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AP World History Dates Flashcards

Dates you should know for AP World History.

2575115320	Foundations	8000 BCE - 600 CE	0
2575115321	Beginnings of Bronze Age	3000 BCE	1
2575115322	Kingdom of Israel	1020 BCE	2
2575115323	Iron Age	1300 BCE	3
2575115324	Life of Buddha, Confucius, Lao-Tsu (beginnings of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism)	6th Century BCE	4
2575115325	Bantu Migrations	500 BCE - 1000 CE	5
2575115326	Greek Golden Age - Philosophers	5th Century BCE	6
2575115327	Alexander the Great	323 BCE	7
2575115328	Qin Unification of China	221 BCE	8
2575115329	Spread of Buddhism and Hinduism to Southeast Asia	3rd Century BCE	9
2575115330	Mauryan Empire	322 BCE - 185 BCE	10
2575133868	Ashoka	r. ca. 273- 232	11
2575124087	Gupta Dynasty	320 - 550	12
2575115331	Beginnings of Christianity	32 CE	13
2575115332	Pax Romana	27 BCE - 180 CE	14
2575115333	Han Dynasty, also beginnings of Silk Roads and maritime trade around the South China Sea and Indian Ocean Basin	206 BCE - 220 CE	15
2575115334	Spread of Christianity in the Mediterranean basin and Southwest Asia	2nd Century CE	16
2575115335	Roman capital moved to Constantinople	Early 4th Century	17
2575115336	Christianity official religion of Roman Empire	380 CE	18
2575115337	Beginning of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes (use of camel spreads)	4th Century	19
2575115338	Classical Maya		20
2575115339	Fall of western Roman Empire	476 CE	21
2575115340	Justinian rule of Byzantine Empire	527-565 CE	22
2575115341	Post Classical Period	600-1450	23
2575152009	Sui Dynasty	581 - 618	24
2575115342	Tang Dynasty	618-907	25
2575115343	Rise of Islam	632	26
2575115344	Battle of Tours (end of Muslim move into France)	732	27
2575115345	Height of Kingdom of Ghana	9th Century	28
2575115346	Song Dynasty	960 - 1279	29
2575115347	Great Schism in Christian Church	1054	30
2575115348	Norman Conquest of England	1066	31
2575115349	1st Crusade	1095	32
2575156325	Crusades	1095 - 1291	33
2575115350	Mali Empire	13th - 15th Century	34
2575115351	Delhi Sultanate	1206 - 1526	35
2575115352	Magna Carta	1215	36
2575115353	Mongols sack Baghdad	1258	37
2575115354	Marco Polo Travels	1271 - 1295	38
2575115355	Yuan Dynasty	1279 - 1368	39
2575115356	Mansa Musa's Pilgrimage	1324	40
2575115357	Aztec Empire	14th - 16th Century	41
2575115358	Travels of Ibn Battuta	1325 - 1349	42
2575115359	Hundred Years' War	1337 - 1453	43
2575115360	Bubonic plague in Europe	1348	44
2575115361	Renaissance	1300 - 1700	45
2575115362	Ming Dynasty	1368 - 1644	46
2575115363	Zheng He's Voyages	1405 - 1433	47
2575115364	Early Modern Period	1450 - 1750	48
2575115365	Ottomans capture Constantinople	1453	49
2575115366	Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope	1488	50
2575115367	Columbus sailed to San Salvador, and Reconquista of Spain	1492	51
2575115368	Safavid Empire	1501 - 1722	52
2575115369	Martin Luther's 95 Theses	1517	53
2575115370	Cortez conquered the Aztecs	1521	54
2575115371	Magellan's crew completes circumnavigation of the world	1522	55
2575115372	African slaves to the Americas	Early 1500s (1502)	56
2575115373	Discovery of silver in Potosi, Bolivia	1545	57
2575115374	Mughal Empire (Akbar 1556-1605)	1526 - 1858	58
2575115375	Scientific Revolution	16th - 17th Century	59
2575115376	Council of Trent, Jesuits, Counter-Reformation	1545 - 1563	60
2575115377	Defeat of te Spanish Armada by the British	1588	61
2575115378	Start of East India Company and Dutch VOC	1600 - 1602	62
2575115379	Tokugawa Shogunate	1603 - 1867	63
2575115380	Founding of Jamestown and Massachusetts Bay Colony	1607 - 1630	64
2575115381	Qing Dynasty (Kangxi 1661 - 1722)	1644 - 1911	65
2575115382	Tsar Peter the Great	1682 - 1725	66
2575115383	John Locke's Two Treatises on Government	1688	67
2575115384	Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights	1689	68
2575115385	High point of African Slave Trade	18th Century	69
2575115386	The Long 19th Century	1750 - 1914	70
2575115387	Industrial Revolution	1750 - 1914	71
2575115388	The Englightenment	18th Century	72
2575115389	Seven Years' War or French and Indian War	1756 - 1763	73
2575115390	Declaration of Indepedence and Adam Smit Writes Wealth of Nations	1776	74
2575115391	US Constitution Ratified	1789	75
2575115392	French Revolution	1789	76
2575115393	Haitian Revolution	1804	77
2575115394	Congress of Vienna	1815	78
2575115395	European revolutions	1830 - 1848	79
2578347111	Punic Wars	264 BCE - 146 BCE	80

