Ap World History review Flashcards
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| 169238549 | What is a civilization? | economic system, political organization, moral code(religion), written language and intellectual tradition, division of labor | 0 | |
| 169238550 | Shang dynasty | first Chinese dynasty; Yellow River Valley; isolation | 1 | |
| 169238551 | Monarchy | the type of govt. China had | 2 | |
| 169238552 | Greece and India | Alexander the Great represents: | 3 | |
| 169238553 | Rome and China | the Silk Rode represents: | 4 | |
| 169238554 | Mesoamerica | the area from north central Mexico to Nicaragua(5000 BCE); introduced maize-corn | 5 | |
| 169238555 | just south of the Gulf of Mexico | Olmec was located where? | 6 | |
| 169238556 | Olmecs | 1400 BCE to 500 BCE; beginnings of calenders and writing systems; urbanism; impressive drainage system and irrigated agriculture; state ruled by hereditary elite; carvers of jade; mystery decline; maybe ancestors to the Mayans | 7 | |
| 169238557 | Mother Civilization of Mesoamerica | Olmec | 8 | |
| 169238558 | Chavins | 850 BCE; worshipped a god that was half human and half jaguar; similar culture to Olmecs; states that could mobilize; influenced later peoples of Peru; domestication of animals; dense populations throughout; hierarchal societies; wide variety of crops | 9 | |
| 169238559 | Andean world | known for great art but lack of political unity | 10 | |
| 169238560 | Nazcas | known for their weaving; great figures of great animals (Nazca Lines) | 11 | |
| 169238561 | Mochica | skilled farmers and innovators of tools and resources; built road systems and messaging methods; textile, woodcarving, goldworking | 12 | |
| 169238562 | Right of China | Han Dynasty | 13 | |
| 169238563 | Han Dynasty | strongest and longest dynasty; expansionist empire; weak leadership which resulted in collapse; had to protect expanding borders along the Silk Road | 14 | |
| 169238564 | Silk Road | brought bandits that treatened the outer borders of the Han Dynasty | 15 | |
| 169238565 | Han Decline | 100 CE; nomadic tribes topple Han China; central govt. control diminished and corrupt bureacracy came into play; landlords ruled their own neighbors; heavy taxes; increased social unrest; efforts by Yellow Turbans descended into a continued civil war; epidemic killed half of the pop. | 16 | |
| 169238566 | Indians | caste system of society; based on regionalism; open to influences from the West; 600 BCE-16 major regional states w/ all different govt. | 17 | |
| 169238567 | Aryans | nomadic group that "invaded" India; earliest Europeans; conquered the Dravidians; est. warrior aristocracy; est. Sanskrit; Vedic Era and early Hindu faith | 18 | |
| 169238568 | Dravidians | dark skinned Indians | 19 | |
| 169238569 | Mauryan Empire | 322 BCE; began by Chandragupta Maurya; first dynasty to unite most of the Indian subcontinent; ruled by emporer Ashoka(famous); extended control to southern tip of India; converted to Buddhism; collapsed from outside attacks; Laws of Manu; empire falls due to lack of durable roots | 20 |