78 | |
| 5467932539 | Flying money | Chinese credit instrument that provided vouchers to merchants to be redeemed at the end of a venture; reduced danger of robbery; an early form of currency | 79 | |
| 5467932540 | Footbinding | male imposed practice to mutilate women's feet in order to reduce size; produced pain and restricted movement; helped to confine women to the household; seen a beautiful to the elite. | 80 | |
| 5467932541 | Taika reforms | attempt to remake Japanese monarch into an absolutist Chinese-style emperor; included attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army | 81 | |
| 5467932542 | Fujiwara | mid-9th c Japanese aristocratic family; exercised exceptional influence over imperial affairs; aided in decline of imperial power | 82 | |
| 5467932543 | Bushi | regional warrior leaders in Japan; ruled small kingdoms from fortresses; administered the law, supervised public works projects, and collected revenues; built up private armies | 83 | |
| 5467932544 | Samurai | mounted troops of the bushi; loyal to local lords, not the emperor | 84 | |
| 5467932545 | Seppuku | ritual suicide in Japan; also known as hari-kiri; demonstrated courage and was a means to restore family honor | 85 | |
| 5467932546 | Gempei wars | Waged for 5 years from 1180-1185, on the island of Honshu between Taira and Minamoto families; resulted in the destruction of Taira and also resulted in the feudal age | 86 | |
| 5467932547 | Bakufu | military government established by the Minamoto following Gempei wars; centered at Kamakura; retained emperor, but real power resided in military government and samurai | 87 | |
| 5467932548 | Shoguns | military leaders of the bakufu | 88 | |
| 5467932549 | Daimyos | warlord rulers of small states following Onin war and disruption of Ashikaga shogunate; holding consolidated into unified and bounded mini-states | 89 | |
| 5467932550 | Sinification | extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions | 90 | |
| 5467932551 | Yi | dynasty (1392-1910); succeeded Koryo dynasty after Mongol invasions; restored aristocratic dominance and Chinese influence | 91 | |
| 5467932552 | Trung Sisters | leaders of a rebellion in Vietnam against Chinese rule in 39 CE; demonstrates importance of women in Vietnamese society | 92 | |
| 5467932553 | Khmers and Chams | Indianized Vietnamese peoples defeated by northern government at Hanoi | 93 | |
| 5467932554 | Nguyen | southern Vietnamese dynasty with capital at Hue that challenged northern Trinh dynasty with center at Hanoi | 94 | |
| 5467932555 | Chinggis Khan | born in 1170s; elected supreme Mongol ruler (khagan) in 1206; began the Mongols rise to world power; died 1227 | 95 | |
| 5467932556 | Shamanistic religion | Mongol beliefs focused on nature spirits | 96 | |
| 5467932557 | Batu | grandson of Chinggis Khan and ruler of Golden Horde; invaded Russian in 1236 | 97 | |
| 5467932558 | Golden Horde | one of four regional subdivisions of the Mongol Empire after death of Chinggis Khan; conquered and ruled Russua during the 13th and 14th c | 98 | |
| 5467932559 | Ilkhan khanate | one of four regional subdivisions of the Mongol empire after the death of Chinggis Khan; eventually included much of Abbasid empire | 99 | |
| 5467932560 | Hulegu | grandson of Chinggis Khan and rule of Ilkhan khanate; captured and destroyed Abbasid Baghdad | 100 | |
| 5467932561 | Mamluks | Muslim slave warriors; established dynasty in Egypt; led by Baibars defeated Mongols in 1260 | 101 | |
| 5467932562 | Kubilai Khan | grandson of Chinggis Khan; conquered China; established Yuan dynasty in 1271 | 102 | |
| 5467932563 | White Lotus Society | secret religious society dedicated to overthrow of Yuan dynasty | 103 | |
| 5467932564 | Ottoman Empire | Turkish empire established in Asia Minor and eventually extending through the Middle East and the Balkans; conquered Constantinople in 1453 and ended Byzantine Empire | 104 | |
| 5467932565 | Ming Dynasty | replaced Mongal Yuan dynasty in China in 1368; lasted until 1644; initially mounted large trade expeditions to southern Asia and Africa; later concentrated on internal development within China | 105 | |
