AP World History Flashcards
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| 4215069091 | Civilization | A cultural group with advance cities, complex institutions, skilled workers, advanced technology, and a system of recordkeeping. | 0 | |
| 4215076544 | climate | The pattern of temperature and precipitation ove a period of time. | 1 | |
| 4215079089 | cultural diffusion | The transmission of ideas and products from one culture to another. | 2 | |
| 4215086518 | monsoon | A seasonal wind. | 3 | |
| 4215092488 | steppe | A dry grassland. | 4 | |
| 4215272962 | Agricultural Revolution | The transition from foraging to the cultivation of food occurring about 8000-2000 BCE; also known as the Neolithic Age. | 5 | |
| 4215283388 | animism | The belief that spirit inhabit the features of nature. | 6 | |
| 4215295491 | artifact | An object made by human hands. | 7 | |
| 4215297751 | foraging | A term for hunting and gathering | 8 | |
| 4215301324 | pastoralism | The practice of herding. | 9 | |
| 4215304127 | slash-and-burn cultivation | An agricultural method in which farmers clear fields by cutting and burning trees, then use the ashes as fertilizers. | 10 | |
| 4215309705 | specialization of labor | The division of labor that aides the development of skills in a particular type of work. | 11 | |
| 4225349328 | covenant | Agreement; in the Judeo-Christian heritage, an agreement between God and humankind | 12 | |
| 4225358206 | cuneiform | A system of writing originating in Mesopotamia in which a wedge-shaped stylus that was used to press symbols into clay. | 13 | |
| 4225375185 | diaspora | The exile of an ethnic or racial group from their homeland. | 14 | |
| 4225380610 | hieroglyphics | A system of picture writing used in Egypt. | 15 | |
| 4225384556 | jati | One of the many subcastes in the Hindu Caste Religion | 16 | |
| 4225388925 | mandate of heaven | The concept developed by the Zhou dynasty that the deity granted a dynasty the right to rule and took away that right if the dynasty did not rule wisely. | 17 | |
| 4225399968 | matrilineal | Referring to a social system in which descent and inheritance are traced through the mother. | 18 | |
| 4225403814 | monotheism | The belief in one god. | 19 | |
| 4225406664 | oracle bones | Animal bones or shells used by Chinese priests to receive messages from the gods. | 20 | |
| 4225416940 | patriarchal | Pertaining to a social system in which the father is the head of the family. | 21 | |
| 4225419876 | pharaoh | A Egyptian monarch. | 22 | |
| 4225429820 | polytheism | The belief in many gods. | 23 | |
| 4225432432 | theocracy | A government that is ruled by God or by Church leaders. | 24 | |
| 4225435789 | Torah | The first five books of the Jewish Scripture. | 25 | |
| 4225438869 | untouchables | The social division in Hindu society that fell in rank below the caste system; it was occupied by those who carried out undesirables occupations such as undertaking, butchering, and waste collection. | 26 | |
| 4225447667 | Varna | A caste in the Hindu caste system | 27 | |
| 4225450353 | Vedas | The oral hymns to the Aryan deities, later written down, that formed the basis of the Hindu beliefs during the Vedic Age. | 28 | |
| 4225458846 | Yahweh | Jehovah, the god of the Jews. | 29 | |
| 4225461742 | ziggurat | A multitiered pyramid constructed by the Mesopotamians. | 30 | |
| 4234802574 | aristocracy | Rule by a privileged hereditary class or nobility. | 31 | |
| 4234809018 | artisan | A craftsmen. | 32 | |
| 4234812610 | democracy | A political system in which the people rule. | 33 | |
| 4234817965 | dynasty | A series of rulers from the same family. | 34 | |
| 4234823641 | geocentric theory | The belief held by many before the Scientific Revolution that the earth is the center of the universe. | 35 | |
| 4234833587 | Hellenistic Age | The era in which Greek culture blended with Persian and other eastern influences spread throughout the former empire of Alexander the Great. | 36 | |
| 4234845516 | Indo-Europeans | A group of seminomadic peoples who, around 2000 BCE, began to migrate from central Asia to India, Europe, and the Middle East. | 37 | |
| 4234855195 | mystery religion | During the Hellenistic Age, religions that promised their faithful followers eternity in a state of bliss. | 38 | |
| 4234864459 | Pax Romana | The Roman Peace; the period of prosperity and stability throughout the Roman Empire in the first two centuries. | 39 | |
| 4234871581 | polis | A Greek city-state | 40 | |
| 4234876468 | sati | The custom among the higher castes of Hinduism of a widow throwing herself on the burning funeral pyre of her husband. | 41 | |
| 4234889661 | Silk Roads | Caravan routes and sea lanes between China and the Middle East. | 42 | |
| 4234896355 | Stoicism | The most popular Hellenistic philosophy; it involved strict discipline and an emphasis on helping others. | 43 | |