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AP World History: Chapter 13 Flashcards

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6162994409	Peter Abelard	0
6163002235	Heloise	1
6163005398	cerealization	2
6163005399	guilds	3
6163005400	feudal	4
6163010043	liberal arts	5
6163011701	scholasticism	6
6163011702	simony	7
6163011703	heresy	8
6163013394	friars	9
6163013395	Thomas Aquinas	10
6163014962	Crusader	11
6163014963	T-O map	12
6163016782	inquisition	13
6163016783	Hundred Years' War	14
6163017828	Parliament	15

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AP World History Flashcards

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2819609280	Homo sapiens sapiens	Humanoid species that emerged most successful in end of Paleolithic period	0
2819609281	Paleolithic Age	Old Stone Age ending in 12,000 B.C.E: typified by us of crude stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence	1
2819609282	Neolithic Age	New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period where adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of animals and plants accomplished	2
2819609283	Hunting and Gathering	Original human economy, ultimately eclipsed by agriculture; groups hunt for meat and forage for grains, nuts, and berries	3
2819609284	Catal Hüyük	Early urban culture based on sedentary agriculture; located in southern Turkey; larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social satisfaction	4
2819609285	Bronze Age	From about 4,000 B.C.E., when bronze tools were first introduced in the Middle East, to about 1500 B.C.E, when iron began to replace it	5
2819609286	Nomads	Cattle-and sheep-herding societies normally found on the fringes of civilized societies; referred to as "barbarian" by civilized societies	6
2819609287	Neolithic revolution	The succession of the technological innovations and changes in human organization that led to the development of agriculture, 8500-3500 B.C.E.	7
2819609288	Civilization	Societies distinguished by reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of no farming elites, as well as merchant and manufacturing groups	8
2819609289	Mesopotamia	Literally "between the rivers"; the civilizations that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys	9
2819609290	Sumerians	People who migrated into Mesopotamia c. 4000 B.C.E; created first civilization within region; organized area into city states	10
2819609291	Cuneiform	A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets	11
2819609292	Ziggurats	Massive towers usually associated with Mesopotamian temple complexes	12
2819609293	City-State	A form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilizations; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king	13
2819609294	Babylonians	Unified all of Mesopotamia c.1800 B.C.E; empire collapsed due to foreign invasion c. 1600 B.C.E	14
2819609295	Hammurabi	(r. 1792-1750 B.C.E) The most important ruler of the Babylonian empire; responsible for codification of law	15
2819609296	Pharaoh	Title of Kings of ancient Egypt	16
2819609297	Pyramids	Monumental architecture typical of old kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs	17
2819609298	Kush	An African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile c. 1000 B.C.E; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries	18
2819609299	Indus River	River sources in Himalayas to mouth in Arabian Sea; location of Harappan civilization	19
2819609300	Harappa	Along with Mohenjodaro; major urban complex of the Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern	20
2819609301	Aryans	Indo-Europeans nomadic pastoralists who replaced Harappan civilization; militarized society	21
2819609302	Vedas	Aryan hymns originally transmitted orally but written down in sacred books from the 6th century B.C.E.	22
2819609303	Mahabharata	Indian epic of war, princely honor, love, and social duty; written down in the last centuries B.C.E.; previously handed down in oral form	23
2819609304	Ramayana	One of the great epic tales from classical India; traces adventures of King Roma and his wife, Sita; written 4th to 2nd centuries	24
2819609305	Upanishads	Later books of the Vedas; contained sophisticated and sublime philosophical ideas; utilized by Brahmans to restore religious authority	25
2819609306	Yellow River	Also known as the Huanghe; site of development of sedentary agriculture in China	26
2819609307	Ideographs	Pictographic character grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing	27
2819609308	Shang	First Chinese dynasty for which archeological evidence exists; capital located in Ordos bulge of the Huanghe; flourished 1600 to 1046 B.C.E.	28
2819609309	Olmecs	People of a cultural tradition that arose at San Lorenzo and La Venta in Mexico c.1200 B.C.E; featured irrigated agriculture, urbanism, elaborate religion, beginnings of calendrical and witting systems	29
2819609310	Chavin de Huantar	Chavin culture appeared in highlands of Andes between 1800 and 1200 B.C.E; typified by ceremonial centers with large stone buildings; greatest ceremonial center was Chavin de Hunatar; characterized by artistic motifs.	30
2819609311	Phoenicians	Seafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean	31
2819609312	Monotheism	The exclusive worship of a single god; introduced by the Jews into Western civilization	32

