AP World History Fall Final Exam Flashcards

274641798	In what civilization did the earliest known writing develop?	Sumeria/ Middle East	0
274641799	What civilization produced the first law code?	Sumeria/ Middle East	1
274641800	What was the characteristic political organization of Tigris-Euphrates civilization?	Regional city-states	2
274641801	Where did the Neolithic Revolution first occur?	Middle Eastern	3
274641802	What was one major difference between classical civilizations and river-valley civilizations (think politically)	structurally advanced in classical	4
274641803	What is a dynasty in Chinese history?	the period of time in which a family rules	5
274641804	How did the Chinese view nature?	harmony; balanced	6
274641805	What is a famous example of cultural diffusion in early Chinese history?	introduction and spread of buddhism	7
274641806	What group had surprisingly low status in Chinese society?	merchants " mean people"	8
274641807	Who were the Aryans? What did they bring with them to India?	indo-europeans, hinduism	9
274641808	Compare and Contrast the Mauryan and Gupta dynasties.	check notes	10
274641809	What is the common unit of political organization in Indian history?	regional kingdom, decentralized	11
274641810	What countries were part of India's common trading network?	wasn't russia	12
274641811	Compare and contrast classical India and China.	check notes	13
274641812	What was the Roman " genius ".	engineering	14
274641813	In what way did Greek political systems resemble Indian political systems.	both used decentralized political units	15
274641814	What were the common characteristics of Greek/Roman agriculture.	large plantations, large landed estates, cash crop	16
274641815	How tolerant were the Romans to local political and religious diversity?	very tolerant, wan't some booty	17
274641816	What civilization developed Shintoism?	Japan	18
274641817	Compare/Contrast the decline of classical India and classical Rome.	check notes	19
274641818	What lesson can be learned from the decline of classical Rome and Han China?	internal factors are not only reason for fall	20
274641819	Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism	check notes	21
274641820	Did Hinduism survive the Invasion of the Huns in India?	yes	22
274641821	What areas of the world were most affected by the early spread of Islam.	Africa, Middle East, Europe, Southeast and Central Asia	23
274641822	What clan was responsible for the establishment of Mecca?	Ummayads	24
274641823	What was the Sunni/Shi'a split all about.	Shi'a Muslims - caliph should be descendant of Muhhamad Sunni- caliph should be guided	25
274641824	What groups revolted against the Abbasid?	Shi'a , Umayyads, Slaves, Peasents	26
274641825	Between 800-1500 what religion had a tremendous Impact on Africa Sub-Saharan?	Islam	27
274641826	What are stateless societies?	tribal networks	28
274641827	What was the most important Christian kingdom in Africa?	Ethiopia	29
274641828	Many African societies not impacted by Christianity or Islam developed societies without what basic feature?	writing system	30
274641829	Explain how the Byzantine Empire was a continuation of the Roman Empire?	same rules, same place, same language, looked the same	31
274641830	Significant achievements of the Byzantine Empire.	Hagia Sophia ( big church ) Justinian Code Orthodox Church	32
274641831	" Stepchild" of Byzantine Empire	Kievan Rus, Russia	33
274641832	What was the capital of the BE?	Constantinople	34
274641833	Who was Justinian? His Achievements?	Emperor of B.E. Rebuilt Constantinople Justinian Code	35
274641834	Basic characteristics of the Orthodox Church	no celibacy, divorce, local language	36
274641835	What group of people conquered Kievan Rus in 1236?	Mongols ( Tartars )	37
274641836	Explain how the mongols ( tartars ) conquered Kievan Rus.	had a cavalry, horses ( ruled for 40 years )	38
274641837	What were the Middle Ages?	Fall of Roman Empire , Renaissance, 9th- 15th	39
274641838	After fall of Rome what was the post-classical center of the West?	Central plains of Northern Europe	40
274641839	Who were the Vikings?	Scandinavian invaders	41
274641840	Level of intellectual activity in the West following the decline of Rome	people were stupid, illiterate	42
274641841	Describe the concept of Feudalism and its basic characteristics	king, lords, nobles, knights, peasants/serfs loyalty, protection, food	43
274641842	What was investiture?	king appointing religious officials	44
274641843	Who were the Carolingians?	Frankish Kings, Monarchy	45
274641844	What group succeeded the Toltecs as the rulers of central Mexico?	Aztecs	46
274641845	How did the Aztecs view history?	cyclical: life repeats itself	47
274641846	What is Incan socialism?	collective distribution of resource based on need	48
274641847	Most significant difference between Meso-American societies and Andean societies?	location & climate	49
274641848	What made the rapid revival of the Tang possible?	rebuilding the Confucian scholar gentry	50
274641849	Describe the status of the scholar-gentry under the Song Dynasty.	Removal of the Buddhist rival.	51
274641850	Who was the founder of the Tang dynasty.	Li Yuan	52
274641851	What religion played a key role in Chinese influence over Japan?	Buddhism ( Zen )	53
274641852	What were the Taika reforms?	influence japan w/ chinese culture	54
274641853	What were the Samurai? What impact did they have on the peasantry of Japan?	warriors knock peasents to serfdom	55
274641854	What type of culture did the Mongols epitomize?	nomadic	56
274641855	What was the basic unit of Mongol society?	tribes	57
274641856	What was the basic idea behind Mongol leadership?	mongol male elected freely kept power as long as they could keep it	58
274641857	What was the military tactic often employed by Chinggis Khan.	TACT cavalry assault ( massive )	59
274641858	What was the religious policy of the Mongols?	tolerant but want some booty	60
274641859	What Khanate conquered Russia?	The Golden Horde	61
274641860	What Mongol commander led the attacks against China?	Kublai Khan	62
274641861	What Chinese dynasty came after the Yuan?	Ming	63
274641862	Be able to compare/contrast Renaissance and Medieval culture.	Renaissance- mortality , painting, less stupid folk, secular, humanism, innovations Middle Ages- dark " stuff" , feudalism, no artistic persp. , gothic, romanesque, stupid folk, black plague	64
274641863	What big innovation in Chinese tradition were the Ming known for?	promoted trade w/ outside world	65
274641864	What year were the expeditions of the Chinese halted?	1433	66
274641865	Who was Zeng He?	Traveled to new lands opening up trade for Chinese	67