AP World History Vocab Chapter 3 Jacob Karafa Flashcards

190376991	friezes	the decorative pattern around the top of the building just above the columns, horizontal designs on walls	0
190376992	propitiated	To conciliate (an offended power); appease; ease the anger or agitation of; gain the favor of or make peace with	1
190376993	autocratic	offensively self-assured or exercising usually unwarranted power, characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule	2
190376994	artha	Material success and social prestige, one of the four goals of life, economic and political goals	3
190376995	karma	worldly pleasures, (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation	4
190376996	Aryabhatta	was a great Mathematician. Born during the Gupta empire. He claimed pi to 3.1415927, found length of a solar year, calculated circumference of the Earth	5
190376997	concept of zero	Allowed Indians to count higher more easily, helped with trade, through it the decimal system was developed	6
190376998	Kanishka	Greatest of the Kushan emperors and supported Buddhism.	7
190376999	cadre	a nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion, a group of trained, highly skilled people of training others	8
190377000	mundane	belonging to this earth or world, found in the ordinary course of events	9