AP World History Flashcards Flashcards

2550931237	nation-states	countries as formally defined political entities in the modern sense of the world	0
2553211443	hinduism	- practiced in India - Believe in a supreme force (Brahma) as well as many other gods/goddesses - Guided by the Vedas and Upanishads - Religious and Social system (caste system)	1
2553213168	buddhism	- practiced in Eastern civilizations - founded by the Buddha - Four Noble truths - Eight fold Path - Went against the Caste System - Asoka uses Buddhism to unite India	2
2553215077	Confucianism	- Chinese cultures - Fundamental relationships - Women are secondary - Flexible philosophy - No world impact xiao - filial piety li - a sense of property ren - a sense of humanity	3
2553215848	Daoism	- Chinese, Laozi - Passive religion - Harmony with nature	4
2553217092	Legalism	- humans are evil by nature - Chinese --> Qin Dynasty - Focus on military and farming	5
2553218003	Judaism	- first monotheistic faith - Hebrews -Spawned other monotheistic religions	6
2553218550	Zoroastrianism	- Prophet Zoroaster - Influence on Christianity ??	7
2553219207	Christianity	- Jewish, Gentiles, Romans - Most influential by 3rd Century BCE	8
2553224268	oligarchies	ruled by few elites	9
2553224269	monarchies	single ruler	10
2553224930	nomadism	A way of life, forced by a scarcity of resources, in which groups of people continually migrate to find pastures and water.	11
2553224931	pastoralism	A nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals.	12
2553225185	homo sapiens sapiens	modern humans	13
2553300043	what makes a civilization?	- an economic system - a government that enforces military and political leadership - a social system - moral or ethical code - written language **	14
2553418082	shamanism	The practice of identifying special individuals (shamans) who will interact with spirits for the benefit of the community.	15
2553505298	the caste system		16
2553639766	hyskos!!	Semitic people who pressured Egypt; Horse riding nomads; Had advanced weaponry. They also captured Memphis from the Egyptians	17
2553672094	assyrians!!	Known as a warrior people who ruthlessly conquered neighboring countries; their empire stretched from east to north of the Tigris River all the way to centeral Egypt; used ladders, weapons like iron-tipped spears, daggers and swords, tunnels, and fearful military tactics to gain strength in their empire	18
2553698049	nok culture and terracotta soldiers!!		19
2555040367	lydians	came up with the system of coinage to trade in the barter system	20
2555045628	Draco and Solon were...	Athenian aristocrats who strove to create a democracy in Athens and ensure fair,equal, and open participation	21
2555048204	Socrates		22
2555048205	Plato		23
2555048206	Aristotle		24
2555048884	Archimedes		25
2555048885	Eulcid		26
2555048886	Pythagoras		27
2555049941	Homer	Illiad and the Odyssey	28
2555050934	Persian War		29
2555051382	Peloponnesian War		30
2555051748	Macedonians		31
2555052518	Alexander the Great		32
2555052519	Hellenism		33
2555056123	Punic Wars		34
2555057166	Pax Romana		35
2555061484	Edict of Milan by Constantine		36
2555115112	bantu migration		37
2555313302	lessons for women	book that basically explains itself developed in the han dynasty	38
2555314036	zend avesta	sacred texts of zoroastrianism	39
2555314037	edict of restoration	The Babylonian exile was the period in Jewish history during which the Jews of the ancient Kingdom of Judah were captives in Babylon	40
2555320303	qanat system	a traditional system of gravity-fed irrigation that uses gently sloping tunnels to capture groundwater and direct it to low-lying fields	41
2555335229	tikal		42
2555335230	yucatan peninsula	a peninsula in Central America extending into the Gulf of Mexico between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea	43
2555343139	yokes	allowed for animals to be pulled together	44
2556308889	mawali	Non-Arab converts to Islam	45
2556308890	dimmi	people of the book	46
2556308891	ummah	Muslim community of believers	47
2556309173	bedouins	Arab nomads. They were organized into tribes and groups called clans. These clans provided security and support for a life made difficult by the extreme conditions of the desert. Their settlement is from where the Muslim Empire sprang. This was around the 600s AD and at the Arabian Peninsula.	48
2556498291	classicism	a greater understanding of and admiration for greco-roman literature and learning	49
2556749020	the moorish in spain		50
2556901834	ibn battuta	muslim scholar who traveled throughout the house of islam to africa and india. held governmental positions in the places he traveled.	51
2556901835	marco polo	italian merchant from venice traveled the silk road to china. kublai khan allowed him to pursue missions throughout the empire.	52
2556902523	rabban sauma	nestorian christian who spoke to the pope to negotiate alliances with the pope.	53
2556971508	william the conqueror	1027-1087 Norman king in 1066 he defeated Harold, the Anglo-Saxon king, to become the first Norman king of england	54
2556972807	bureaucracy		55
2556974335	garrisons		56
2556974336	primogeniture		57
2556975408	meritocracy		58
2556976237	city-states		59