APWH Ch. 5 Flashcards

291053080	Between 550 and 400 BCE, classical civilizations produced what 4 seminal thinkers?	Socrates, Confucius, Muhammad, and Buddha	0
291053081	What civilization pushed forward independent of the three classical civilizations?	Japan	1
291053082	The decline of the three classical civilizations all were characterized by what?	Outside invasions	2
291053083	What was one important early symptom of Rome's decline?	Drop in population	3
291053084	The first kingdoms in Africa below the Sahara showed the influence of what civilization?	Egypt and Hellenism	4
291053085	The end of the Gupta empire differed from the decline of Rome because it did not involve:	The introduction of a new religion	5
291053086	Despite major differences, Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism all show interest in:	Life after death.	6
291053087	Compared with Hinduism, Christianity is more likely to:	Disapprove of others beliefs	7
291053088	The eastern portion of the Roman empire experienced less decline than the west for all the following reasons:	The east had older traditions of civilization, Much of the empire's weakness was contained in the west, the east faced less pressure from barbarian invasions and active trade.	8
291053089	What constitutes distinctive features of late-roman Christianity?	Intolerance for competing beliefs, a weak hierarchy of church officials, an appeal to less fortunate and poor social classes, the faithful seeing themselves as part of a new religion.	9
291053090	By about the year 1000 BCE the independent kingdom of ___ was flourishing along the upper Nile; possessing a form of writing derived from Egyptian hieroglyphics and mastering the use of iron.	Kush	10
291053091	Japan's religion, called ___, provided for worship of the political rulers and the spirits of nature, including the all important god of rice.	Shintoism	11
291053092	In Central America and India groups called the ___ developed and spread an early form of civilization form about 800 until about 400 BCE.	Olmecs	12
291053093	The attack on classical civilizations by the fierce Asiatic ___ led to the decline of many of those civilizations.	Huns	13
291053094	During the decline of the Han dynasty in China (100 CE) the Daoist leaders, called the ___, promised a golden age that was to be brought about by divine magic.	Yellow Turbans	14
291053095	The eastern part of the Roman Empire, centered on Constantinople, became known as ____.	Byzantine Empire	15
291053096	The last effort to restore Mediterranean unity came under the eastern emperor:	Justinian	16
291053097	Some centuries after Buddha's death, a doctrine of ___ developed which held that some people could gain nirvana by their own meditation while choosing to remain in the world as saints and to aid others by prayer and example.	bodhisattva	17
291053098	The East Asian form of Buddhism, called ___, or the Greater Vehicle, retained basic Buddhist beliefs.	Mahayana	18
291053099	The Christian institution of monasticism was first developed under ___.	Benedict	19