| 5467932566 | Ethnocentrism | judging foreigners by the standards of one's own group; leads to problems in interpreting world history | 106 | |
| 5467932567 | Muhammad's primary historical achievement | spread of Islam | 107 | |
| 5467932568 | Silk Road Trade system | ![]() | 108 | |
| 5467932569 | Kingdom of Mali | ![]() | 109 | |
| 5467932570 | Inca and Rome both had | extensive road systems | 110 | |
| 5467932571 | Important continuity in social structure of states and empires 600-1450 | land holding aristocracies, patriarchies, peasant systems still in place | 111 | |
| 5467932572 | Champa Rice | tributary gift from Vietnam to China, led to population increase | 112 | |
| 5467932573 | Diasporic communities | merchant communities that introduced their own cultures into other areas | 113 | |
| 5467932574 | Trans Saharan trade | Dominated my Muslims in 13th century after rise of Islamic caliphates.. | ![]() | 114 |
| 5467932575 | Effect of Muslim conquests | collapse of other empires, mass conversion | 115 | |
| 5467932576 | Tang Dynasty | followed Sui, established tributary states in Vietnam and Korea, influence Japan, Established strong Buddhist and Confucian presence | 116 | |
| 5467932577 | Black Death | plague that originated with Mongols, led to mass population decrease in Europe, later weakened faith in Christian church and increased the power of serfs/peasants. Led partly to fall of Feudal structures in Europe. | ![]() | 117 |
| 5467932578 | Indian Ocean Maritime Trade | ![]() | 118 | |
| 5467932579 | Cities that rose during this time due to increased trade | Novgorod, Constantinople, Timbuktu | 119 | |
| 5467932580 | Timbuktu | trade center of Mali, cosmopolitan city that saw the blending of many different cultures and people | 120 | |
| 5467932581 | New forms of monetization | Checks, Bills of Exchange | 121 | |
| 5467932582 | Bantu Migrations | ![]() | 122 | |
| 5467932583 | footbinding | began during Tang/Song era, demonstrates objectification and oppression of women, abolished during Yuan and brought back during Ming | ![]() | 123 |
| 5467932584 | Marco Polo | traveler/merchant from Europe who spend 17 years at court of Kublai Khan | 124 |
AP World History Time Periods-Major Events Flashcards
Matches major events/civilizations with the corresponding Time Periods.
(TP) 1 -8000 BCE to 600 BCE
2 -600 BCE to 600 CE
3 -600 CE to 1450 CE
4 -1450 CE to 1750 CE
5 -1750 CE to 1900CE
6 -1900 CE to present
| 4416837650 | Maya/Andean Civiliazations | Classical (600 BCE to 600 CE) | 0 | |
| 4416837651 | Germanic Migrations | Classical (600 BCE to 600 CE) | 1 | |
| 4416837652 | 5 major belief systems | Classical (600 BCE to 600 CE) | 2 | |
| 4416837653 | Middle Ages | ~ 500 to 1450 CE Post Classical (600 CE to 1450 CE) | 3 | |
| 4416837654 | Aztec/Inca (beginning) | Post Classical (600 CE to 1450 CE) | 4 | |
| 4416837655 | Delhi Sultanate | Post Classical (600 CE to 1450 CE) | 5 | |
| 4416837656 | Qing | last Chinese dynasty Modern (1750-1900 CE) | 6 | |
| 4416837657 | American and French Revolutions | American Revolution 1775-1783 French Revolution 1789 Modern (1750-1900 CE) | 7 | |
| 4416837658 | Age of Exploration and colonization | Began in 15th century Early Modern (1450-1750 CE) | 8 | |
| 4416837659 | Russian and Chinese Revolutions | Russian Revolution 1917 Chinese Revolution 1949 Contemporary (1900 to present) | 9 | |
| 4416837660 | Cold War | After WWII (1945) to 1991 (collapse of Soviet Union) Contemporary (1900 to present) | 10 | |
| 4416837661 | Islam | ~ 622 CE Post Classical (600 CE to 1450 CE) | 11 | |
| 4416837662 | Decolonization | Contemporary (1900 to present) | 12 | |
| 4416837663 | Partition of India and Palestine | Contemporary (1900 to present) | 13 | |
| 4416837664 | Extensive Globalization | Contemporary (1900 to present) | 14 | |
| 4416837665 | Native American Migrations | Foundations (to 600 BCE) | 15 | |
| 4416837666 | Indo-European Migrations | Foundations (to 600 BCE) | 16 | |
| 4416837667 | Bantu Migrations | Foundations (to 600 BCE) | 17 | |
| 4416837668 | Oceanic Migrations | Foundations (to 600 BCE) | 18 | |
