AP World History Final Flashcards
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| 2667468745 | prehistory | time before writing | 0 | |
| 2667469380 | characteristics of civilizations | agriculture, economy, irrigation, and social classes | 1 | |
| 2667471305 | Mesopotamia | land between two rivers | 2 | |
| 2667472853 | Hitties | built horse drawn chariots | 3 | |
| 2667473350 | Egypt | believed in the afterlife | 4 | |
| 2667474090 | Persians | indo-european | 5 | |
| 2667474738 | Gathas | compositions of Zarathusthra | 6 | |
| 2667479416 | Bantu | first to use metallurgy (iron) | 7 | |
| 2667481429 | government of Bantu people | chiefdoms | 8 | |
| 2667482635 | griots | singer and storytellers; oral tradition | 9 | |
| 2667484327 | social structure of Africa | kinship; divided by age and sex | 10 | |
| 2667486310 | Songhay Empire | Sunni Ali was the most influential leader | 11 | |
| 2667487977 | Doña Beatriz | Kongo Empire prophet and leader of her own Christian movement, Antonianism, this movement taught that Jesus and other early Christian figures were from the Kongo Empire; black jesus | 12 | |
| 2667493189 | foremost God of Aryans | god of the Aryans is Indra, a war god and a great slayer of demons and animals. | 13 | |
| 2667498961 | Aryan government | based on small kingdoms | 14 | |
| 2667500037 | karma | what you do in this lifetime affects your next life | 15 | |
| 2667500892 | Jains | extreme Hindus; swept floors to avoid stepping on invisible bugs. The aim of Jain life is to achieve liberation of the soul. Believe that everything has a soul. | 16 | |
| 2667506074 | postclassical political structure | centralized government | 17 | |
| 2667507264 | beginnings of China | Huang He River | 18 | |
| 2667508583 | Chu | rivals of the Zhou people | 19 | |
| 2667509582 | Qin & Han Dynasties | tried to unite China; biggest threat was Mongols/Xiongnu | 20 | |
| 2667511455 | Chang'an | eastern point of silk roads | 21 | |
| 2667512040 | Xuanzang | Chinese Buddhist monk that traveled to India to bring back texts | 22 | |
| 2667514981 | Yongle | Leading explorer during the Age of Exploration; is known for appointing Zheng He to captain the treasure fleet; Chinese christopher columbus | 23 | |
| 2667523106 | Matteo Ricci | Jessuit Missionary in China | 24 | |
| 2667523595 | Maya rituals | bloodletting was important for rain and agriculture | 25 | |
| 2667529022 | Toltec City | most important city of Toltecs | 26 | |
| 2667530030 | Doña Marina | Aztec woman who help Cortes betray her own people | 27 | |
| 2667533478 | government of Austronesians | chiefdoms | 28 | |
| 2667534907 | Marae | pacific island temple | 29 | |
| 2667535514 | Homer | wrote the Iliad; battle of troy | 30 | |
| 2667536324 | Dionysus | God of wine | 31 | |
| 2667537897 | Rome was founded by? | Romulus | 32 | |
| 2667538572 | Paul of Tarsus | leading figure in expanding Christianity | 33 | |
| 2667539289 | Council of Nicaea | scholars of Jesus; decided that Jesus is both human and divine | 34 | |
| 2667541566 | Russia in the 16th century | wanted to be the 3rd Rome | 35 | |
| 2667542815 | 5 Pillars of Islam | 1. statement of faith 2. give alms (give money to poor) 3. pray 5 times a day facing Mecca 4. fast in the Month of Ramadan 5. Pilgrimage to Hajj | 36 | |
| 2667553181 | Arabic number origins | stole from Hindus in India | 37 | |
| 2667553182 | Sikhism | combination of Hinduism and Islam | 38 | |
| 2667555811 | Religion of Japan | Shintoism | 39 | |
| 2667557109 | Daimyo | powerful landlords in japan | 40 | |
| 2667560775 | religion and location of Srivijya and Angkor | Cities in SE Asia important to Buddhist; make important commitments there | 41 | |
| 2667562399 | Charles Mantel | defeated Muslims in Battle of Tours | 42 | |
| 2667566336 | St. Benedictine | created 3 rules for monastic life | 43 | |
| 2667569671 | founder of Ottoman Empire | Osman | 44 | |
| 2667571073 | roots of Ottoman Empire | nomadic turkish tribes | 45 | |
| 2667572099 | Pope Urban II | started the crusades | 46 | |
| 2667572825 | Ibn Battuta | Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. | 47 | |
| 2667576481 | Prince Henry | leading explorer; put money in Portuguese travels | 48 | |
| 2667585516 | Vasco da Gama | first European to go to India by sailing around the tip of Africa | 49 | |
| 2667594228 | Ferdinand Magellan | killed in the Phillipines trying to circumnavigate; credited with it though | 50 | |
| 2667594725 | Martin Luther | didn't like indulgences | 51 | |
| 2667596298 | Peace of Westphalia | all european nations are equal | 52 | |
| 2667597676 | Enlightenment Ideas | helped create nation states | 53 | |
| 2667599657 | Theodore Herzl | Founder Zionist movement (Jews back to Palestine) | 54 | |
| 2667600322 | Industrial Revolution | began in England | 55 | |
| 2667600897 | Industrialization | promote new division of labor work force | 56 | |
| 2667602520 | Manifest Destiny | US citizens with European descent believed the land from the pacific to the Atlantic was theirs | 57 | |
| 2667607867 | effects of US Civil War on Blacks | they gained freedom but lost political power in the South | 58 |