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APWH Persia Flashcards

Iran, Afghanistan

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389948234Indus Valley2500-1500 BCE, e Afghanistan, nw India, Pakistan Unpredictable flooding of river Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, gridded streets/waste-water systems Trade cotton w/Mesopotamia thru Khyber Pass0
389948235Persian Empire550, Cyrus the Great makes tolerant empire Darius centralize laws and tax collection Infrastructure (Great Royal Road) connects Middle East to Asia Bureaucracy and military nobility Zoroastrianism: Zoroaster mixes Sumerian polytheism w/monotheism; life as battle between divine forces; influence Judaism From beyond Nile River around e Med. thru Turkey and parts of Greece, e thru Afghanistan Influenced by Hellenistic conquest; Hellenistic kings imitate Persian centralization/bureaucracy1
389948236Persian Wars500-449 BCE, Sparta and Athens unite to end war in stalemate2
389948237Seleucid Empirec. 331 BCE, Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire 312-63 BCE, after his death, divided empire into Antigonid, Ptolemaic, and Seleucid Hellenism3
389948238Sasanian (Sassanid) Empire227 CE, Persian rebellion displaced Parthians and more directly revive early Persian empire (Zoroastrianism) Bridge between Med. and East Joined attack on weaker Roman Empire Women more suppressed than bedouins Preserved Persian culture in e Middle East Landed aristocrats manipulate emperor and exploit farmers 651 CE, conquered by Muslims4
390437107Umayyad Dynasty661-750 CE, Sunni Umayyads in power Reject Ali's claim as 3rd caliph Capital in Damascus Conquer Spain and Portugal, but blocked from France by Frankish Charles Martel Arabs get more privileges than non-Arab Muslims (mawali) Dhimmis free to worship, but pay jizya Caliph's luxuries and upset warriors w/out booty in Merv (e Iran) caused rebellions5
390437108Abbasid Dynasty750-1258 CE, Abu al-Abbas (descendant of Mohammed's uncle) use Shi'a and mawali allies to defeat Umayyads Build capital at Baghdad Trade w/credit Art/science flourish in golden age in 1st half of 9th c; steel, algebra, paper, universities Preserve Western culture Theocracy, jizya Sufi mystics: missionaries stress personal relationship w/Allah; let followers practice own ways Qur'an protected women - some legal rights, equal before Allah, veils, duty to be loyal to husband/family Decline bc regional splinter dynasties and nomad invasions 1258, Mongols destroy Baghdad6
390437109Buyids of Persia945, regional splinter dynasty captures Baghdad and makes caliphs into puppets Buyid leaders take title of sultan Conquered by Seljuk Turks7
390437110Seljuk Turks1055, Sunni central Asian nomads beat Buyids8
390437111Khwarazm EmpireMuhammad Shah, ruler Vassal of Seljuk Turks 1220, brutally destroyed by Mongols9
390437112Ilkhan Khanate1258, Hulegu destroyed Baghdad10
390437113Tamerlane (Timur Lang)1336-1405, man from noble land-owning clan led nomads to ruthlessly conquer Persia, Fertile Crescent, India, s Russia11
390437114Safavid Dynasty1501-1736, Shi'a Turkic nomads from Sufi mystics Rivalry w/Sunni Ottomans Shah Abbas I (the Great) created slave regiments based on captured Russian youths (like Janissaries) Decline bc bad rulers lead to nomad raiders12
390437115Shah Pahlavi1925-1979, Westernization efforts, land/education reform, increase right of women Strong public opposition - Islamic fundamentalists angry because want Qur'an law; others want political reform13
390437116OPEC1960, Middle East forms Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries 1970s, cut supply to raise price of oil14
390437117Iranian Revolution1979, Shi'a Ayatollah Khomeini ousts shah and goes back to theocracy Reverse modernization/Westernization, take away women's rights, Qur'an law15
390437118Soviet invasion of Afghanistan1979, Soviet Union invades Afghanistan to promote puppet regime Afghan guerrillas backed by US held their ground16
390437119Iran-Iraq War1980-1988, Sunni Iraq Saddam Hussein backed by US beats Islamic revolutionaries in Iran17
390437120Modern IranAfter Khomeini's death in 1989, power struggle between Islamic fundamentalists and pro-Western minority Developing nuclear technology18
390437121TalibanIslamic fundamentalist regime in Afghanistan Harbored Al Qaeda (9/11) Extremely against cultural globalization Invaded by US after 2001 terrorism Islamic fundamentalists want religious law19

