AP World Ch.2 Flashcards

205839661	loess	silt of the Yellow River Valley; gives fertile soil; vulnerable to earthquakes	0
205839662	Shang	dominant people of the earliest Chinese dynasty; had ancestor worship & bronze vessels for rituals	1
205839663	Zhou	defeated the Shang; created the Mandate of Heaven; had time of prosperity but then broke down (warfare within each other)	2
205839664	Mandate of Heaven	religious&political idea that Gods granted power to the ruler of China & took it away if the ruler failed to conduct justly to his subjects	3
205839665	Legalism	political idea; ppl only behave with strict laws & harsh punishment; sacrifice personal freedom	4
205839666	Confucius	Chinese philosopher Kongzi; ideas of public service& duty; influenced government officials& chinese	5
205839667	Daoism	belief that the world is always changing and take it as it is; let things happen; CHILL	6
205839668	yin/yang	nature of male & female; maintain equilibrium	7
205839669	Kush	Kingdom of Nubia; along Nile; Egyptian rule/ influences by it; Egypt later destroyed it	8
205839670	Meroe	Capital of Nubia; independace from Egypt; influence from Africa	9
205839671	Olmec	1st mesoamerican civilization; advances in economics &construction; infuenced later societys (art, calandar, ballgame)	10
205839672	Chavin	1st S.American civilization; capital is in the andes mts. (Peru); politically/ economically dominant; 2 zones- Peruvian Costal Plain & Andean Foothills	11
205839673	llama	used in Andes mts. & S. America; for meat, wool, transportation of goods for trade btw. zones	12