AP WORLD HISTORY ch 2 Flashcards
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220903335 | Daosim | a belief system that, according to Chinese tradition, was founded by Laozi. It stresses harmony with nature and is not concerned with maintaining social order.(Philosophy associated with Laozi and it stressed need for alignment with comic force-Dao) | 0 | |
220903336 | Legalism | the idea that powerful and efficient government is key to restoring order; practical/political reach onto Confucianism | 1 | |
220903337 | Confucianism | an ethical system that sought to establish norms for all aspects of Chinese life | 2 | |
220903338 | Shi Huangdi | founder of the Qin Dynasty. wanted to unify/expand China and restore order(he was etremely paranoid and had a strong desire to control everything) | 3 | |
220903339 | WuTi | most famous emperor(Han Dynasty) 140-87 BCE -brought peace to most of Asia and expanded territory | 4 | |
220903340 | The Vedic Age | the formative period where the aryan (Indo-Europeans) migrants gradually came to terms with agriculture but also had their own impact on the culture and social structure of their new home | 5 | |
220903341 | The Vedas | Aryan sacred books written in Sanskrit | 6 | |
220903342 | Indo-Europeans | Nomadic Pastoralists (landholders) who replaced Harappan civilization; militarized society | 7 | |
220903343 | Twelve Tables | the ancient legislation that stood at the foundation of Roman law | 8 | |
220903344 | Chandragupta Maurya | founder of Maurya dynasty; established first empire in Indian subcontinent; first centralized government since Harappan Civilization | 9 | |
220903345 | Ashoka | grandson of Chandragupta; completed conquests of Indian subcontinent, converted to Buddhism and sponsored spread of new religion throughout his empire | 10 | |
220958698 | Minoans/Mycenaeans | foundations of Greece | 11 | |
220958699 | Alexander the great | successor of Philip II; successfully conquered Persian Empire prior to his death in 323 BCE; attempted to combine Greek/Persian cultures | 12 | |
220958700 | Monsoons | seasonal winds crossing Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia; during summer brings rain | 13 | |
220958701 | Socrates | Anthenian philosopher of later fifth century BCE, tutor of Plato; urged rational reflection of Moral decision, condemned to death for corrupting minds of Anthenian young STUDIED HUMAN NATURE | 14 | |
220958702 | Plato | Greek Philosopher; knowledge based on consideration of ideal forms outside the material world; proposed ideal form of government based upon abstract principles in which philosophers ruled | 15 | |
220958703 | Aristotle | Greek Philosopher; teacher of Alexander the Great; knowledge based upon observation of phenomena in material world | 16 | |
220958704 | Polis | City-state form of government, typical Greek political organization from 800-400 BCE | 17 | |
220958705 | Monarchy | a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch (supreme power held by a single person) | 18 | |
220958706 | Punic Wars | fought between Rome/Carthage to establish dominance in the western Mediterranean; won by Rome after three separate conflicts | 19 | |
220958707 | oligarchy | a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class/clique (governed by a few) | 20 | |
220958708 | Aristocracies | government or states that are ruled by an aristocracy, elite, or privileged upper class | 21 | |
220958709 | Tyranny (Tyrants) | the government or rule of a tyrant or absolute ruler | 22 | |
220958710 | Democracy | a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral state | 23 | |
220958711 | Peloponnesian Wars | wars from 431 to 404 BCE between Athens/Spartans for dominance in southern Greece; resulted in Spartan victory but failure to achieve political unification of Greece | 24 | |
220958712 | Cyrus the Great | established massive Persian Empire by 550 BCE; successor or state to Mesopotamian Empires FOUNDER OF PERSIAN EMPIRE | 25 | |
220958713 | Xerxes | Persian King whose goal was to conquer the Greeks but was tricked and his army was destroyed CONTINUED WARS AND LOOSES. AFTER THAT, EMPIRE STARTED DECLINING | 26 | |
220958714 | Diocletian | Roman emperor from 284 to 305 CE; later restored empire by improved administration and tax collection *dives empire into West and East | 27 | |
220958715 | Hellenism | culture derived from the Greek civilization that flourished between 800 and 400 BCE (culture mixed with India and Persia | 28 | |
220958716 | Pac Romana | The terms of peace imposed by ancient Rome on its dominations | 29 | |
220958717 | Plebians | a member of the ancient Rome community-poor | 30 | |
220958718 | Patricians | a person of noble/high rank in the Roman classes-rich | 31 | |
220958719 | Delian League | Greek city-states that form after war with Persia; reason for it was to prevent further wars with outside but lots of fighting within lead to Peloponnesian wars | 32 | |
220958720 | Satraps | governor of a province under the ancient Persian Monarchy/Military/Bureaucracy | 33 | |
220958721 | Darius I | King of Persia | 34 | |
220958722 | Etruscans | came to Italy about 800 BCE; established a series of small city states that ruled the Native People | 35 |