Dr. Kotlik AP World - Bentley 02 Flashcards

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414724699Ancestor WorshipBelief that dead ancestors can influence one's fortunes in life. Those who practice often conduct rituals and ceremonies to the memory or remains of their ancestors.0
414724700AryansIndo-European speaking nomads who entered India from the Central Asian steppes between 1500 and 1000 BC and greatly affected Indian society.1
414724701AssyriansKnown as a warrior people who ruthlessly conquered neighboring countries; their empire stretched from east to north of the Tigris River all the way to centeral Egypt; used ladders, weapons like iron-tipped spears, daggers and swords, tunnels, and fearful military tactics to gain strength in their empire.2
414724702BabylonThe largest and most important city in Mesopotamia. It achieved particular eminence as the capital of the Amorite king Hammurabi in the eighteenth century B.C.E. and the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar in the sixth century B.C.E.3
414724703BronzeMaterial made from copper and tin used for weapons and agricultural tools.4
414724704City-stateA city with its own traditions and its own government and laws; both a city and a separate independent state.5
414724705CuneiformSumerian writing made by pressing a wedge-shaped tool into clay tablets.6
414724706GilgameshAncient Sumerian king, ruled 2700 BC. Credited with having been a demigod of superhuman strength who built a great city wall to defend his people from external threats. Influence of his epic stories are seen in the Hebrew story of the Great Flood.7
414724707Hammurabi's CodeA legal code developed by King Hammurabi of Mesopotamia. The code was influential in the establishment of Hebrew and Islamic law and in the U.S. judiciary system. It specified crimes and punishments to help judges impose penalties.8
414724708Hanging GardensGardens at the palace of the New Babylonian empire (600-550 B.C.E.) that showed off its great wealth and luxury. Built by Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon and considered a wonder of the ancient world.9
414724709HittitesA people from central Anatolia who established an empire in Anatolia and Syria in the Late Bronze Age. With wealth from the trade in metals and military power based on chariot forces, the hittites vied with New Kingdom Egypt over Syria. Group that settles in central Anatolia around 2000 B.C.E., establishes powerful kingdoms, conquers the Babylonian empire in 1595 B.C.E., and dissolves about 1200 B.C.E. Technological feats include iron metallurgy and light horse-drawn chariots.10
414724710Indo-EuropeansSeries of tribes from southern Russia who, over a period of millennia, embarked on a series of migrations from India through western Europe; their greatest legacy was the broad distribution of Indo-European languages throughout Eurasia.11
414724711IronMaterial used for weapons and tools that became cheap and more widely available around 1000 B.C.E.12
414724712Lex talionis"law of retaliation," laws in which offenders suffered punishments similar to their crimes; the most famous example is Hammurabi's laws.13
414724713MesopotamiaFirst civilization located between the Tigris & Eurphrates Rivers in present day Iraq; term means "land between the rivers;" Sumerian culture. Term meaning "between the rivers," in this case the Tigris and Euphrates; Sumer and Akkad are two of the earliest societies.14
414724714MonotheismBelief in only one god, a rare concept in the ancient world.15
414724715PatriarchySystem of social organization in which males dominate the family and where public institutions, descent, and succession are traced through the male line.16
414724716PhoeniciansSemitic-speaking Canaanites living on the coast of modern Lebanon and Syria in the first millennium B.C.E. From major cities such as Tyre and Sidon, Phoenician merchants and sailors explored the Mediterranean, and engaged in widespread commerce.17
414724717SumeriansPeople who dominated Southern Mesopotamia through the end of the 3rd Millennium BCE. Responsible for the creation of irrigation technology, cunieform, and religious conceptions.18
414724718Ten CommandmentsA set of laws for responsible behavior, which, according to the Bible, were given to Moses by God.19
414724719Torah"The law" of the Jewish faith; first five books of the Hebrew Bible.20
414724720UrduA Persian-influenced literary form of Hindi written in Arabic characters and used as a literary language since the 1300s. The official literary language of Pakistan, closely related to Hindi.21
414724721YahwehGod of the monotheistic religion of Judaism that influenced later Christianity and Islam.22
414724722ZigguratsA temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories.23