| 4416837669 | Global Wars (WWI WWII) | Contemporary (1900 to present) | 19 | |
| 4416837670 | Tang/Song/Yuan | Post Classical (600 CE to 1450 CE) | 20 | |
| 4416837671 | West African Trading Kingdoms | Post Classical (600 CE to 1450 CE) | 21 | |
| 4416837672 | Neolithic Revolution | Foundations (to 600 BCE) | 22 | |
| 4416837673 | River Valley Civilizations | Foundations (to 600 BCE) | 23 | |
| 4416837674 | Latin American Revolutions (begin) | Modern (1750-1900 CE) | 24 | |
| 4416837675 | Industrial Revolution | ~ 1760 to 1840. Modern (1750-1900 CE) | 25 | |
| 4416837676 | Renaissance | 14th to 17th centuries CE Early Modern (1450-1750 CE) | 26 | |
| 4416837677 | Age of Imperialism | mostly 19th century Modern (1750-1900 CE) | 27 | |
| 4416837678 | Age of Nationalism | Modern (1750-1900 CE) | 28 | |
| 4416837679 | Byzantine Empire | 330-1450 CE Post Classical (600 CE to 1450 CE) | 29 | |
| 4416837680 | Mongols/Vikings | Post Classical (600 CE to 1450 CE) | 30 | |
| 4416837681 | Hebrew and Vedic Religions | Foundations (to 600 BCE) | 31 | |
| 4416837682 | Olmec/ Chavin | Foundations (to 600 BCE) | 32 | |
| 4416837683 | Scientific Revolution | 1550-1700 CE Early Modern (1450-1750 CE) | 33 | |
| 4416837684 | Columbian Exchange | After 1492 Early Modern (1450-1750 CE) | 34 | |
| 4416837685 | Ottomans and Mughals | Early Modern (1450-1750 CE) | 35 | |
| 4416837686 | Ming | 14th to 17th century Early Modern (1450-1750 CE) | 36 | |
| 4416848976 | Enlightenment | 17th and 18th centuries Early Modern (1450-1750 CE) | 37 | |
| 4417380606 | End of Roman Empire | (476 CE) Foundations (to 600 BCE) | 38 | |
| 4417399105 | Reformation | Luther's Theses - 1517 Early Modern (1450-1750 CE) | 39 |
Flashcards
AP World History Period 1 Flashcards
| 7508505356 | Agriculture | The practice of raising crops or livestock on a continual and controlled basis. | ![]() | 0 |
| 7508505357 | Artisan | A skilled craftsperson. | ![]() | 1 |
| 7508505358 | Domestication | The taming of animals and plants for human use, such as for labor or food. | 2 | |
| 7508505359 | Eurasia | The large landmass that includes both Europe and Asia. | ![]() | 3 |
| 7508505360 | Animism | The belief that animals, Rivers, and other elements of nature embody spirits. | 4 | |
| 7508505361 | Hunter-foragers | People who survived by hunting animals and foraging for seeds, nuts, fruits, and edible roots. | ![]() | 5 |
| 7508505362 | Irrigation | A way of supplying water to an area of land, the people would use water from the rivers to irrigate their crops. | ![]() | 6 |
| 7508505363 | Metallurgy | The science of the study of metals. | ![]() | 7 |
| 7508505364 | Migration | A movement from one country or region to another. | ![]() | 8 |
| 7508505365 | Monotheism | The belief in one God. | 9 | |
| 7508505366 | Paleolithic Period | Old Stone Age, where humanos used stone tools and weapons. | ![]() | 10 |
| 7508505367 | Specialization of labor | The division of labor that aids the development of skills in a particular type of work. | ![]() | 11 |
| 7508505368 | Surplus | Having more resources than needed for themselves. | 12 | |
| 7508505369 | Textile | Items made of cloth, would be weaved by women and then decorated, usually all at home. | ![]() | 13 |
| 7508505370 | Urbanization | An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements. | 14 | |
| 7508505371 | Overgrazing | The continual eating of grasses or their roots, without allowing them to regrow. | ![]() | 15 |
| 7508505372 | Overfarming | Land loosing its fertility unless it is left fallow or it was fertilized usually by spreading of animal manure. | ![]() | 16 |
| 7508505373 | Artifacts | Objects made and used by early humans, usually dug up by archaeologists. | ![]() | 17 |
| 7508505374 | Homo Sapiens Sapiens | Also known as "early modern humans" who became the only hominids on earth- us. | ![]() | 18 |
| 7508505375 | Neolithic Revolution | The switch from nomadic lifestyles to a settled agricultural lifestyle. | ![]() | 19 |
| 7508505376 | Bronze Age | The period in ancient human culture when people began to make and use bronze. | ![]() | 20 |
