AP World History Semester 1 Final Flashcards

3465318672	hunting and gathering societies	organize rather small groups into political units	0
3465320332	paleolithic age refers to	period in which simple stone tools were developed	1
3465322310	a characteristic of the human species before the advent of civilization was	ability to spread to various geographic settings and climate zones	2
3465324424	development of agriculture caused important changes except for	tendency to believe in many gods	3
3465325903	why did the original inhabitants of Australia not develop agriculture?	climate was too severe	4
3465325904	society is a civilization if	it practices sedentary agriculture	5
3465328104	jew monotheism	proposed a less human=like and more abstract god	6
3465329705	among early river civilizations	Huang he culture in China was most isolated	7
3465331624	egypt differed from Mesopotamian civilization by stressing	well-organized, durable empires	8
3465332535	Sumerian civilization produced first	written law code	9
3465333356	earliest known writing in a civilization first developed in	middle east	10
3465336699	one difference between classical civilizations and river valley civilizations was that in classical civilizations	political orgazniations were more elavorate	11
3465338860	one difference between classical China and earlier Huanghe river valley civilization was	human sacrifices were suppressed	12
3465342084	ceremony and hierarchy became important part of upper-class Chinese life b/c	Chinese believed that it would help unify society and prevent greed	13
3465345339	Confucian belief	a good society has hierarchy in both family and state	14
3465348767	song of heaven concept didn't promote	priests' control of state	15
3465349828	daoists would agree with Confucianists on all except	importance of political activity	16
3465351230	Chinese govt accepted Daoism because...except	daoists believed that nobles were holier than peasants	17
3465352334	one of china's key economic strengths	high levels of tech innovation	18
3465355255	cultural diffusion in early Chinese history	intro and spread of Buddhism from India	19
3465356381	Qin dynasty differed from Zhou dynasty in that	it was more centralized	20
3465357535	all of following constituted function in govt in Han China except	schools for peasant boys	21
3465359256	not a reason India was invaded more often than China	hostility to warfare	22
3465359257	hindu ethics involved	emphasis on individual carrying out obligations of life	23
3465360600	in contrast to China, social values that developed in classical India	encouraged greater emotional spontaneity	24
3465361803	in classical period, both China and Indea	showed considerable tolerance for different religions	25
3465364555	india's trading network involved direct contact with all except	Russia	26
3465364556	compared to China, Indian social and economic structure	gave a stronger role to merchants	27
3465366136	buddhism differed from Hinduism by not believing	in caste system	28
3465366137	Aryan conquerors brought to India	distinctive religious ideas	29
3465367351	Confucian and Hindu values both	helped justify and preserve social inequality	30
3465368492	indian caste system served to an extent as a political institution by	enforcing rules about social behavior	31
3465369721	India's political tradition	stressed importance of regional and local units	32
3465372014	both ancient Rome and Greece depended on slavery. one result=	both groups lagged in tech advances compared to China or India	33
3465373931	compared to modern American ideas of democracy, Athenian democracy was distinctive in	urging that all citizens participate directly in lawmaking and policymaking	34
3465375852	from Confucian viewpoint, Roman Empire might have been criticized for placing too much confidence in	laws rather than trained officials	35
3465375853	Greek genius was politics, Roman genius was	engineering	36
3465377084	Senate of republican Rome reprsetned	landed aristocracy	37
3465379229	Roman emperors tried to prevent popular disorder by	organizing food supplies and distribution	38
3465380641	Punic Wars	Athens vs Sparta	39
3465380651	Greek and Roman agriculture	tended to develop large, commercial estates	40
3465382279	Roman Empire	tolerated local political and religious diversity	41
3465383381	socratic method emphasized	importance of questioning	42
3465384275	greek and hellenistic approach in science	used math to try and explain nature's patterns	43
3465390763	nomadic invaders often had military advantages over armies of empires because	they were more skilled as horsemen	44
3465394849	end of Gupta empire differed from decline of Rome in that it did not involve	intro of new religion for majority (christianity)	45
3465396702	eastern portion of Roman Empire experienced less decline than the west for all except	east resisted spread of Christianity	46
3465397541	Buddhism stressed	meditation and ethical bejavoir	47
3465398883	despite major differences, Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism all show interest in	life after death (heaven, nirvana, reincarnation)	48
3465400667	compared to Hinduism, Christians more likely to	see humans as superior to rest of nature	49
3465402450	after 200 C.E., an increased number of ppl in Asia, Europe, and North Africa began to adapt faiths characterized by	monotheism	50
3465404035	by 600, a good definition of barbarian would be	someone who's not part of a civilization	51
3465405465	compared to Hinduism and Buddhism, all constitute distinctive features of late-Roman Christianity except	non-believers can't join hrch	52
3465406699	events in late Han China and late Rome empire show that the decline of a civilization, whether temporary or permanetn	is not simply the result of attack by outside invaders	53
3465407609	best survived Hun invasions in India	Hindu Beliefs	54