Chapter 18 Review for Final Flashcards

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409849445Warm Water PortsMost sought after by Russians0
409849446Ivan III (The Great)Freed Russia from Tatar control, increased military strength, Orthodox Christianity, never adopt Mongol culture, agricultural society, 3rd Rome1
409849447Tsar (Czar)"Caesar", ruler of Russia2
409849448Ivan IV (The Terrible)Kills the boyars, continues expansion, emphasizes autocracy3
409849449CossacksPeasant adventurers, pioneers, like planters, go West and South4
409849450ExpansionInto Eastern Europe and Central Asia, trade with Southeast Asia, adds to Russian culture5
409849451Russian tradeExports raw, imports finished, backward mercantilism6
409849452Time of TroublesIvan IV dies without heir, outside invasion from Swedes and Poles7
409849453Romanov FamilyPicked to be new Tsar after Time of Troubles8
409849454Michael RomanovDrove invaders, re-established political control, revives expansion9
409849455Alexis RomanovAbolishes assembly to be an absolute monarch, successor to Michael, takes power from Church10
409849456Old BelieversPeople who didn't like state power over church, sentences to death in Siberia11
409849457AutocracyForm of absolutism, one dictator monarch12
409849458Peter the GreatWanted to make Russia European13
409849459Stuff Peter the Great didEmbraced absolutism, Western military organization, Capital -> St. Petersburg, Western bureaucracy, training for civil servants, mining and metal industries, increasing role of women, western clothing/culture, western academics/institutes (Ballet), Westernization for upper class only14
409849460Peter IIIRelated to Peter the Great, ascends to throne15
409849461Catherine the GreatGerman, Peter III's wife, rules for him, in between enlightened despot and Absolutist, converted people to Orthodox, expanded16
409849462Pugachev RebellionPeasant uprising, excuse to extend central power to regional affairs17
409849463Partitions of PolandThree partitions that annex basically all of Poland18
409849464Russia and U.STwo giants of the future according to Alexis de Tocqueville19
409849465Serfdom1/2 of the peasantry, tied to landlords, fixed hereditary status, essentially slavery, highly taxed, illiterate20
409849466AgrarianType of economy21
409849467Kiev and MoscowTwo major trading cities22

