AP World History Fall Final Exam Review Flashcards

268800152	what are the characteristics of civilization	Settled Agriculture Cities Complex government Complex religion Economic specialization Social hierarchy Technology, art and architecture	0
268800153	Sumerians created Euclidean geometry.	false	1
268800154	Indo-Europeans came in successive waves, disrupted the civilizations of the Middle East and Egypt, and introduced the use of iron.	true	2
268800155	Which early river valley failed to last long and produce the basis for continuing civilization?	Indus River Valley/ Harappan	3
268800156	Which early river valley civilization produced the most continuous civilization?	Huang He	4
268800157	The Aryans rapidly assimilated the Harappan agricultural technique including massive irrigation projects, but rejected all else.	false	5
268800158	There are no archaeological remains associated with Xia.	true	6
268800159	Which produced warriors ruled by strong kings who built an extensive empire?	Shang	7
268800160	During the Zhou there was a migration that brought agricultural regions of the Yangtze river valley into Chinese hands.	true	8
268800161	The reason the Americas had limited pastoral nomadism is because there was not enough grazing land for domestic animals.	false	9
268800162	Violence-prone nomadic cultures dominated by warlike males	courage cultures	10
268800163	What type of people have monopolized both transport and trade along the routes from classical through post-classical times?	nomads	11
268800164	Nomadic dynasties went through a cycle of three generation s that became progressively weaker. What historical figure came up with this statement?	Ibn Khaldun	12
268800165	Confucius was a religious teacher similar to the Jewish prophets and Buddha.	False	13
268800166	Confucius was a social philosopher obsessed with the need for order and harmony.	true	14
268800167	Who said humans should retreat from society and seek oneness with nature?	laozi	15
268800168	Which philosophy emphasizes the major objective of the ruler is to enhance and strengthen the state?	legalists	16
268800169	During which dynasty did calligraphy become popular?	the han	17
268800170	Greek culture was influenced by the Aryans.	false	18
268800171	The Chinese forms of political organization were generally less centralized than those of Greek civilization.	false	19
268800172	The Chinese were unable to develop sophisticated philosophical systems of thought.	false	20
268800173	The Greeks were unable to develop sophisticated philosophical systems of thought.	false	21
268800174	The Greek forms of political organization were generally less centralized than those of Chinese civilization.	true	22
268800175	In Greek civilization, women were considered full equals of males, despite the patriarchal nature of the household.	false	23
268800176	Women in the pre-imperial period in India enjoyed great freedom within the household, but were unable to hold any occupations outside of it.	false	24
268800177	Emerged during the Mesoamerican Classic period in tropical lowlands of Mexico and Guatemala?	maya	25
268800178	What was the most famous of the Indian cultures of southwestern North america?	anasazi	26
268800179	What was the dominant religion of Axum after 350 C.E.?	christianity	27
268800180	Which group helped both Indian and Roman civilizations decline?	Huns	28
268800181	What grew out of the Roman Empire - continued its culture?	Byzantine Empire	29
268800182	What group of peoples were resopnsible for the conquest of Kievan Russia in 1236?	mongols	30
268800183	The post-classical period in wEstern history between the fall of the Roman Empire and the fifteenth century is referred to as the ...	middle ages	31
268800184	What was the technological innovation that aided the Byzantine Empire in withstanding the Muslim siege of Constantinople in 717 C.E.?	greek fire	32
272286163	Rome abandoned monumental architecture almost entirely for buildings of smaller scale.	false	33
272286164	Rome abandoned the Greek designs and introduced less ornate, more functional architectural designs.	false	34
272286165	Rome made engineering advances that allowed construction of building of greater size	true	35
272286166	Roman architecture was entirely Italian in origin and owed nothing to Greek influence.	false	36
272286167	Chinese social organization offered limited opportunities for social advancement through the university and examination system	true	37
272286168	Mediterranean social organization emphasized aristocracy but recognized the importance of acquired wealth.	true	38
272286169	Of the three classical civilizations, Chinese social organization offered the least opportunity for mobility.	false india	39
272286170	India's caste system offered some opportunity for mobility in the sense that the status of entire castes occasionally rose and fell in the social order.	true	40
272286171	Which religion had the least impact on successive civilization?	greco-roman religion	41
272286172	Women were clearly subordinate to men, yet enjoyed greater occupational opportunities until the last centuries B.C.	india	42
272286173	Monks offered miraculous tales of Buddha's life, equated Nirvana with heaven, and stressed the salvationist qualities of the new religion.	true	43
272286174	The Roman economy depended on a steady supply of slave labor.	true	44
272286175	Rome's fall split the unity of the Mediterranean lands that had been won through Persian culture and then the Roman Empire.	false	45
272286176	Women in pre-Islamic bedouin culture:	enjoyed greater freedom and higher status that those of the Byzantine and Russian Empires.	46
273004995	Pastoralism	the animal branch of agriculture.	47
273004996	Shifting Cultivation	a form of subsistence agriculture in which people shift activity from one field to another.	48
273004997	Courage Cultures	males form a society based on honor and physical courage.	49
273004998	Ibn Khalduln's Theory	an attempt to determine the credibility of historical sources.	50
273004999	Gilgamesh	a fictional character and hero from Ancient Summer.	51
273005000	Iliad	epic poem by the Greek writer Homer about the Trojan War.	52
273005001	Odyssey	the sequel to the Iliad in which the Greek hero Odysseus makes his journey home.	53
273005002	Analects	collection of moral and social teachings of Confucius.	54
273005003	Aeneid	an epic written by Virgil, tells the adventures of Aeneas after the Trojan War, provides an illustrious historical background for Roman Empire.	55
273005004	Bishops	ordained or consecrated members of the Christian clergy entrusted with positions of authority and oversight.	56
273005005	Vedas	large body of texts from ancient India written in Vedic Sanskrit and contains the oldest scriptures of Hinduism.	57
273005006	Ayllus	extended family political units of the Incas.	58
273005007	Yellow Turbans	revolted against the Han.	59
273005008	Sufis	Muslims who represent the mystical dimension of Islam; seek direct experience of Allah.	60
273005009	Sahel	eco climatic and biogeographic zone of transition between the Sahara dessert in the north and the Sardinian savannas in the south.	61
273005010	Griots	story tellers in west Africa that perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village.	62
273005011	Ethnocentrism	tendency to believe that ones ethnic or cultural group is centrally important and that all other groups are measured in relation to ones own.	63