The Earth and its Peoples: Chapter 2 Flashcards

210438799	Loess	Yellowish-brown dust that makes a fertile soil	0
210438800	Shang	First dynasty of China that is on written records (1750-1045 B.C.)	1
210438801	Zhou	Overtook Shang in north China and created the Mandate of Heaven (1045-221 B.C.)	2
210438802	Mandate of Heaven	Validated the institution of the monarchy by connecting politics and religion	3
210438803	Confucius	Chinese philosopher, Kongzi, who introduced the idea of Confucianism	4
210438804	Daoism	Urged withdrawal from the empty formalities, rigid hierarchy, and distractions of Chinese society	5
210438805	yin/yang	Nature of male and female roles in the natural order	6
210438806	Kush	An Egyptian name for Nubia, the region alongside The Nile River south of Egypt.	7
210438807	Meroe	Capital of a flourishing kingdom in southern Nubia from the fourth century B.C.E. to the fourth century C.E.	8
210438808	Celts	People sharing common linguistic and cultural features that originated in Central Europe in the first half of the first millennium	9
210438809	Druids	The class of religious experts who conducted rituals and preserved sacred lore among some ancient Celtic people	10
210438810	Olmec	The first Mesoamerican civilization. Between ca. 1200 and 400 B.C.E., the Olmec people of central Mexico created a vibrant civilization that included intensive agriculture, wide-ranging trade, ceremonial centers and monumental construction	11
210438811	Chavin	The first major urban civilization in South America (900-2500 B.C.E.	12
210438812	llama	A hoofed animal indigenous to the Andes Mountains in South America.	13