Vocab Revew: 1-50 Flashcards

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385276623Abbasid Empire750-1258, Golden age of Islam, capital in Baghdad, focused on institutions and economic expansion, ethnic equality, problems were rifts with the Perisans/Shia.0
385276624Abu BakrCompanion of 1st muslim leader after Muhammad. Regarded by Sunni's as the 1st caliph and rightful succesor. The Shi'ah regard him as a traitor of Muhammad. Known as best interpretter of dreams following Muhammad's death.1
385276625Ahimsaa Buddhist and Hindu and especially Jainist doctrine holding that all forms of life are sacred and urging the avoidance of violence2
385276626AkbarMost illustrious sultan of the Mughal Empire in India (r. 1556-1605). He expanded the empire and pursued a policy of conciliation with Hindus. (p. 536)3
385276627Alexander the Greatking of Macedon, son of Philip II; received military training in Macedonian army and was a student of Aristotle; great leader; conquered much land in Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, and Mesopotamia; goal was to conquer the known world4
385276628Algerian War of Independencea conflict between France and Algerian independence movements from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria gaining its independence from France5
385276629Ali Jinnahin British empire, started the Muslim League and pushed for the Muslim country of Pakistan, convinced secular nationalist, accepted Pakistan in the end6
385276630AmericanizationProcess of assimilating immigrants into American culture by teaching English, American history, and citizenship7
385276631AnatoliaThe peninsula between the Mediterranean and the Black Seas that is now occupied by most of Turkey; also called Asia Minor8
385276632Angkor Wata temple complex built in the Khmer Empire and dedicated to the Hindu God, Vishnu.9
385276633Apartheida social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against non-whites10
385276634Athensthe capital and largest city of Greece, Powerful city in Ancient Greece that was a leader in arts, sciences, philosophy, democracy and architecture.11
385276635Auschwitza Nazi concentration camp for Jews in southwestern Poland during World War II12
385276636Austro-Hungarian EmpireAlso known as Austria-Hungary, or the Hapsburg Empire, as it was ruled by the Habsburg monarchy from 1867 to 1918. Austria-Hungary extended over most of central Europe. It was composed the modern day countries of Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, as well as parts of present-day Poland, Romania, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.13
385276637Aztecgroup from the north that invaded central Mexico; were first wandering warriors; built their capital city at Tenochtitlan; increased their power until they dominated central Mexico; built causeways, pyramids, marketplaces, and palaces; adopted many customs from other cultures; used chinamapas for farming; militaristic society; known for human sacrifice and dedication to the sun god; ended when conquered by Spanish explorers in the 1500s14
385276638Balfour Decreea letter from the United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Baron Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland.15
385276639BalkanPeninsula where Greece is located16
385276640Bantu Migrationthe movement of the bantu peoples southward throghout africa, spreading their language and culture, from around 500 b.c. to around A.D 100017
385276641BarbariansNorthern Tribes who invaded and sacked Rome, Generic term for foreign invaders of a different religion.18
385276642Barrack Emperorsthe line of emperors that covered 100 years and 29 rulers of which only 4 died of natural causes.19
385276643Bay of PigsIn April 1961, a group of Cuban exiles organized and supported by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency landed on the southern coast of Cuba in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro. When the invasion ended in disaster, President Kennedy took full responsibility for the failure.20
385276644Betty FriedanUnited States feminist who founded a national organization for women (born in 1921)21
385276645Boxer Rebellion1899 rebellion in Beijing, China started by a secret society of Chinese who opposed the "foreign devils". The rebellion was ended by British troops22
385276646Brahminthe highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category23
385276647Brezhnev DoctrinePolicy proclaimed in 1968 and declaring that the Soviet Union had the right to intervene in any Socialist country whenever it determined there was a need.24
385276648British East India CompanyA joint stock company that controlled most of India during the period of imperialism. This company controlled the political, social, and economic life in India for more than 200 years.25
385276649Buddhismthe teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth26
385276650Byzantine EmpireHistorians' name for the eastern portion of the Roman Empire from the fourth century onward, taken from 'Byzantion,' an early name for Constantinople, the Byzantine capital city. The empire fell to the Ottomans in 1453. (250)27
385276651Caste Systema set of rigid social categories that determined not only a person's occupation and economic potential, but also his or her position in society28
385276652Chiang Kai-shekGeneral and leader of Nationalist China after 1925. Although he succeeded Sun Yat-sen as head of the Guomindang, he became a military dictator whose major goal was to crush the communist movement led by Mao Zedong. (p. 788)29
385276653Chingis Khanwas the founder, ruler and emperor of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death; conquered the principality of Kiev and ruled the Russians for next 240 years30
385276654Chinese RevolutionA political revolution in China led by Mao Zedong. After several years of fighting the Kuomintang, the communists won control of the country in 1949.31
385276655Collectivizationsystem in which private farms were eliminated, instead, the government owned all the land while the peasants worked on it.32
385276656Colombian ExchangeThe exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages33
385276657Confucius and his Beliefshe believed in listening to his teachers, he had five basic relationships husband and wife, father and son, older and younger brother, friend and friend, and ruler and subject.34
385276658ConstantineEmperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)35
385276659ConstantinoplePreviously known as Byzantium, Constantine changed the name of the city and moved the capitol of the Roman Empire here from Rome.36
385276660Cotes1. Wanted to conquer the Aztec Empire and to steel their gold. 2. Wanted to claim land for Spain 3. The city of Veracruz 4. Explored much of inland Mexico37
385276661Crusadesa series of military expeditions in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries by Westrn European Christians to reclain control of the Holy Lands from the Muslims38
385276662CrusadesA series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule.39
385276663Cuban Revolution(1958) A political revolution that removed the United States supported Fugencio Batista from power. The revolution was led by Fidel Castro who became the new leader of Cuba as a communist dictator.40
385276664Cubisman artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes41
385276665Cultural Revolutiona radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard42
385276666DaoismChinese School of Thought: Daoists believe that the world is always changing and is devoid of absolute morality or meaning. They accept the world as they find it, avoid futile struggles, and deviate as little as possible from the Dao, or 'path' of nature.43
385276667Declaration of the Rights of ManStatement of fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution.44
385276668Deng XiaopingCommunist Party leader who forced Chinese economic reforms after the death of Mao Zedong. (p. 862)45
385276669Dollar DiplomacyTerm used to describe the efforts of the US to further its foreign policy through use of economic power by gaurenteeing loans to foreign countries46
385276670Eightfold pathright views, right thought, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right endeavor, right awareness, and right contemplation. seen as the "midle way"47
385276671Elizabeth Cady StantonA member of the women's right's movement in 1840. She was a mother of seven, and she shocked other feminists by advocating suffrage for women at the first Women's Right's Convention in Seneca, New York 1848. Stanton read a "Declaration of Sentiments" which declared "all men and women are created equal."48
385276672Enlightenmenta movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions49

