AP World History Vocab Chapter 2 Jacob Karafa Flashcards

190071848	syncretism	the blending of traits from different cultures to create new, combined cultural elements (art, etc.)	0
190071849	the Analects	a collection of moral and ethical principles and sayings taught by Confucius, (written by his students after his death)	1
190071850	despotic	characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule, ruling oppressively and absolutely; tyrannical	2
190071851	amalgam	a combination of diverse elements; a mixture (in this case, a mixture of Chinese beliefs influenced by Confucius)	3
190071852	Wu Ti	Han "Warrior Emperor" who greatly expanded the empire and enforced peace and prosperity	4
190071853	civic virtue	notion that democracy depended on unselfish commitment to the public good, the willingness to work for the good of the nation or community even at great sacrifice.	5
190071854	disseminated	Scattered widely over other areas, spread out	6
190071855	Five Classics	A corpus of texts considered authoritative by the early Confucians. They include poetry, historical, speeches, chronicles, ritual, and divination, Texts used to train scholars and civil servants in ancient China	7
190071856	Classic of Songs	a Confucian collection of over 300 poems dealing with love, joy, politics, and family life, (part of the basis of literature in Chinese tradition)	8
190071857	three main social groups of China	1. landowning aristocracy and educated bureaucrats 2. laboring masses: peasants and urban artisans 3. "mean" people, (unskillful, household slaves, performing artists)	9
190071858	Mencius	major follower of Confucius; stressed that humans were essentially good and that governments required the consent of their subjects.	10