APWH-notecards #7,8 and 9 Flashcards
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| 225848783 | Aristotle | one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers | 0 | |
| 225848784 | Dharma | in Hinduism, the duties and obligations of each caste | 1 | |
| 225848785 | Geocentric Theory | Theory that Earth is the center of the universe | 2 | |
| 225848786 | latifundia | large farming estates in ancient Rome | 3 | |
| 225848787 | Nirvana | in Buddhist teachings, the ideal state in which the individual loses himself in the attainment of an impersonal beatitude | 4 | |
| 225848788 | Sati | a ritual that required a woman to throw herself on her late husband's funeral pyre or burn herself. This was done gladly and if a woman didn't comply with this she would be disgraced. | 5 | |
| 225848789 | Yin and Yang | two forces in the universe, according to Chinese Theory: Yin is the passive, negative force, and Yang the active, positive force | 6 | |
| 225848790 | Reincarnation | the Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of hell) depending on the person's own actions | 7 | |
| 225848791 | New Testament | the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other Epistles, and Revelation | 8 | |
| 225848792 | Karma | In Hindu belief, all the actions that affect a person's fate in the next life | 9 | |
| 225848793 | Filial Piety | in Confucian thought, one of the virtues to be cultivated, a love and respect for one's parents and ancestors | 10 | |
| 225848794 | Democracy | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | 11 | |
| 225848795 | Aristocracy | A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility | 12 | |
| 225848796 | Twelve Tables | the earliest written collection of Roman laws, drawn up by patricians about 450B.C., that became the foundation of Roman law | 13 | |
| 225848797 | Artisan | a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft | 14 | |
| 225848798 | Disciple | someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another | 15 | |
| 225848799 | Hellenistic Age | Greek culture spread across western Asia and northeastern Africa after the conquests of Alexander the Great. | 16 | |
| 225848800 | Messiah | a savior in Judaism and Christianity | 17 | |
| 225848801 | Pax Romana | A period of peace and prosperity throughout the Roman Empire, lasting from 27 B.C. to A.D. 180. | 18 | |
| 225848802 | Shamanism | an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans | 19 | |
| 225848803 | Zoroastrianism | Persian religion founded by Zoroaster; taught that humans had the freedom to choose between right and wrong, and that goodness would triumph in the end | 20 |