AP US History: World War II Flashcards

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383094941Stimson DoctrineDeclared that the United States would not recognize any territorial acquisitions achieved by force; instigated by Japan's conquest of Manchuria; marked failure of collective security
383094942Neutrality ActsExpressions of commitment to isolationism; drew support from Washington's Farewell Address
383094943Lend-Lease ProgramAuthorized sale of surplus military equipment to the Allies; used to help Great Britain and the USSR resist Germany
383094944Pearl HarborOccurred in response to the US's embargo on Japan-bound supplies; took place after Japan's negotiations with the United States had reached a stalemate
383094945World War II StrategyStrategy to first defeat Germany and then attack Japan; US couldn't allow Hitler to defeat Great Britain and the USSR
383094946Good Neighbor PolicyUS relations with Latin America; renounced the right to intervene in Latin America; sought greater cooperation with the nations of Latin America to guard against fascism
383094947PhilippinesUS promised to grant their independence; did so in 1946
383094948Big ThreeStalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt; demanded surrender of Germany and Japan; held final meeting at Yalta in February of 1945; presence of Soviet troops in Poland limited Roosevelt's option
383094949Military SpendingRevived US economy and decreased unemployment; helped US emerge from Great Depression
383094950Price ControlsUsed during war to halt inflation; also established a rationing system on consumer goods
383094951African AmericansContinued moving from the South to the North and West; helped by Roosevelt's act preventing discrimination in defense industries
383094952Rosie the RiveterNickname given during World War II to American women who did industrial work in the 1940s; brought many who were married into the work force
383094953InternmentJapanese Americans were sent to relocation centers during the war on charge they were a potential security threat
383094954Korematsu v. United StatesChallenged constitutionality of internment of Japanese Americans; upheld its constitutionality as a wartime necessity
383094955Manhattan ProjectPlan to develop the atomic bomb; United States was the only country that had them
383094956Atomic BombJustified under assumption that using conventional weapons would lead to more American deaths; Japanese would surrender quickly; prevent Soviet intervention; and convince the USSR to be cooperative in postwar plans

