Chapter 5 AP world history Flashcards

5003238563	Kush	An African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile c. 1000 B.C.E. ; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries	0
5003238564	Axum	Kingdom located in Ethiopian highlands; replaced meroe in the first century C.E.; received strong influence from Arabian peninsula; eventually converted to Christianity	1
5003238565	Ethiopia	A Christian kingdom that developed in the highlands of eastern Africa under the dynasty of King Lalaibela; retained Christianity in the face of Muslim expansion elsewhere in Africa	2
5003238566	Teotihucan	Site of classic culture in central Mexico; urban center with important religious functions; supported by intensive agriculture in surrounding regions; population of as much ass 200,000	3
5003238567	Maya	classical culture emerging from southern Mexico and central America contemporary with Teotihuacan; extended over a broad region and featured monumental architecture, written language, calendrical and mathematical systems, and highly developed religion	4
5003238568	Inca	Group of clans centered at Cuzco that were able to create empire incorporating various Andean cultures; term also used for leader of empire	5
5003238569	Tang	Dynasty that succeeded the Sui in 618 C.E.; more stable than previous dynasty	6
5003238570	Rajput	Regional princes in India following collapse of empire; emphasized military control of their regions	7
5003238571	Devi	Mother goddess within Hinduism; widely spread following collapse of Guptas; encouraged new emotionalism in religious ritual	8
5003238572	Islam	Major world religion having its origins in 610 C. E. in the Arabian peninsula; meaning literally submission; based on prophecy of Muhammad	9
5003238573	Allah	Supreme God in strictly monotheistic Islam	10
5003238574	Diocletian	roman emperor from 284-305 CE who restored later empire by improving administration and tax collection	11
5003238575	Constantine	roman emperor from 312-337 CE who established second capital of Constantinople and attempted to use the religious force of Christianity to unify the people	12
5003238576	Justinian	eastern roman emperor between 527-565 CE who tried to restore unity to the old Roman Empire and issued the most famous application of Roman law	13
5003238577	Augustine	Influential church father and theologian; born in Africa and ultimately Bishop of Hippo in Africa; champion of Christian doctrine against carious heresies and very important in the long-term development of Christian thought on such issues as predestination	14
5003238578	Bodhisattvas	Buddhist holy men; built up spiritual merits during their life times; prayers even after death could aid people to achieve reflected holiness	15
5003238579	Mahayana	-Chinese version of Buddhism; placed considerable emphasis on Buddha as god or savior	16
5003238580	Jesus	-prophetand teacher among the Jews; believed by Christians to be the messiah; executed c. 30 C.E.	17
5003238581	Paul	-One of the first Christian missionaries; moved away from insistence that adherents of the new religion follow Jewish law; use of Greek as language of Church	18
5003238582	Benedict	-Founder of manasticism in what had been the western half o the Roman Empire; established Benedictine Rule in the 6th century; paralleled development of Basil's rules in Byzantine Empire	19
5003238583	Pope	-Bishop of Rome and head of Christian Church in Western Europe	20
5003238584	Byzantine	-Eastern half of Roman Empire following collapse of western half of old empire; retained Mediterranean culture, particularly Greek; later lost Palestine, Syria, and Egypt to Islam; capital at Constantinople	21
5003238585	Polynesian	-islands contained in a rough triangle whose points lie in Hawaii, New Zealand, and Easter Island	22
5003238586	Sui	-Dynasty that succeeded the Hand in China; emerged from strong rulers in northern China; united all of northern China and reconquered southern China	23
5003238587	Coptic	-religion of Egypt that originated in Alexandria; acknowledge John Mark as first bishop and founder; The Coptic church was actually the very first major split in the Church	24
5003238588	Shintoism	Religion of early Japanese culture; devotees worshipped numberous gods and spirits associated with the natural world; offers of food and prayers made to gods and nature spirits	25
5003238589	Olmec	Cultural tradition that arose at San Lorenzo and La Venta in Mexico c 1200 B.C.E.; featured irrigate agriculture, urbanism, elaborate religion, beginnings of calendrical and writing systems	26
5003238590	Yellow turbans	Chinese daoist that launched a revolt in 184 CE promising a golden age to be brought about by divine magic	27
5003238591	Germanic tribes	tribes settled on their northern borders; from 476 CE these tribes invaded Rome with little success; only one Germanic tribe, the Franks, succeeded in occupying any Roman territory	28
5003238592	Huns	warlike people who migrated from Eastern Europe into territory controlled by Germanic tribes, forcing them to move into areas controlled by Rome	29
5003238593	Sassanid	the name of the last pre-Islamic Iranian empire. It was one of the two main powers in Western Asia for a period of more than 400 years.	30
5003238594	World Religions	a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny	31