Ap World History Chapter 4 Flashcards

278757627	Yellow Turban Rebellion	A major Chinese peasant revolt that began in 184 C.E. and helped cause the fall of the Han dynasty.	0
278757628	Xiongnu	A confederation of nomadic peoples living beyond the northwest frontier of ancient China. Chinese rulers tried a variety of defenses and stratagems to ward off these 'barbarians,' as they called them, and dispersed them in 1st Century. (168)	1
278757629	Qin Shihuangdi	Ruler of China who united China for the first time. He built road and canals and began the Great Wall of China. He also imposed a standard system of laws, money, weights, and writing.	2
278757630	Mandate of Heaven	a political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source	3
278757631	Hellenistic Era	the age of Alexander the Great; period when the Greek language and ideas were carried to the non-Greek world	4
278757632	Peloponnese War	Athens and sparta went at war and Sparta won, Sparta took over Athens and made them dismiss their democracy.	5
278757633	Ashoka	a ruler of the Mauryan Empire who converted to Buddhism	6