AP World History Chapter 6 Flashcards
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| 278778729 | Wang Mang | ruled for a child emporer then takes over (9 AD - 23 AD) sets up graineries for the poor, new money, because of land reforms people didn't like him; 11AD = bad flood (he was blamed); he was assassinated | 0 | |
| 278778730 | Untouchables | lowest class of people in the caste system of Hinduism, do all the dirty work of society | 1 | |
| 278778731 | Sudra | the lowest of the four varnas: the servants and workers of low status | 2 | |
| 278778732 | Karma | In Hindu belief, all the actions that affect a person's fate in the next life | 3 | |
| 278778733 | Helots | Slaves to the Spartans that revolted and nearly destroyed Sparta in 650 B.C.E. | 4 | |
| 278778734 | Greek and Roman Slavery | In the Greek and Roman world, slaves were captives from war and piracy (and their descendants), abandoned children, and the victims of long-distance trade; manumission was common. Among the Greeks, household service was the most common form of slavery, but in parts of the Roman state, thousands of slaves were employed under brutal conditions in the mines and on great plantations. | 5 | |
| 278778735 | Dharma | In Hindu belief, a person's religious and moral duties | 6 | |
| 278778736 | Brahmins | Priests, at the top of the caste system which the Aryans made | 7 |