AP World History Finals Flashcards

3660151417	Aryan Migration		0
3660154131	Bantu Migration	migrated from Western Africa-- near modern-day Nigeria-- southward and eastward, spreading out across all of the southern half of the African continent.	1
3660154132	Book of the Dead	an ancient Egyptian funerary text, used from the beginning of the New Kingdom	2
3660155856	Code of Manu	an ancient Hindu collection of rules of conduct in private and social life	3
3660155857	Cuneiform	wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit	4
3660158004	Gilgamesh	a legendary Sumerian king, the hero of Sumerian and Babylonian epics.	5
3660158005	Hammurabi's Code	Babylonian law code of ancient Mesopotamia, dating back to about 1754 BC.	6
3660161792	Hieroglyphics	Formal writing system used by the ancient Egyptians that combined logographic and alphabetic elements.	7
3660161793	Hyksos	were a mixed group of Asiatic people from Western Asia who took over the eastern Nile Delta, ending the Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt and initiating the Second Intermediate Period.	8
3660161794	Olmec	first major civilization in Mexico following a progressive development in Soconusco.	9
3660164988	Zhou Dynasty	the longest-lasting of China's dynasties. It followed the Shang Dynasty and it finished when the army of the state of Qin captured the city of Chengzhou in 256 BCE.	10
3660166489	Ziggurats	massive structures built in the ancient Mesopotamian valley and western Iranian plateau, like step pyramids	11
3660166490	Norte Chico	It is the oldest known civilization in the Americas, having flourished between the thirtieth century B.C.E. and the eighteenth century B.C.E	12
3660169361	Mohenjo-Daro	Mountain of the Dead; an archeological site in the province of Sindh, Pakistan	13
3660169362	Ritual Purity	The aim of these rituals is to remove specifically defined uncleanliness prior to a particular type of activity, and especially prior to the worship of a deity.	14
3660173679	Filial Piety	A virtue of respect for one's father, elders, and ancestors.	15
3660173680	Daoism	Philosophical, ethical or religious tradition of Chinese origin that emphasizes living in harmony with the Tao	16
3660175806	Monasticism	Monkhood is a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work	17
3660178627	Athenian Democracy	It was a system of direct democracy, in which participating citizens voted directly on legislation and executive bills	18
3660180564	Zoroastrianism	a monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia founded by Zoroaster in the 6th century BC.	19
3660180565	Hellenistic Era	the time between the death of Alexander the Great and the rise of Roman domination.	20
3660184447	Animism	Animists practice nature worship. They believe that everything in the universe has a spirit.	21
3660186422	Shi Huangdi	King of the state of Qin who conquered all other Warring States and eventually unified China in 221 BC	22
3660188307	Mauryan Empire	A dynasty which ruled northern India 321-circa 184 bc (centralized government)	23
3660188308	Ashoka	an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE	24
3660193061	Teotihuacan	ancient Mesoamerican city located in a sub valley of the Valley of Mexico	25
3660193062	Mound Builders	inhabitants of North America who, constructed various styles of earthen mounds for religious and ceremonial, burial, and elite residential purposes.	26
3660194749	Silk Roads	international trade route between China and the Mediterranean	27
3660202590	Qanat System	used to transport water from an aquifer under a hill (source of water)	28
3660211152	Lateen Sails	a triangular sail on a long yard at an angle of 45° to the mast	29
3660215360	Ghana & Mali & Songhai	Three kingdoms maintained vast trading networks across the Sahara desert and into the Middle East and North Africa.	30
3660215373	Great Zimbabwe	Hilltop archaeological ruins of historic Bantu city dating from between the 11th and 14th centuries.	31
3660217812	Ibn Battuta	A Medieval Muslim traveler and scholar, who is widely recognised as one of the greatest travelers of all time	32
3660220156	Swahili Civilization		33
3660220157	Bushido	Is a Japanese word for the way of the samurai life, loosely analogous to the concept of chivalry.	34
3660222078	Silla Dynasty	One of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, and one of the world's longest sustained dynasties	35
3660222079	Song Dynasty	An era of Chinese history that began in 960 and continued until 1279. It succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and was followed by the Yuan dynasty	36
3660224543	Tang Dynasty	an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period	37
3660226485	Tribute System	network of trade and foreign relations between China and its tributaries that helped to shape much of East Asian affairs.	38
3660228788	Byzantine Empire	The continuation of the Roman Empire in the East during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople.	39
3660230354	Roman Catholic Church	governed by a hierarchy with the pope at the top and, at the lower levels, bishops and priests.	40
3660230355	Crusades	War between Christians and Muslims	41
3660233002	Holy Roman Empire	a multi-ethnic complex of territories in central Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806	42
3660233003	Iconoclasm	the action of attacking or assertively rejecting cherished beliefs and institutions or established values and practices.	43
3660234904	Justinian	was a Byzantine emperor from 527 to 565	44
3660236653	Abbasid Caliphate	The third of the Islamic caliphates to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad	45
3660239419	Bedouins	an Arab seminomadic group, descended from nomads who have historically inhabited the Arabian and Syrian deserts (Desert Dwellers)	46
3660239420	Hadiths	a collection of traditions containing sayings of the prophet Muhammad	47
3660240568	Jihad	to refer to the act of striving to serve the purposes of God on this earth	48
3660240569	Marco Polo	an Italian merchant traveller whose travels are recorded in Livres des merveilles du monde, a book that introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China	49
3660242302	Sharia Law	the body of Islamic law.	50
3660242303	Sikhism	Blend of Hinduism and Islam	51
3660242304	Sufis	a Muslim ascetic and mystic	52
3660244433	Delhi Sultanate	a Muslim kingdom based mostly in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent for 320 years	53
3660244434	Timbuktu	a historical and ongoingly inhabited city in the West African nation of Mali,	54
3660244435	Umma	the whole community of Muslims bound together by ties of religion.	55
3660246230	Chinggis Khan	the founder and Great Khan of the Mongol Empire	56
3660246231	Kublai Khan	The fifth Khagan of the Mongol Empire, reigning from 1260 to 1294,	57
3660248098	Aztec Empire	An alliance of three Nahua "altepetl" city-states: Mexico-Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan	58
3660248099	Inca Empire	the largest empire in pre-Columbian America	59
3660249980	Tenochtitlan	an Aztec altepetl located on an island in Lake Texcoco, in the Valley of Mexico.	60
3660249985	Mongols	an East-Central Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia and China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region	61
3660251954	Diaspora	Jews living outside Israel.	62
3660251955	Neoconfucianism	a movement in religious philosophy derived from Confucianism in China around AD 1000 in response to the ideas of Taoism and Buddhism.	63
3660253644	Manoralism	describes how land was distributed and who profited from the land	64
3660253645	Feudalism	The dominant social system in medieval Europe	65
3660255859	Islam		66
3660255860	Sunni/Shi'a	Abu Bakr vs Ali, Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law.	67
3660259277	Dar al-Islam	those lands in which a Muslim government rules and the Holy Law of Islam prevails. Non-Muslims may live there on Muslim sufferance.	68
3660262187	Mansu Musa	the tenth Mansa, which translates as "sultan" or "emperor"," of the wealthy West African Mali Empire	69
3660264311	Umayyad Dynasty	the second of the four major Islamic caliphates established after the death of Muhammad	70