AP World History Flashcards

4390604076	hunting foraging bands	nomadic groups that hunted game or collected wild or undomesticated plants for food	0
4390612378	Neolithic revolutions	hunter foragers settled around areas with steady water supply. irrigation of crops was developed	1
4390627117	river valley civilizations	first places where Neolithic revolutions occurred. places include: Mesopotamia, the Nile Valley, the Indus River Valley, and the Yellow River Valley.	2
4392274767	pastoralism/pastoralists	people who did not settle in cities, but raised domesticated animals. they also did not develop ag	3
4392274768	urbanization	villages grew into cities. development of the specialization of jobs.	4
4392274769	early empires	an example of this is: Babylonians in Mesopotamia conquered rival cities and took them by force.	5
4392274770	animism	earliest known form of religion. sees gods on nature. popular in hunting foraging bands	6
4392274771	polytheism	closely related to animism, but names gods in charge of each thing. example: Greek god Apollo was in charge of the sun	7
4392274772	monotheism	belief in one god. Judaism in southwest Asia is an example	8
4392274773	classical era	600 BCE to 600 CE. empires such as Greek and Roman dynasties, Han Dynasty, Maurya and Gupta empires ruled during this time	9
4392274774	Hinduism	earliest known organized religion. written codes of faith and class of religious leaders. supports the caste system	10
4392274775	Buddhism	reform of Hinduism by Siddartha Gautama. he became the Buddha, or "enlightened one" supported spiritual equality and missionary activity	11
4392274776	Confucianism	based on teachings of Kong Fuzi (Confucius) in 500 BCE. established codes of behavior, gender, and family duties. teachings were philosophy, not religion	12
4392274777	Christianity	reform of Judaism. Jesus taught eternal salvation through belief he was Messiah sent by god	13
4392274778	Han empire	existed around the same time as the Roman Empire. one of the largest empires of the classical era. far ahead in technology	14
4392274779	Mandate of Heaven	reflected the belief that the empire in china would stay in power as long as the heavens were satisfied	15
4392274780	Chinese examination system	began with the Han dynasty and ended in the 20th century. scholar bureaucrats took an exam to become government scribes	16
4392274781	Mediterranean civilizations	describes Classical Greek and Roman civilizations	17
4392274782	Hellenism	blend of Greek and local culture. example: Buddha statue made in Greek style	18
4392274783	Maurya/Gupta empires	classical empires in South Asia. geographically extensive and powerful. one lasted from 320 BCE to 185 BCE. the other lasted from 320 CE to 550 CE	19
4392274784	Bantu migrations	migrated south and east from 1000 BCE to 500 CE	20
4392301624	the Silk Roads	connected East Asia to northern India and Central Asia. silk, tea spices, horses and technology were carried westward	21
4392316350	Indian Ocean Trade Network	connected to the Silk Roads. traded silver, cotton, spices, and other items	22
4434997550	fall of classical empires	Han dynasty- 220 CE. western Roman Empire- 476 CE. Gupta empire- mid 6th century. causes: internal pressures, invading nomads, and imported diseases	23
4434997551	Islam	first preached in 7th century by Muhammad. monotheism. united tribes into common faith. spread rapidly.	24
4434997552	caliphate	no clear rules of succession after Muhammad. fragmented into regional states (____)	25
4392300192	the Silk Roads	connected East Asia to northern India and Central Asia. silk	26