Ch. 1-3 Vocab/Ppl for Vocab Quiz Flashcards
AP World History
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| 251839328 | Agrarian revolution | change in farming methods in the 1600s that improved the quality and quantity of farm products | 0 | |
| 251839329 | City-states | basic units of Sumerian civilization | 1 | |
| 251839330 | Civilization | a society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes | 2 | |
| 251839331 | Cuneiform | Sumerian writing made by pressing a wedge-shaped tool into clay tablets | 3 | |
| 251839332 | Domestication | the taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food | 4 | |
| 251839333 | Ideographic symbols | pictographic characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing; allowed for easier and more complex communication | 5 | |
| 251839334 | Matrilineal | based on or tracing descent through the female line | 6 | |
| 251839335 | Neolithic Revolution | the shift from hunting of animals and gathering of food to the keeping of animals and the growing of food on a regular basis around 8,000 BC | 7 | |
| 251839336 | Nomads | people with no permanent home; move from place to place in search of food, | 8 | |
| 251839337 | Paleolithic Age; (OLD STONE:) | characterized by the use of stone tools and hunting and gathering, extending from about 2 million years ago to 10,000 years ago. | 9 | |
| 251839338 | Pastoralism | a type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter` | 10 | |
| 251839339 | Prehistoric | before written history | 11 | |
| 251839340 | Social differentation | is the process by which different statuses develop in any group, organization, or society. | 12 | |
| 251839341 | Ziggurats | temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshipped | 13 | |
| 251839342 | Hammurabi | King of the Babylonian empire; creator of the Code of Hammurabi, for Sumer & Mesopotamia, Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC) | 14 | |
| 251839343 | Analects | a record of the words and acts of the central Chinese thinker and philosopher Confucius and his disciples | 15 | |
| 251839344 | Daoism | philosophical system developed by of Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events | 16 | |
| 251839345 | dynasty | a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family | 17 | |
| 251839346 | Great Wall | Chinese defensive fortification built to keep out northern nomadic invaders; began during the reign of Shi Huangdi. | 18 | |
| 251839347 | Legalists | Chinese philosophy believed that people were evil by nature and that only strict laws and harsh punishments would make society better. | 19 | |
| 251839348 | "mean people" | people of the lowest status; did unskilled jobs; wore a green scarf to show their status; punished harsher for crimes; | 20 | |
| 251839349 | Silk Roads | the most famous of the trading routes established by pastoral nomads connecting the European, Indian, and Chinese; transmitted goods and ideas among civilizations | 21 | |
| 251839350 | Shi Huangdi | founder of the Qin dynasty and China's first emperor | 22 | |
| 251839351 | Confucius | founder of confucianism; chinese philosphere and teacher; his belifs,known as confusoinism greatly influenced chinese life | 23 | |
| 251839352 | Lao-zi | Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism, which emphasizes the Tao, the inevitable and harmonious way of the universe. | 24 | |
| 251839353 | Wudi | ruled the chinese empire from 140-86 b.c; brought the han dynasty to its peak; expanded the chinese empire; made confusionism the state religion | 25 | |
| 251839354 | dharma | In Hindu belief, a person's religious and moral duties | 26 | |
| 251839355 | Guptas | dynasty the succeeded the Kushans in the 3rd century CE; built empire that extended to all but the southern regions of Indian subcontinent; less centralized than Mauryan Empire; claimed divine rule; demanding system of taxation; established universities | 27 | |
| 251839356 | gurus | Originally referred to as Brahmans who served as teachers for the princes of the imperial court of the Guptas | 28 | |
| 251839357 | karma | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation | 29 | |
| 251839358 | Mahabharata | (Hinduism) a sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in many episodes with the struggle between two rival families | 30 | |
| 251839359 | mandala | "Sacred circle": Buddhist diagram of the cosmos; sand painting; represents the impermanence of life | 31 | |
| 251839360 | Mauryas | dynasty established in Indian subcontinent in 4th century BCE following invasion by Alexander the Great The first great indian empire. Created by chandragupta. | 32 | |
| 251839361 | nirvana | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that ends the cycle of reincarnation | 33 | |
| 251839362 | Ramayana | A Hindu epic written in Sanskrit that describes the adventures of the king Rama and his queen | 34 | |
| 251839363 | 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 | 35 | |
| 251839364 | Sanskrit | (Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism) | 36 | |
| 251839365 | stupas | Stone shrines built to house pieces of bone and personal possessions said to be relics of the Buddha; preserved Buddhist architectural forms. | 37 | |
| 251839366 | untouchables | LOWEST LEVEL OF INDIAN SOCIETY; not considered a real part of the caste system; often given degrading jobs; their life was extremely difficult | 38 | |
| 251839367 | Upanishads | A group of writings sacred in Hinduism concerning the relations of humans, God, and the universe., A group of writings sacred in Hinduism concerning the relations of humans, God, and the universe. | 39 | |
| 251839368 | Buddha | An Indian prince named Siddhartha Gautama, who renounced his wealth and social position. After becoming 'enlightened' (the meaning of Buddha) he enunciated the principles of Buddhism. | 40 | |
| 251839369 | Chandragupta Mauryan | He founded India's first empire. He was an Indian prince who conquered a large area in the Ganges River valley soon after Alexander invaded western India. | 41 | |
| 251839370 | Ashoka | Third ruler of the Mauryan Empire in India (r. 270-232 B.C.E.). He converted to Buddhism and broadcast his precepts on inscribed stones and pillars, the earliest surviving Indian writing. | 42 | |
| 251839371 | Chandra Gupta | Who: Ruler and founder of the Gupta Dynasty. What: Unified all the provinces in the Ganges Valley. Where: Ganges Valley, north India. When: ~320-?. Why: Founded the Golden Age in India | 43 |