World History AP Vocab Flashcards

3203977622	Minoan	civilization on Crete island Women had religious duties	0
3203977623	Pre Qin China government	Palace civilization	1
3203977624	Phoenician	Civilization in fertile crescent - writing is called the alphabet	2
3203977625	Celts	People who settled France Britain and much of europe	3
3203977626	Civilization	All people under submission have same religion language and belief	4
3203977627	Empire	Many different beliefs and people under one government	5
3203977628	Optimates	Nobles and conservatives in roman empire	6
3203977629	Diaspora	spread of judaism	7
3203977630	Stupa	tiny temple, contain relics/remains of buddhist priets, place of meditation	8
3203977631	Bodhisattva	Buddhist teacher	9
3203977632	Ancestor veneration	the respect for ones elders/ancestors	10
3203977633	Mandate of heaven	Justify dynasties, beginning/end NOT JUST RULERS	11
3203977634	Ephors	main part of spartan senate, counsel, 5 elected, have power of branches	12
3203977635	Gerousia	spartan council of elders, men over age 60 & 2 kings	13
3203977636	Filial piety	respect for father/elder/ancestors - confucian philosophy	14
3203977637	Nestorians	christian doctrine disunion between human nature and jesus	15
3203977638	Manichaeism	religion founded by iranian prophet	16
3203977639	Oedipus rex	athenian tragedy	17
3203977640	Gandharan buddha	sculptures of buddha that share greek ideas of human body	18
3203977641	Syncretism	the attempted/succeeded merging of cultures	19
3203977642	Xiongnu	configuration of nomads, attacked chinese borders	20
3203977643	Mencius	Mencius was a Chinese philosopher who is the most famous Confucian after Confucius himself	21
3203977644	Twelve tables	Roman Law Code	22
3203977645	Latifundia	a large landed estate or ranch in ancient Rome	23
3203977646	Eunuch	a man who has been castrated, one employed to guard the women's living areas at an oriental court.	24
3203977647	Manumission	act of a slave owner freeing their slaves	25
3203977648	Attila the Hun	ruler of huns, fierce military leader,	26
3203977649	Constantine	Roman emperor, moved western capital from Rome to Constantinople - caused weakness, allowed germanic invasion	27
3203977650	Diocletian	roman emperor, divided Roman Empire into eastern and western parts	28
3203977651	Axum	Trading nation Contained largest port or east African coast traded animal hides, rhino horn, ivory, tortoise shell	29
3203977652	Onion	crop NOT domesticated by early humans	30
3203977653	Chavin	ceremonial center, focus of religious movement that swept through peru	31
3203977654	Moche	had complex irrigation system northern peru coast governed by warrior priests women important status	32
3203977655	Wari and Tiwanaku	coastal civilizations, llama caravans linked distinct centers little conflict between each other wari more tightly controlled	33
3203977657	Chaco phenomenon	large above ground settlement in chaco canyon, no wheeled carts, highly skilled astronomers	34
3203977658	Cahokia	dominant center of mound builder civilization, corn based agriculture built earth mounds called earthworks, geometric patterns	35
3203977659	Niger valley civilization	Created city based civilization, similar to greek, absence of state structure	36
3203977660	Meroe	river valley civilization on nile, governed by monarch, sometimes woman considered very wealthy	37
3203977661	Piye	tried to restore egypt	38