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AP world history Flashcards

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3070503030	Persian empire	Victory over Lydia	0
3070503031	Leader of Lydia	Croesus	1
3070503032	Founder Achaemenid	Cyrus	2
3070503033	Greatest Achaemenid		3
3070503034	Arjuna Krishna	Bhagavad Gita	4
3070503035	Dharma	Duty	5
3070503036	Gupta Foe	White Huns	6
3070503037	Patriarchy	Child marriage	7
3070503038	Change castle	Rise of guild	8
3070503039	Jati	Social order	9
3070503040	327 BCE	Alexander	10
3070503041	Powerful Han	Wudi	11
3070503042	Han wudi	University	12
3070503043	Han enemy	Masdon	13
3070503044	Legalism	Lord Shang	14
3070503045	Qin Shihangdi	Hated confucianism	15
3070503046	Qin Shihangdi	No traditional learning	16
3070503047	Qin Shihangdi	Script central imperial rule	17
3070503048	Laozi	Daoism	18

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World History AP Dates Flashcards

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3586291145	Civilization arises in Mesopotamia	3500 BCE Period 1 Asia	0
3586291146	Hinduism being practiced in India	3000 BCE Period 1 Asia	1
3586291147	Siddhartha Gautama dies	483 BCE Period 1 Asia	2
3586291148	Life of Jesus	0-34 CE Period 1 Asia	3
3586291149	End of Roman Empire and Start Feudal West Europe	476 CE Period 2 Europe	4
3586291150	Death of Muhammad	632 Period 3 Asia	5
3586291151	Fall of Umayyad Dynasty and Rise of Abbasid Islamic Empire	750 Period 3 Asia	6
3586291152	Ghana kings convert to Islam in West Africa	900 Period 3 Africa	7
3586291153	Great Schism in Byzantium	1054 Period 3 Asia	8
3586291154	First Crusade : Europeans go to West Asia to reconquer Holy Lands	1095 Period 3 Europe	9
3586291155	Mongol Empire : 4 Khanates - Russia, Persia, Central Asia, and China	1250-1350 Period 3 Asia	10
3586291156	Italian Renaissance	1300-1500 Period 3 Europe	11
3586291157	Mali King (Mansa Musa) makes pilgrimage to Mecca	1324 Period 3 Africa	12
3586291158	Voyages of Admiral Zheng He on Indian Ocean	1405-1433 Period 3 Asia	13
3586291159	Fall of Constantinople to Ottoman Turks	1453 Period 4 Asia	14
3586291160	Spain Unifies, Columbus, Start of Colombian Exchange, Moors driven out	1492 Period 4 Europe	15
3586291161	Arrival of Conquistadors in Mexico	1519 Period 4 Americas	16
3586291162	British East India Company trading in India	1600 Period 4 Asia	17
3586291163	Rise of Qing Dynasty in China	1644 Period 4 Asia	18
3586291164	James Watt perfects Steam Engine	1765 Period 5 Europe	19
3586291165	American Revolution/Adam Smith publishes "Wealth of Nations"	1776 Period 5 Americas	20
3586291166	Slave trade abolished in Britain (1808 - US and 1814 - France)	1807 Period 5 Europe	21
3586291167	Slavery abolished in Britain (1865 - US and 1848 - France)	1833 Period 5 Europe	22
3586291168	Treaty of Nanjing ends the Opium Wars between Britain and China	1843 Period 5 Asia	23
3586291169	"Communist Manifesto" written by Karl Marx (Early years of German Industry)	1848 Period 5 Europe	24
3586291170	Start of direct British rule in India, after Sepoy Mutiny	1857 Period 5 Asia	25
3586291171	Meiji Restoration in Japan	1868 Period 5 Asia	26
3586291172	Berlin Conference to decide rules for dividing Africa	1884-1885 Period 5 Europe	27
3586291173	WWI	1914-1918 Period 6	28
3586291174	The Russian Revolution	1917 Period 6 Europe	29
3586291175	WWII	1939-1945 Period 6	30
3586291176	Indian Independence	1947 Period 6 Asia	31
3586291177	Creation of State of Israel (Britain pulls out of Middle East) start of apartheid	1948 Period 6 Asia	32
3586291178	Communist Revolution in China	1949 Period 6 Asia	33
3586291179	Start of Korea War	1950 Period 6 Asia	34
3586291180	"The Year of Africa" : when many African nations gained independence	1960 Period 6 Africa	35
3586291181	Construction of Berlin Wall	1961 Period 6 Europe	36
3586291182	The Iranian Revolution	1979 Period 6 Asia	37
3586291183	Fall of Communism in Russia and East Europe	1990 Period 6 Europe	38
3586291184	End of apartheid/ Nelson Mandela elected as President of South Africa	1994 Period 6 Africa	39

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Unit 5 AP world history Flashcards

