ap world ch 2 Flashcards

201423337	Loess	A fine light silt deposited by wind and water. It composites the fertile soil of the yellow river valley.	1
201423338	Shang	The dominate people in the earliest chinese dynasty in which we have written records	2
201423339	Divination	Techniques used to ascertain the future or the will of the gods by interpreting natural Phenomena.	3
201423340	Zhou	The people and Dynasty that took over the dominate northern china from the Shang and created the mandate of heaven to justify thier rule	4
201423341	Mandate of heaven	The chinese religous and political ideology developed by the Zhou in which the prerogative of heaven the chief deity, to grant power to the ruler of china and to take away that power if, the ruler failed to conduct himself justly and the best intrest of his subjects.	5
201423342	Legalism	In china, the political philosophy that emphasized the unruliness of human nature and justified state coercion and control.	6
201423343	Conficus	Western name for the chinese philosopher named Kongzi.	7
201423344	Llama	A hoofed animal indigenous to the Andes mountains in south America.	8
201423345	Chavin	The first major urban civilization in south america.	9
201423346	Olmec	The first mesoamerican civilization.	10
201423347	Meroe	Capital of a flourishing kingdom in southern nubia from the 4th century b.c.	11
201423348	Kush	An egyptian name for Nubia the region alongside the nile river south of egypt where an indigenous kingdom with its own distinctive institutions and cultural traditions	12
201423349	Yin/Yang	In chinese belief , complementary factors that help to maintain the equilibrium of the world.	13
201423350	Daoism	Chinese school of thought, originating in the warring states period.	14