| 7508505377 | Civilization | The stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced. | ![]() | 21 |
| 7508505378 | Jericho | One of the oldest first human cities that was built on the West Bank of the Jordan river. | ![]() | 22 |
| 7508505379 | Catal Huyuk | Ancient city in present dat Turkey that was founded in 7500 B.C.E. along a river that has since dried up. | ![]() | 23 |
| 7508505380 | Nomadic Pastoralism | People moving herds of animals from pasture to pasture. | ![]() | 24 |
| 7508505381 | Kinship Group | Several related families that moved together in search of food. | 25 | |
| 7508505382 | Clan | Group of families with a common ancestor. | ![]() | 26 |
| 7508505383 | Tribe | A group of people who share a common ancestry, language, name, and way of living. | 27 | |
| 7508505384 | Patriarchal | Relating to a society in which men hold the greatest legal and moral authority. | ![]() | 28 |
| 7508505385 | Merchants | People who buy and sell goods also known as traders. | ![]() | 29 |
| 7508505386 | Social Stratification | The division of society into groups arranged in a social hierarchy. Some people accumulated wealth in the form of jewelry and others coveted items by building larger and better decorated houses. | ![]() | 30 |
| 7508505387 | Priests and Priestesses | People who performed religious ceremonies. | ![]() | 31 |
| 7508505388 | Tigris and Euphrates Rivers | Flow south from modern day Turkey through what is now Iraq to empty into the Persian Gulf. | ![]() | 32 |
| 7508505389 | Mesopotamia | Land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers where many ancient civilizations arose from. | ![]() | 33 |
| 7508505390 | Fertile Crescent | An arc of fertile land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf . | ![]() | 34 |
| 7508505391 | Sumerians | Group of nomadic pastoralists that migrated into Mesopotamia and created a civilization of Sumer that provided the core and the foundation of several other civilizations. | ![]() | 35 |
| 7508505392 | Ziggurats | Temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshipped. | ![]() | 36 |
| 7508505393 | Desertification | The spread of desert like conditions. | ![]() | 37 |
| 7508505394 | Indus River Valley | Developed near water and became the core and foundation of later civilizations in the region. | 38 | |
| 7508505395 | Environmental Degradation | Caused the gradual decline and eventual disappearance of the Harappan and Mohenjo-Daro civilizations by soil eroding. | 39 | |
| 7508505396 | Deforestation | The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves. | ![]() | 40 |
| 7508505397 | Loess | A wind-formed deposit made of fine particles of clay and silt. | 41 | |
| 7508505398 | Mesoamerica | An area of ancient civilization in what is now Central America. | ![]() | 42 |
| 7508505399 | Glyphs | The first writing system in the Americas that used pictures and symbols of real ojects. | ![]() | 43 |
| 7508505400 | Barter | Trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money. | ![]() | 44 |
| 7508505401 | Polytheistic | Belief in many gods. | ![]() | 45 |
| 7508505402 | Ziggurats | Temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshipped. | ![]() | 46 |
| 7508505403 | Astronomy | The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space. | ![]() | 47 |
| 7508505404 | Astrology | Theory of the influence of planets and stars on human events. | 48 | |
| 7508505405 | Abraham | Founder of Judaism. | 49 | |
| 7508505406 | Moses | Led the Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt; received the 10 commandments. | ![]() | 50 |
| 7508505407 | Ten Commandments | Laws given by God to Moses that tell Jews how to behave in their daily lives. | 51 | |
| 7508505408 | Jewish Diaspora | The scattering of the Jewish people outside their homeland beginning about 586 B.C.E. | ![]() | 52 |
| 7508505409 | The Huang He and The Chiang Jiang | Where Chinas first civilizations developed. | 53 | |
| 7508505410 | Mummification | Involved removing the body's internal organs, drying the body with salts, and packing its insides and wrapping it with chemically treated cloth. | ![]() | 54 |