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4018847245	White man's burden	rationalization for imperialism, idea that it was the responsibility of Europeans to civilize and Christianize	0
4018847246	Scramble for Africa	dividing Africa between European countries	1
4018847247	Goals of imperialism	expand influence, take land from natives for own purposes	2
4018847248	Berlin Conference	agreement between European nations to only colonize areas agreed upon	3
4018847249	Ethnocentrisms	belief that you are superior and everyone else should be like you (racism, superiority)	4
4018847250	Old vs. New Imperialism	old imperialism focused on establishing trade ports, new imperialism focused on gaining raw materials	5
4018847251	Characteristics of New Imperialism	gain land by force, Christianizing natives, nationalism, raw materials, White Mans Burden	6
4018847252	African responses to imperialism	fought back against Europeans, allied with Europeans for protection, armed themselves for defense	7
4018847253	Reasons for European colonial acquisitions	superior technology	8
4018847254	Importance of South Africa	acquired by Britain after Boer Wars, gold and diamonds	9
4018847255	Migration from 1750-1900	coerced labor, temporary, movement to urban areas	10
4018847256	Opium Wars	caused by British desire to trade opium in China (illegal), British won, forced China to open to trade with Europeans	11
4018847257	Sepoy Rebellion	Indian soldiers rebelled due to rumor about bullets using animal fat, after rebellion Britain took direct control over India	12
4018847258	Japanese Modernization/ industrializations	used Western technology, didn't have to invent it, limited foreign influence so they were able to control industrialization, state-sponsored (not by investors like in Britain), industrialized faster than Britain	13
4018847259	Taiping Rebellion	civil was in China between Qing dynasty and Christians, reflected growing power of the west	14
4018847260	Meiji Restoration	desire to restore imperial rule to Japan, resulted in Japan seeking increasing contact with Western powers	15
4018847261	Treaty of Nanjing	ended Opium War, gave Britain exclusive rights to China	16
4018847262	Boxer Rebellion	Chinese uprising against the spread of European and Japanese influence in the country, China was unsuccessful	17
4018847263	Continuities between the Ming and Qing dynasties	patriarchal	18
4018847264	Enlightenment	intellectual movement that inspired revolutions, government protection of individual rights, government is responsible to its citizens	19
4018847265	Revolution Cycle	revolutions are planned by the middle class/ nobility, original ideas aren't enough so the revolution becomes radical, it then becomes too radical	20
4018847266	Revolutions of 1848	monarchies attempted to maintain control and keep peasants happy, revolutions were inspired by democratic reforms	21
4018847267	Causes of the French Revolution	economic problems, Enlightenment ideals, unhappy lower class, desire to get rid of the monarch	22
4018847268	Effects of the French Revolution	did not permanently achieve its goals, created a temporary democracy, eliminated the G given to nobility, reduced the power of the church	23
