AP World History Vocab Flashcards

2915527114	Abraham	the first of the great Biblical patriarchs, father of Isaac, and traditional founder of the ancient Hebrew nation: considered by Muslims an ancestor of the Arab peoples through his son Ishmael. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning "father of many."	0
2915527115	Analeccts	Collection of short literary or philosophical extracts	1
2915527116	Book of the dead	Ancient Egyptian funerary	2
2915527117	Bureaucracy	Goverment where all important decisions are made by state officials	3
2915527118	Caste	Hereditary classes of Hindu society	4
2915527119	Confucianism	Philosophical and ethical teachings founded by confucious and Developed by mencius	5
2915527120	Covenant	An agreement	6
2915527121	Cuneiform	Writing system in Mesopotamia	7
2915527122	Daosim	Chinese philosphy based on the writings of Lao advocating humility relesiois piety	8
2915527123	Dharma	Teaching or religion of the Buddha	9
2915527124	Divination	Practice of seeking knowledge of the future or unknown by super natural means	10
2915527125	Dynasty	Families who inherit the power or "royal" of China	11
2915527126	Harrapan society	Earliest roots in cutlets. 2 greatest cities monenjo-Dao and Horappa	12
2915527127	Feudalism	A social system.	13
2915527128	Hammurabi's code	Eye for an eye theory	14
2915527129	Hatshepsut	5th Pharaon. Came to throne in 1478 BC	15
2915527130	Hieroglyphics	Writing consists of hieroglyphs	16
2915527131	Irrigation	Watering of land to get land ready for agriculture	17
2915527132	Jaguar	...	18
2915527133	Jati	Hindu caste it distinctive social group of which thousands throughout India	19
2915527134	Ka	The supposed spiritual part of an individual human being : or God which survived (with the soul) after death and could reside in a statue of the person see also ba	20
2915527135	Legalisim	Excessive adherence to law it formula. Dependence on moral law rather than on personal religious faith	21
2915527136	Mandate of heaven	Chinese belief and philosophical idea that tian (heaven) granted emperors the right to rule based on their ability to govern well and fairly	22
2915527137	Moksha	...Realease from the cycle of rebirth impelled by the law of karma	23
2915527138	Monotheistic	Belief in one god	24
2915527139	Moses	Prophet in Abrahamic religious. Former Egyptian Prince who later in life became religious leader and lawgiver, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed	25
2915527140	Mummification	Make a dead body into a mummy	26
2915527141	Nile	Nile rivers	27
2915527142	Oracles	A priest or priests acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from gods in classical antiquity	28
2915527143	Papyrus	A material used for writing or painting. And also for making rope sandals and boats. Native to central Africa and the Nile Valley	29
2915527144	Pharaoh	Ruler	30
2915527145	Polytheistic	Belief in many gods	31
2915527146	Public works	The work of building such things as roads, schools, and reservoirs carried out by the goverment for the community.	32
2915527147	Reincarnation	Rebirth of a soul in a new body or animal	33
2915527148	Shi Huangdi	The emperor that unified all of China	34
2915527149	Stone heads	The Olney colossal heads are at least seventeen monumental stone representations of human heads sculpted from large basalt boulders	35
2915527150	Theocracy	System of goverment which priest rule in the name of God or gods	36
2915527151	Torah	Law of God ad revealed to Moses and recorded the 1st 5 books of Hebrew scriptures	37
2915527152	Varna	Each of the 4 Hindu castes, Brahama Kshatriya, Vanishya, and Shudra.	38
2915527153	Advanced cities	An advanced state of human society. In which a high level of culture science, industry, and government has been reached.	39
2915527154	Specialised workers	Someone trained or developed for a particular purpose or area of knowledge	40
2915527155	Complex institutions	An organization establishment, foundations, society, or the liek devoted to the promotion of a particular cause or program, especially one of a public, educational, or charitable character.	41
2915527156	Record keeping	Someone who keeps documents	42
2915527157	Advanced technology	Updated technology to help the way of living	43
2922576049	Israel	Middle east	44
2922576050	Olmec & Chavin	Latin America	45
2922576051	Mesopotamia	Middle east	46
2922576052	China	East Asia	47
2922576053	Egypt	North Africa /Middle east	48