| 7508505411 | Hieroglyphics | Egyptian writing that involved using pictures to represent words. | ![]() | 55 |
| 7508505412 | Papyrus | A type of plant that grew along the Nile River, used its fibers to create a type of paper. | ![]() | 56 |
| 7508505413 | Vedas | A collection of Aryan religious hymns, poems, and songs. | ![]() | 57 |
| 7508505414 | Vedic Age | Aryans growing awareness of Dravidian beliefs. | 58 | |
| 7508505415 | Brahma | Overarching, universal soul that connects all creatures on Earth. | 59 | |
| 7508505416 | Dharma | In Hindu belief, a person's religious and moral duties. | 60 | |
| 7508505417 | Karma | The effects that good or bad actions have on a person's soul. | 61 | |
| 7508505418 | Moksha | The Hindu concept of the spirit's 'liberation' from the endless cycle of rebirths. | ![]() | 62 |
| 7508505419 | Ancestor Veneration | The believe of making offerings to their ancestors in hope to win their favor. | ![]() | 63 |
| 7508505420 | Golden Age | A period in which a society or culture is at its peak. | 64 | |
| 7508505421 | Mandate of Heaven | A just rulers power was bestowed by the gods. | ![]() | 65 |
| 7508505422 | Upanishads | A foundational text for the set of religious beliefs that later became known as Hinduism. | 66 | |
| 7508505423 | Pictographs | A graphic symbol that represents an idea, concept, or object, rather than representing a single sound, as letter systems do. | ![]() | 67 |
| 7508505424 | Shamans | People who believed to have special abilities to cure the sick and influence the future. | 68 | |
| 7508505425 | Core and Foundational civilizations | Civilizations that developed ways of life, such as language, religious beliefs, and economic practices, that would heavily influence successor civilizations in their regions. | 69 | |
| 7508505426 | City-State | Typically covered several hundred square miles and were independent each with its own government. | ![]() | 70 |
| 7508505427 | Kings | Sumerian military leaders became more important than priests and ruled over a territory known as a kingdom. | ![]() | 71 |
| 7508505428 | Cuneiform | Sumerians created it to keep records which consisted of marks carved onto wet clay tablets. | 72 | |
| 7508505429 | Scribes | Individuals who were charged first with record-keeping and later with the writing of history and myths. | ![]() | 73 |
| 7508505430 | The Epic of Gilgamesh | An epic poem from Mesopotamia, is among the earliest surviving works of literature. | 74 | |
| 7508505431 | Empire | Large territory that included diverse cultural groups. | 75 | |
| 7508505432 | Babylonians | Persians who took control of Mesopotamia and built a new capital city called Babylon. | 76 | |
| 7508505433 | Hammurabi | Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC), and created a set of laws called the Code of Hammurabi. | ![]() | 77 |
| 7508505434 | Code of Hammurabi | Law code introduced when Hammurabi of Babylon took over Sumer in 1760 BC, that dealt with topics such as property rights, wages, contracts, marriage, and various crimes. | ![]() | 78 |
| 7508505435 | Phoenicians | Most powerful traders along the Mediterranean, that occupied parts of present day Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan around 3000 B.C.E. | ![]() | 79 |
| 7508505436 | Carthage | A Phoenician colony on the coast of North Africa, that became a significant outpost in the region. | 80 | |
| 7508505437 | Alphabetic script | A system of symbols (letters) that represent the sounds of speech, as an alternative to cuneiform around 1000 B.C.E. | ![]() | 81 |
| 7508505438 | Sahara and Kalahari Deserts | Two desert zones one in Northern Africa and the other in Southern Africa. | 82 | |
| 7508505439 | Nile River | The river in which early kingdoms in Egypt were centered around. | ![]() | 83 |
| 7508505440 | King Menes | United Upper and Lower Egypt into a single kingdom and created the first royal dynasty. | 84 | |
| 7508505441 | Old Kingdom | A period in Egyptian history that lasted from about 2700 BC to 2200 BC. | ![]() | 85 |
| 7508505442 | Middle Kingdom | A period of order and stability that lasted until about 1750 BC. | ![]() | 86 |