4018847269	Similarities between the American and French Revolutions	Enlightenment ideas, individual rights, get rid of monarchy, democratic ideas	24
4018847270	Congress of Vienna	Congress of Vienna- met to restore post-war to Europe after Napoleon	25
4018847271	Franco-Prussian War	war was fought to achieve German Unification	26
4018847272	Reasons for emigration and immigration	Emigration= famine, poverty, religious problems; Immigration= loss of native populations, spread of diseases	27
4018847273	Causes and effects of Haitian Revolution	inspired by Enlightenment ideas, took advantage of French Revolution, economic problems, inspired Latin American revolutions	28
4018847274	Causes of LA independence movements	inspired by other revolutions, Europe was too busy fighting Napoleon	29
4018847275	Characteristics of new governments in Latin America	most countries established republics, others (Brazil- King Pedro) set up limited monarchies	30
4018847276	Reasons for the slow modernization of Russia	did not invest in industrialization, relied too heavily on serfs	31
4018847277	Russian motivation for gaining land from Ottomans	desire for a warm water port	32
4018847278	German and Italian Unification	Bismark and Garibaldi, nationalism	33
4018847279	nationalism	people are bound by culture and territory to share a common identity, very influential ideal in the 19th century	34
4018847280	Industrialization	shift to mechanized production	35
4018847281	Products of the first Industrial Revolution	textiles, coal	36
4018847282	Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain?	access to labor force, natural resources, water for transportation, commercial society,	37
4018847283	Political changes in industrial societies	rising middle class, desire for international trade	38
4018847284	. Changing role of cities during the Industrial Revolution	creation of public services, railroads, city offices and government, city planning	39
4018847285	Roles of women	gained right to vote during 19th century, began working outside the home in factories	40
4018847286	Victorian Age	women and men belonged in separate spheres, cult of domesticity	41
4018847287	Karl Marx	Communist Manifesto, believed in a violent revolution to overthrow the government, proletariat would overthrow the bourgeoisie and establish a classless society	42
4018847288	Laissez-faire	Adam Smith, government doesn't get involved in the economy	43
4018847289	Ottoman Reforms	Tanzimat, strengthened power of religious elite	44
4018847290	Reasons for the decline of the Ottoman Empire	problems with Turkish rule, religious taxes, weak rulers and military, ineffective government	45
4018847291	Crimean War	Russia v. everyone else, proved Russia was weak due to lack of modernization	46
4018847292	Balkan Crisis	European powers worked together to prevent Russia from gaining power	47
4018847293	Characteristics of the period 1750-1900	end of slave trade, China= Middle Kingdom, dominance of Western nations, imperialism, industrialization,	48
4018847294	Forces for change in Europe from 1750-1900	capitalism, industrialization, Enlightenment, nationalism	49
4018847295	Reasons for the growing power of Western countries	innovation, control of foreign countries, imperialism	50