Chapter 3 The Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century

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129037410Captain John SmithOriginal Jamestown settler. He organized colonists and helped them survive by listening to the Indians. Without him the colony would have most likely collapsed. Told the story of how pocahontas saved him.
129037411PowhatanChief of the Algonquian Confederacy and father to Pocahontas. At the time of the English settlement of Jamestown in 1607, he was a friend to John Smith and John Rolfe. When Smith was captured by Indians, The Cheif left Smith's fate in the hands of his warriors. His daughter saved John Smith, and the Jamestown colony. Pocahontas and John Rolfe were wed, and there was a time of peace between the Indians and English until his death.
129037412Algonquian IndiansMidwestern states of Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, as well as all of New England, eastern New York, New Jersey, the Chesapeake Bay area and in addition to most of Canada
129037413Pocahontasa Powhatan woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617)
129037414John RolfeHe was one of the English settlers at Jamestown (and he married Pocahontas). He discovered how to successfully grow tobacco in Virginia and cure it for export, which made Virginia an economically successful colony.
129037415Virginia CompanyJoint stock company received charter from King James I; Promises of Gold-passage through Americas to Indies/ Guaranteed English would have same rights in New world as in England.
129037416Jamestownfirst permanent English settlement, located near the Chesapeake Bay
129037417Opechancanoughchief of native confederacy after brother Powhatan died, led efforts to defend Indian lands from European, 1644 led unsuccessful uprising -last time Powhatans challenged eastern regions of colony.
129037418House of Burgessesthe first elected legislative assembly in the New World established in the Colony of Virginia in 1619, representative colony set up by England to make laws and levy taxes but England could veto its legistlative acts.
129037419Tobaccostaple of the early Virginia economy, its exclusive planting made it necessary to import food
129037420headrightsystem set up by the London Company that gave hundreds acres of land to colonists who paid their own way to Virginia
129037421indentured servantsmainstay of the labor needs in many colonies, especially in the Chesapeake regions in the seventeenth century; they were "rented slaves" who served four to seven years and then were freed to make their way in the world. Most of the servants were from ranks of the poor, political dissenters, Blacks, and criminals in England.
129037422Lord BaltimoreFounded the colony of Maryland and offered religious freedom to all Christian colonists. He did so because he knew that members of his own religion (Catholicism) would be a minority in the colony.
129037423yeomanman or farmer owning small estate; middle-class farmer
129037424Navigational Actsdesigned to make sure England recieved money from the colonists' trade: 1. all shipping had to be done on English ships or ships made in English colonies, 2. tobacco, sugar, wood, etc. can only be sold to England, 3. European imports have to pass through English ports, 4. there's a tax on any goods not shipped to England
129037425Governor William BerkeleyHe was a British colonial governor of Virginia from 1642-52. He showed that he had favorites in his second term which led to the Bacon's rebellion in 1676 ,which he ruthlessly surpressed. He had poor frontier defense.
129037426Mercantilismtransactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
129037427Bacon's Rebellionan uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony, led by Nathaniel Bacon. It was the first rebellion in the American colonies in which discontented frontiersmen took part; a similar uprising in Maryland occurred later that year. The uprising was a protest against the governor of Virginia, William Berkeley.
129037428Nathaniel Bacona farmer in the backcountry, his resentment of Berkeley and the unbalanced power of the Virginia government, lead to a rebellion, by him and other backcountry farmers. When Berkeley refused to let the man and other farmers fight nearby Indians, he went into Jamestown, with his own militia, burned most of the city, and drove Berkeley out of town.
129037429grandeeselite planters
129037430Pueblo IndiansThey were located in the Rio Grande Valley and constructed intricate systems to water their cornfields. They were dwelling in villages of multistoried terraced buildings when Spanish explorers made contact with them in the sixteenth century.
129037431Barbadosthis Caribbean island developed close commercial ties with Southern Carolina, where many of its natives immigrated to, bringing along their ideas of a slave- based plantation society.Large percent of Puritans imigrated here.

