Vocab AP World Midterm Flashcards

121691592	Dynasty	A ruling family of kings	0
121691593	Mean People	Category of people identified as ancient chinas lowest social group who performed unskilled labor	1
121691594	Shi Huangdi	Chinas first emperor who gave that country its name. under his rule, confucianism was outlawed and the great wall was built.	2
121691595	Mandate of Heaven	Confucian idea in which a good ruler was thought to have a divine right to rule.	3
121691596	Confucius	Chinese philosopher who wrote an elaborate political philosophy that became the core of chinas cultural andpolitical thinking for centuries. based on relationships and personal virtue	4
121691598	legalism	gained favor during the Zhou dynasty and was dominant during the Qin Dynasty which was rooted in the belief that laws should replace morality and a ruler must provide discipline to maintain order	5
121691599	Ashoka	most famous maruyan emperor who converted to buddhism and brought the maryuan empire to its greatest territorial extent.	6
121691600	reincarnation	in hinduism, it is belief in the rebirth of the soul in another bodily form	7
121691601	Caste System	social relationship developed and is unique to india, five major divisions regulated social status and work roles.	8
121691603	Nirvana	In Buddhism, it is the union of the soul with the universe.	9
121691605	Siddhartha Gautama	Known as the "Enlightened one"	10
121691606	Untouchables	Lowest caste in the hindu caste system, members were held to the most menial jobs but were not slaves	11
121691608	Sophocles	Greek playwrite who wrote OEDIPIS REX	12
121691609	Homer	Author of the ILIAD and ODYSSEY	13
121691610	ILIAD and the ODYESSY	Epic greek poems dealing with the trojan war and its aftermath	14
121691611	Republic	Government in which the people rule directly	15
121691612	PAX ROMANA	Period of 200 years of peace which Rome enjoyed from 27 BC until 180 AD	16
121691614	Twelve Tables	Roman Legal Code	17
121691615	Sati	Indian ritual that required the immolation of the living widows of deceased men.	18
121691617	Sultan	Word meaning "victorius" came to designate muslim rulers	19
121691618	Harun al-Rashid	Most famous of the Abbasid caliphs who was renowed for his sumptuous and costly living.	20
121691620	Icons	images of religious figures venerated by Byzantine Christians	21
121691622	Constantinople	Capital of the Byzantine Empire	22
121691624	Justinian	6th century byzantine emperor who confided roman law	23
121691625	Boyars	russian landholding aristocrats	24
121691626	Constantine	Roman emperor who tried to reverse the decline of the roman empire; moved the capital from Rome to constantinople and allowed freedom of religion for christians.	25
121691627	RECONQUISTA	Series of military campaigns from 8th to the 15th century aimed at driving the muslims out of spain.	26
121691628	Great Western Schism	Dark period for the church during which the time there were two popes was finally ended at the council of constance	27
121691629	Black Death	Plague that struck Europe in the 14th century and ended Europes population and affected its social structure.	28
121691630	Parliament	Represantive body established by Edward I of england, institutionalized the principal that the king should consult with his lords and people.	29
121691631	Babylonian Captivity of the Church	Dark period of the church during which the pope and the papal court resided in Avignon France and were under the influence of kings of france	30
121691632	THE CANTERBURY TALES	Book written by Geoffery Chaucer in the vernacular in which a group of pilgrims were going on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Thomas Becket	31
121691633	knight	term for a mounted warrior	32
121691634	THE DIVINE COMEDY	Book written by Dante Alighieri, relates an imaginary journey through hell, puragatory and heaven; first book written int he vernacular	33
121691635	Hundred Years War	Conflict between england and france over the crown of france (1337-1453)	34
121691636	Hanseatic League	An organization of north German and Scandinavian cities for the purpose of establishing a comercial alliance.	35
121691637	Hernan Cortez	Conquistador responsible for the defeat and conquest of the Aztec Empire	36
121691638	Pachacuti	Inca ruler whose military campaigns marked the creation of the inca empire	37
121691639	Flying Money	Chinese instrument of credit that provided vouchers to merchants to be redeemed at the end of a venture and reduced the danger of robbery; an early form of currence	38
121691640	Ministry of public rites	agency that administered the examinations for state office during the Tang Dynasty	39
121691641	Foot Binding	Male imposed practice to mutilate womens feet in order to reduce size, produced pain and restricted movement thus confine women to the household.	40
121691642	Periods of the five dynasties	era of continuous warfare among the many kindgoms that followed the fall of the han dynasty.	41
121691643	Junks	Chinese ships equiped with watertight bulkheads, stern-post rudders, compases and bamboo fenders	42
121691644	Li Yuan	Duke of tang;inister of Yangdi who took over the empire after the assassination of Yangdi and became the first tang emperor	43