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AP World History- Stearns Chapter 2 Flashcards

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2111208618	Xian	Along with Loyang, capital of the Zhou dynasty	0
2111208619	Shi Huangdi	Founder of the Qin dynasty in 221 BCE	1
2111208620	Ideographic writing	Pictographic characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing	2
2111208621	Scholar-gentry	Chinese class created by the marital linkage of the local land-holding aristocracy with the office-holding shi; superseded shi as governors of China	3
2111208622	Shi	Probably originally priests; transformed into corps of professional bureaucrats because of knowledge of writing during Zhou dynasty	4
2111208623	Nuclear families	Consisted of husband and wife, their children, and perhaps a grandmother or orphaned cousin; typical of Chinese peasantry	5
2111208624	Oracles	Shamans or priest in Chinese society who foretold the future through interpretations of animal bones cracked by heat; inscriptions on bones led to Chinese writing	6
2111208625	Han dynasty	Chinese dynasty that succeeded the Qin in 202 BCE; ruled for the next 400 years	7
2111208626	Shang	First Chinese dynasty for which archeological evidence exists; capital located in Ordos bend	8
2111208628	Laozi	AKA Lao Tsu; major Chinese philosopher; recommended retreat from society into nature; individual should seek to become attuned with Dao	9
2111208629	Patrilineal	Family descent and inheritance traced through the male line	10
2111208630	Qin dynasty	Established in 221 BCE at the end of the Warring States period following the decline of the Zhou dynasty; fell in 207 BCE	11
2111208631	Feudalism	The social organization crated by exchanging grants of land of fiefs in return for formal oaths of allegiance and promises of loyal service; typically of Zhou dynasty and European Middle Ages; greater lords provided protection and aid to lesser lords in return for military service	12
2111208632	Secret societies	Chinese peasant organizations; provided financial support in hard times and physical protection in case of disputes with local aristocracy	13
2111208633	Wu	First of the Zhou to be recognized as king, 1122 BCE	14
2111208634	Ordos bulge	Located on Huanghe River; region of fertile soil; site of Yangshao and Longshan cultures	15
2111208635	Loess	Fine grained soil deposited in Ordos region in China bent by winds from central Asia; created fertile soil for sedentary agriculture communities	16
2111208636	Sunzi	A 4th century BCE advisor to Chinese monarch, who wrote the treatise The Art of War	17
2111208637	Mandate of Heaven	The divine source for political legitimacy of Chinese rulers; established by Zhou to justify overthrow of Shang	18
2111208638	Wang Mang	Member of one of the powerful families related to the Han emperors through marriage; temporarily overthrew the Han between 9 and 23 CE	19
2111208639	Yu	A possible mythical Chinese ruler revered for the construction of an effective system of flood control along the Huanghe River valley; founder of the Xia kingdom	20
2111208640	Great Wall	Chinese defensive fortification intended to keep out the nomadic invaders from the north; initiated during Qin dynasty and reign of Shi Huangdi	21
2111208641	Hsiung-nu	AKA the Huns; horse nomads responsible for the disruption of Chinese, Gupta, and Roman civilizations	22
2111208642	Daoism	Philosophy associated with Laozi; stressed need for alignment with Dao or cosmic force	23
2111208643	Mencius	AKA Meng Ko; follower of Confucius; stressed consent of the common people	24
2111208644	Extended families	Consisted of several generations, including the family patriarch's sons and grandsons with their wives and children; typical of Shang China elites	25
2111208645	Zhou	Originally a vassal family of Shang China; possibly Turkic in origin; overthrew Shang and established second historical Chinese dynasty	26
2111208646	Vassal retainers	Members of former ruling families granted control over the peasant and artisan populations of areas throughout Shang kingdom; indirectly exploited wealth of their territories	27
2111208647	Forbidden city	Imperial precinct within the capital cities of China; only imperial family, advisors, and household were permitted to enter	28
2111208648	Confucius	AKA Kung Fuzi; major Chinese philosopher; born in 6th century BCE; author of Analects; philosophy based on need for restoration of order through advice of superior men to be found among the shi	29
2111208649	Loyang	Along with Xian, capital of the Zhou dynasty	30
2111208650	Liu Bang	Founder of the Han dynasty in 202 BCE	31
2111208651	Xia	China's first, possibly mythical, kingdom; no archeological sites have been connected to it; ruled by Yu	32
2111208652	Tian	Heaven; an abstract conception in early Chinese religion; possibly the combined spirits of all male ancestors; first appeared during Zhou dynasty	33
2111208653	Yellow River	AKA the Huanghe; site of development of sedentary agriculture in China	34