| 7508505443 | New Kingdom | The period during which Egypt reached the height of its power and glory. | ![]() | 87 |
| 7508505444 | Pharaoh | A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader. | ![]() | 88 |
| 7508505445 | Theocrats | Rulers holding both religious and political power. | 89 | |
| 7508505446 | Hyksos | A group of nomadic invaders from southwest Asia who ruled Egypt from 1640 to 1570 B.C. | ![]() | 90 |
| 7508505447 | Akhenaton | The pharaoh that tried to change Egypts religion and called for the worship of a sun god called Aten. | ![]() | 91 |
| 7508505448 | Ramses the Great | Took the throne around 1290 B.C.E. who expanded the empire into Southwest Asia and built more temples and erected more statues than any other pharaoh. | ![]() | 92 |
| 7508505449 | Hittites | Had military advantage over the Egyptians because they were beginning to use iron tools and weapons. | ![]() | 93 |
| 7508505450 | Book of the Dead | Scrolls that served as a guide for the afterlife in ancient Egypt. | ![]() | 94 |
| 7508505451 | Dravidians | Indigenous peoples of the Indian subcontinent. | 95 | |
| 7508505452 | Xia Dynasty | Lasted for about 400 years, little is known because early Chinese had no writing system. | ![]() | 96 |
| 7508505453 | Shang Dynasty | Ruled for 600 years, conquered neighboring peoples and established an empire, wielded tremendous economic and religious power. | ![]() | 97 |
| 7508505454 | Zhou Dynasty | The longest lasting Chinese dynasty, during which the use of iron was introduced. | ![]() | 98 |
| 7508505455 | Feudalism | The network of regional rulers with relationships based on mutual defense agreements. | ![]() | 99 |
| 7508505456 | Maize | One of the first important plants to be grown by the indigenous Americans. | ![]() | 100 |
| 7508505457 | Chavin Civilization | Existed from around 1000 to 200 B.C.E, and centered at Chavin de Huantar. | ![]() | 101 |
| 7508505458 | Olmec | The foundation or core of Mesoamerica advanced civilizations. | ![]() | 102 |
| 7508505459 | Aboriginals | People in Australia who remained hunter-foragers. | 103 | |
| 7508505460 | Easter Island | Divided into clans, with a chief for each clan and one chief over all clans. | ![]() | 104 |
AP World History Ch. 2 Vocabulary Flashcards
| 7423041075 | strife | angry or bitter disagreement over fundamental issues; conflict | 0 | |
| 7423050216 | complexity | the state or quality of being intricate or complicated | 1 | |
| 7423056765 | discontent | 2 | ||
| 7423062526 | modernity | the quality or condition of being modern | 3 | |
| 7423071720 | pervasive | spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people | 4 | |
| 7423074091 | permeate | to spread throughout; to pervade | 5 | |
| 7423091251 | paradox | a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement | 6 | |
| 7423093471 | artificiality | the quality of being contrived or false | 7 | |
| 7423108015 | ambivalent | having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas | 8 | |
| 7423113189 | civilization | a new and particular type of human society, made possible and happening as a result of the Agricultural Revolution | 9 | |
| 7425743851 | prominent | important; famous | 10 | |
| 7425840887 | benevolence | the quality of being well meaning; kindness | 11 | |
| 7425852728 | degradation | the condition or process of degrading; the wearing down of something | 12 |
Rivers AP World History Flashcards
| 7252166803 | Mississippi River | 0 | ||
| 7252168459 | Nile River | 1 | ||
| 7252170404 | Tigris River | 2 | ||
| 7252172340 | Euphrates River | 3 | ||
| 7252175765 | Amazon River | 4 | ||
| 7252178103 | Rio Grande River | 5 | ||
| 7252187217 | Indus River | 6 | ||
| 7252189625 | Yellow (Hwang He) River | 7 | ||
| 7252192235 | Yangtze River | 8 | ||
| 7252194279 | Ganges River | 9 | ||
| 7252195645 | Mekong River | 10 | ||
| 7252196958 | Congo River | 11 | ||
| 7252201304 | Volga River | 12 | ||
| 7252204700 | Danube River | 13 | ||
| 7252207740 | Rhine River | 14 | ||
| 7252213062 | Niger River | 15 |
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