| 4234908299 | Twelve Tables | The codification of Roman Law during the republic. | 44 | |
| 4234914904 | Zoroastrianism | An ancient Persian religion that emphasized a struggle between good and evil and rewards in the afterlife for those who chose to follow a good life. | 45 | |
| 4250068882 | bodhisattvas | Buddhist holy men who accumulated spiritual merits during their lifetimes; Buddhists prayed to them in order to receive some of their holiness. | 46 | |
| 4250077819 | Brahmin | A member of the social class of priests in Aryan Society. | 47 | |
| 4250082051 | dharma | The position in the Hindu Caste System that was determined by one's birth. | 48 | |
| 4250086397 | Edict of Milan | A document that made Christianity one of the religions allowed in the Roman Empire | 49 | |
| 4250099590 | filial piety | In China, respect for one's parents and other elders. | 50 | |
| 4250101152 | karma | In Hindu tradition, the good or evil deeds done by a person. | 51 | |
| 4250104775 | moksha | In hindu belief, the spirit's liberation from the cycle of reincarnation | 52 | |
| 4250110124 | New Testament | The portion of the Christian Bible that contains the Gospels that relate the account of the life of Jesus; letters from the followers of Jesus to the early Christian churches and the Book of Revelation, a prophetic text. | 53 | |
| 4250118039 | nirvana | In Buddhism, a state of perfect peace that the goal is reincarnation. | 54 | |
| 4250121571 | pope | the head of the Roman Catholic Church | 55 | |
| 4250123882 | reincarnation | Rebirth; a belief of both Buddhism and Hinduism. | 56 | |
| 4250129144 | shamanism | A belief in powerful natural spirits that are influenced by shamans, or priests. | 57 | |
| 4250139841 | yin and yang | In ancient Chinese Belief, the opposing forces that bring balance to nature and life. | 58 | |
| 4257160064 | latifundia | Large landholdings in the Roman Empire. | 59 | |
| 4261084112 | Allah | The god of the Muslims: Arabic word for "god". | 60 | |
| 4261087934 | astrolabe | A navigational instrument used to determine latitude by measuring the position of the stars. | 61 | |
| 4261092063 | Battle of Tours | The 732 CE battle that halted the advance of muslim armies into Europe at a point in northern France. | 62 | |
| 4261094875 | caliph | The chief Muslim political and religious leader. | 63 | |
| 4261099025 | Dar al-Islam | The House of Islam; a term representing the political and religious unity of various Islamic Groups. | 64 | |
| 4261102915 | Five Pillars | Five practices required of Muslims: faith, prayer, almsgiving, fasting, and pilgrimage. | 65 | |
| 4261111258 | Hadith | A collection of the sayings and deeds of Muhammed. | 66 | |
| 4261114370 | hajj | The pilgrimage to the Ka'aba in Mecca required once of every Muslim who is not limited by health and financial descriptions. | 67 | |
| 4261120873 | harem | A household of wives and concubines in the Middle East, Africa or Asia | 68 | |
| 4261126192 | hijrah | The flight of Muhammed from Mecca to Medina; the first year in the Muslim Calendar | 69 | |
| 4261131002 | jihad | Islamic holy war | 70 | |
| 4261133309 | ka'aba | A black stone or meteorite that became the most revered shrine in Arabia before the introduction of Islam; situated in Mecca, it later was incorporated in the Islamic faith. | 71 | |
| 4261139997 | Mamluks | Turkic military slaves who formed part of the army of the Abbasid Caliphate in the ninth and tenth centuries; they founded their own state in Egypt and Syria from the thirteenth to the early sixteenth centuries. | 72 | |
| 4261154668 | minaret | A tower attached to a mosque from which Muslims are called to worship. | 73 | |
| 4261158109 | mosque | The house of worship of followers of Islam. | 74 | |
| 4261161161 | Muslim | "One who submits"; follower of Islam. | 75 | |
| 4261165304 | People of the Book | A term applied by Islamic governments to Muslims, Christians, and Jews in reference to the fact that all three religions had a holy book. | 76 | |
| 4261170643 | Quran | The holy book of Islam | 77 | |
| 4261172239 | Ramadan | The holy month of Islam which commemorates the appearance of an angel Gabriel to Muhammed; fasting to required during this month. | 78 | |
| 4261180194 | shariah | The body of law that governs Muslim society. | 79 | |
| 4261183812 | Shi'ite | The branch of Islam that holds that the leader of Islam must be a descendant of Muhammed's family. | 80 | |
| 4261189094 | Sufis | Muslims who accept to reach Allah through mysticism. | 81 | |
| 4261193259 | sultan | An islamic ruler. | 82 | |
| 4261203951 | Sunni | The branch of Islam that believes that the Muslim community should select its leaders; the Sunnis are the largest branch of Islam. | 83 | |
| 4261209716 | umma | The community of all Muslims believers. | 84 |