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Biology: Exploring Life Chapter 9 Flashcards

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5433558801	asexual reproduction	process in which a single cell or set of cells produces offspring that inherit all their genetic material from one parent (Concept 9.1)	0
5433558802	sexual reproduction	process in which genetic material from two parents combines and produces offspring that differ genetically from either parent (Concept 9.1)	1
5433558803	chromatin	combination of DNA and protein molecules, in the form of long, thin fibers, making up the genetic material in the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell (Concept 9.2)	2
5433558804	chromosome	condensed threads of genetic material formed from chromatin as a cell prepares to divide (Concept 9.2)	3
5433558805	sister chromatid	one of a pair of identical chromosomes created before a cell divides (Concept 9.2)	4
5433558806	centromere	region where two sister chromatids are joined tightly together (Concept 9.2)	5
5433558807	cell cycle	sequence of events from the production of a eukaryotic cell to the time the cell itself reproduces (Concept 9.2)	6
5433558808	interphase	stage of the cell cycle during which a cell carries out its metabolic processes and performs its functions in the body (Concept 9.2)	7
5433558809	mitotic phase	stage of the cell cycle when a cell is actively dividing (Concept 9.2)	8
5433558810	mitosis	process by which the nucleus and duplicated chromosomes of a cell divide and are evenly distributed, forming two daughter nuclei (Concept 9.2)	9
5433558811	cytokinesis	process by which the cytoplasm of a cell is divided in two; usually follows mitosis and meiosis (Concept 9.2)	10
5433558812	spindle	framework of microtubules that guide the movement of chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis (Concept 9.3)	11
5433558813	centrosome	region of cytoplasmic material that in animal cells contains structures called centrioles (Concept 9.3)	12
5433558814	prophase	first stage of mitosis and of meiosis I and II, when the already replicated chromosomes condense (Concept 9.3)	13
5433558815	metaphase	second stage of mitosis and of meiosis I and II when the spindle is fully formed and all of the chromosomes are held in place (Concept 9.3)	14
5433558816	anaphase	third phase of mitosis and of meiosis I and II, in which the sister chromatids separate and move toward the poles of the spindle (Concept 9.3)	15
5433558817	telophase	final stage of mitosis and of meiosis I and II, in which the chromosomes reach the spindle poles, nuclear envelopes form around each set of daughter chromosomes, and the nucleoli reappear (Concept 9.3)	16
5433558818	cell plate	disk containing cell wall material that develops in plant cells during cytokinesis, eventually dividing the cell into two daughter cells (Concept 9.3)	17
5433558819	cancer	disease caused by severe disruption of the mechanisms that normally control the cell cycle (Concept 9.4)	18
5433558820	meiosis	type of cell division that produces four cells, each with half as many chromosomes as the parent cell (Concept 9.5)	19
5433558821	karyotype	display of a person's 46 chromosomes (Concept 9.5)	20
5433558822	homologous chromosome	one of a matching pair of chromosomes, one inherited from each parent (Concept 9.5)	21
5433558823	diploid	having two homologous sets of chromosomes (Concept 9.5)	22
5433558824	haploid	having a single set of chromosomes (Concept 9.5)	23
5433558825	zygote	diploid cell formed when the nucleus of a haploid sperm cell fuses with the nucleus of a haploid egg cell (Concepts 9.5, 33.3)	24
5433576776	fertilization	the fusion of the nucleus of a haploid sperm cell and the nucleus of a haploid egg cell, forming a diploid zygote	25
5433576777	tetrad	group of four chromatids formed during prophase I of meiosis by the two sister chromatids in each of the two homologous chromsomes	26
5433579308	benign tumor	mass of cells that remain at their original site	27
5433579309	malignant tumor	mass of abnormal cells resulting from uncontrolled cancer cell division	28
5433584191	metastasis	spread of cancer cells beyond their original site in the body	29