2016/17 APWH Unit One Content Vocab JHHS Flashcards

Covers the ap world vocabulary for the first unit

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406109915Mesopotamialand between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in Southwest Asia, home to the first civilization in the world the Sumerians, in modern day Iraq0
406109916Nile River Valleythe area of land surrounding the Nile River in North Africa, became home to the second known civilization, the Egyptians, in modern day Egypt1
2683878205Indus River Valleythe area of land around the Indus River in South Asia, gave birth to the Harappan and Mohenjo-Daro people, in modern day Pakistan2
406109913Harappa and Mohenjo-Darotwo city-states of the Indus River Valley, earliest complex society on the Indian subcontinent, well known for their city planning3
406109914Yellow River Valleythe area of land surrounding the Yellow River in East Asia, home to the Shang Dynasty, in modern day China4
5059331138Andean South AmericaHome of the Chavin5
5059335046Papua New GuineaHome of the Polynesians and point of departure for their migrations6
406109911Paleolithicthe name given to the Old Stone Age, the time period where most humans were hunter-gatherers7
406109912Neolithicthe name given to the New Stone Age, when humans began domestication of both plants (agriculture) and animals (pastoralism)8
77184086Cuneiformworld's first writing system, an ancient wedge-shaped script first used in Mesopotamia9
5059342457ziggurattemple com massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mudbricks. It is associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian city-states10
77184090Code of Hammurabiworld's first written code of laws, created by Hammurabi, a Babylonian king (died 1750 BC) There were nearly 300 laws based on the concept of "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth".11
406109920Hebrew MonotheismEarly group of people who lived in lands between Mesopotamia and Egypt. Their beliefs in one god became the basis for the later religion Judaism.12
77184089Mandate of HeavenChinese religious and political ideology developed by the Zhou, according to which it was the prerogative of Heaven to grant power to the ruler of China and to take away that power if the ruler failed to conduct himself justly and in the best interests of his subjects.13
77184085Middle Kingdomthe Chinese belief that they were superior to all others because they were in the middle of the world, between heaven and earth.14
77184088Vedic Religiona religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms, later became known as Hinduism15
2683902935Agricultural/ Neolithic RevolutionA time when people changed from hunting and gathering food to domesticating plants and animals16
2683953512End of the last Ice AgeWhen the long period of cold weather when huge sheets of ice covered part of the Earth's surface ended, the earth thawed leading to the Agricultural Revolution17
406098296Aryan MigrationNomads that belonged to one of many groups of speakers of Indo-European languages who migrated from Central Asia to South Asia beginning around 1500BCE18
5059350006Bantu MigrationThe movement of the Bantu peoples southward throughout Africa, spreading their language and culture, from around 1500 BCE to around 1000 CE19
2683960333SumeriansThe first civilization in history, settled in Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, they were the first people to invent the wheel and plow (a tool used for farming). They may have been the first people to discover agriculture and create an irrigation system.20
2683960334BabyloniansA group of people who conquered the Sumerians. They had a very famous king named Hammurabi.21
77184091AbrahamConsidered the founder of Judaism who, according to the Bible, led his family from Ur to Canaan in obedience to God's command.22
2683960722EgyptiansThe people of the Nile River Valley who had a highly centralized govt, lots of peasants and farmers, divine king-pharaoh, architecture-pyramids, and were obsessed with afterlife23
5059353666HatshepsutFirst female ruler in history, she ruled Egypt (1473-1458 B.C.E.). Dispatched a naval expedition down the Red Sea to Punt (possibly Somalia), the faraway source of myrrh. There is evidence of opposition to a woman as ruler, and after her death her name was frequently expunged.24
2683961362HittitesA people from central Anatolia who established an empire in Turkey and Syria in the Late Bronze Age. With wealth from the trade in metals and military power based on chariot forces, they often fought with the Egyptians.25
406109917Shang Dynastyearliest complex society in East Asia, well known for their bronze work, the first dynasty ruling China, settled in the Yellow River Valley26
2683961364Zhou Dynastydisplaced Shang Dynasty; overtook Yangtze River Valley (Middle Kingdom); created the Mandate of Heaven27
406109921Olmecthe first Mesoamerican civilization, flourished from 1200-400BCE in modern day Mexico28
2683962287Chavinthe first major South American civilization, which flourished in the highlands of what is now Peru from about 900 to 200 B.C.29
26839801338,000BCEserves as the ending date of the Paleolithic Age and the beginning of the Neolithic Age30
2683981316600BCEserves as the ending date of unit one31