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3537395201	What is biology?	The study of life	0
3537428661	All ________ ______ share similar characteristics of life.	living things	1
3537459204	The change in position of the body or of a body part; motion of an internal organ	Movement	2
3537486759	The reaction to a change taking place inside our outside the body	Responsiveness	3
3537502308	The increase in body size without change in shape	Growth	4
3537509498	Production of new organisms and new cells	Reproduction	5
3537525869	Obtaining oxygen, removing carbon dioxide, and releasing energy from foods	Respiration	6
3537542600	Breakdown of food substances into simpler forms that can be absorbed and used	Digestion	7
3537573855	Passage of substances through membranes and into body fluids	Absorption	8
3537594292	Movement of substances from place to place in body fluids	Circulation	9
3537607845	Changing of absorbed substances into chemically different forms	Assimilation	10
3537617073	Removal of wastes produced by metabolic reactions	Excretion	11
3537652003	What are the 11 characteristics of life?	movement, responsiveness, growth, reproduction, respiration, digestion, absorption, circulation, assimilation, and excretion	12
3537698450	kingdom	animalia	13
3537702140	phylum	Chordata	14
3537704866	class	Mammalia	15
3537707665	order	Primates	16
3537711188	family	Hominidae	17
3537716425	genus	Homo	18
3537719264	species	H. sapiens	19
3537725569	subspecies	H. s. sapiens	20
3537741135	cells that lack a membrane-bound nucleus and cell structures	Prokaryotes	21
3537760053	-contains unicellular prokaryotes - live in harsh environments	Domain Archaea	22
3537773509	-prokaryotic -found most everywhere	Domain Bacteria	23
3537806030	cells within a membrane bound nucleus and cell structures	Eukaryotes	24
3537813862	Eukaryotes are divided in what 4 kingdoms?	1 Protists 2 Fungi 3 Plants 4 Animals	25
3537843634	-Eukaryotes -divided into four kingdoms	Domain Eukarya	26
3537854652	What is taxomony?	the assigning of every species with a two part name (binomial)	27
3537862857	two	Bi	28
3537865594	name	Nomial	29
3537881925	the first part of the name is ____ and the second part is ____	genus and species	30
3537891182	you must _____ the scientific name	underline	31
3537899333	an educated guess based on observation	Hypothesis	32
3537912233	written in an "if this is done...., then this will happen..." format	Predictions	33
3538117716	the group that does not have the "factor" applied to it	Control	34
3538138839	results of the expiriment	Data	35
3538145538	Not proven observations	Theories	36
3538161511	supported by many observations and experiments for a very long time	Laws	37
3538173632	surface of the Earth where life is found	Biosphere	38
3538179422	all members of a species in a particular area	Population	39
3538186402	made up of different populations	Community	40
3538213075	organisms interact with each other and the physical environment	Ecosystem	41
3538234287	what the scientist changes during the expiriment	Independent Variable	42
3538241316	what the scientist meausres	Dependent Variable	43

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