Geometry Terms

Geometry terms, triangles/ angles

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88843192rhombusquadrilateral with all four sides congruent
88843193acute trianglea triangle with all three angles less than 90 degrees
88843194squareregular quadrilateral
88843195isosceles triangletriangle with two equal sides
88843196perimetersum of the lengths of the sides
88843197obtuse triangletraingle with one angle more than 90 degrees
88843198kitequadrilateral that has two pairs of adjacent sides the same length
88843199diagonala line segment connecting non-adjacent vertices of a polygon
88843200convexevery line segment connecting interior points that is entirely contained with the figure's interior
88843201parallelogramquadrilateral that has two pairs of opposite sides that are parallel
88843202right triangletriangle with one right (90 degree) angle
88843203rectanglequadrilateral with four right angles
88843204trapezoidquadrilateral that has one pair of opposite sides that are parallel
88843205equilateral triangletraingle with three equal sides
88843206polygona closed plane figure for which all sides are line segments
88843207scalene triangletraingle with all three sides unequal
88843208concavea shape or solid which has a "cave" in it
88843209congruentsame size and shape
90353928equiangular polygonAll of the angles equal each other
90353929regular polygonAll the sides and angles are the same
90353930vertex anglePoint at which two line segments intersect (forming an angle)
90353931basecongruent angles sharing a vertex
90353932vertexThe rays of an angle are also known as this
90353933equilateral polygonAll the sides equal each other
90353934base anglethe angle opposite one of the equilateral sides in an isoscoles triangle
94819171colinearpoints on the same line
94819172bisecta ray that divides an angle in half
94819173midpointthe center point of the line
94819174endpointa point that ends a line
94819175degreeA unit of measure for angles and arcs equivalent to 1/360 of a rotation around a circle.
94819176supplementary angletwo angles with a sum of 180 degrees
94819177complementary angletwo angles with a sum of 90 degrees
94819178right anglethe 90 degree angle
94819179obtuse angleAn angle that measures more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees
94819180acute anglean angle less than 90 degrees but more than 0 degrees
94819181linear pairtwo angles that share a vertex and a common side
94819182consecutiveone after the other, interior angles are supplementary
94819183quadrilaterala four-sided polygon
94819184rhombusa parallelogram with 4 congruent sides
94819185hexagona polygon with 6 sides
94819186pentagona five-sided polygon
94819187octagonA polygon with 8 sides
94819188parallelLines that stay the same distance apart and never meet.
94819189perpendicularintersecting at or forming right angles
110456567pointto indicate a location on a line or plane
110456568linea straight, continuous arrangement of many points
110459660planea flat surface that extends infinitely in all directions
110459661coplanarpoints on the same plane
110459662line segmenta line with two endpoints
110459663rayan endpoint with a continuous line of infinite points
110459664angletwo noncollinear rays having a common endpoint
110459665sidescongruent angles sharing a vertex
110459666segment addition postulateAB + BC = AC
110459667angle addition postulate
110459668consecutive anglesangles that share one side in common
110459669consecutive verticesin a polygon two vertices that are endpoints of the same line
110459670consecutive sidessides in a polygon that are connected by a vertex
110459671correspondingagreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree
110459672equilateralall sides are congruent
110459673equiangularhaving all angles equal
110459674regularangles and sides are congruent
110459675angle bisectorCuts in half
111706108lega side of a right triangle that include the 90 degree angle
111706109assumption...
111706110statementa message that is stated or declared
111706111reasonthink logically
111706112given...
111706113reflexiveevery triangle is congruent to itself
111706114polyhedraA three dimensional shape with flat surfaces, no holes, straight edges
111706115tetrahedroncomposed of four equilateral triangles, each three of which meet in a point
111706116cubea three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
111706117octahedronan eight-sided solid figure
111706118icosahedrona regular polyhedron with 20 triangular faces is called a(n)
111706119irregular polyhedrapolygons that are composed of elements that are not all equal.
111706120facea polygonal region of a surface
111706121sidecongruent angles sharing a vertex
111706122edgea segment that helps to make up a face
111866918vertical anglesare congruent and are equal to each other
111866919heptagonpolygon with 7 sides
111866920nonagonpolygon with 9 sides
111866921decagonpolygon with 10 sides
111866922dodecagonpolygon with 12 sides
111866923transversalline that intersects two or more other coplanar lines
111866924alternate interior anglesangles between 2 lines and on opposite sides of a transversal
111866925alternate exterior anglesAngles that lie outside a pair of lines and on opposite sides of a transversal.
111866926corresponding anglesangles in the same place on different lines
111866927perpendicular bisectorA line that is perpendicular to a segment at its midpoint.

Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas

Questions on the Mezo-American test.

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387165492MayaALL OF THE ANSWERS ARE EITHER "Maya" "Aztec" or "Inca" NOTHING ELSE!!!!!! The answer to this is Maya.
385633488MayaThe spanish destroyed the books of the _____ because they thought they were evil.
385633469AztecTenochtitlan was the capital of which civilization?
385633490MayaCivil wars, epidemics, droughts, and hurricanes may have weakened the _____ civilization.
385633478IncaInti was the name of which civilization's sun god?
385633479IncaThere were 10,000 miles of roads in the _______ empire.
385633468AztecA priest looked in the book of fate in what civilization?
385633485MayaTikal is the largest city of the _____ civilization.
385633475IncaCuzco was the capital of which civilization?
385633476IncaThe quipis helped which civilization with counting?
385633477IncaFrancisco Pizzarro defeated which civilization?
385633470AztecNahuatl was the language of what civilization?
385633483MayaThere is a great mystery about the _____ civilization.
385633473AztecA ticitl, or shaman, was in which civilization?
385633480IncaTrapezoid was the shape of ______ doors and windows.
385633467AztecTelpuchcalli was what the _____ called their schools.
385633481IncaMachu Picchu is the best preserved _____ city.
385633474AztecYauhtli and Iztauhyats were common medicines in which civilization?
385633482MayaWhich civilization tied objects to their children's foreheads to get their eyes to cross?
385633484MayaWhich civilization thought that humans were made of corn?
385633486MayaChichen Itza was a city of which civilization?
385633487MayaThe _____ got their writing from the Olmecs.
385633471AztecTlatchti was the most important _____ game.
385633489MayaWhich civilization ended/disbanded in 850 AD?
385633472AztecWhich civilization used canals as major "roads"?
385633466AztecMontezuma was the emperor in which civilization?

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