AP WORLD HISTORY HISTORY EXAM Flashcards
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6694443116 | Democracy | A system in which people are given power | 0 | |
6694447007 | Direct Democracy | A system in which everyone has power | 1 | |
6694449821 | Representative Democracy | A system in which people choose others to represent them | 2 | |
6694456556 | Parliamentary Democracy | A system in which people chose a group of people that chooses a leader for them | 3 | |
6694459383 | Autocracy | A system in which one person is in charge | 4 | |
6694477696 | Dictatorship | A system in which a dictator is in charge . | 5 | |
6694489237 | Totalitarian Dictatoship | A system in which a dictator has full control over government and private life. | 6 | |
6694498149 | Absolute Monarchy | A system in which one person/ruler has all the power. | 7 | |
6694505343 | Constitutional Monarchy | A system in which the monarch/ruler has power but still needs to follow rules. | 8 | |
6694520029 | Theocracy | A system in which the state is ruled by religion/religious figures. | 9 | |
6694523318 | Oligarchy | A system in which the state is ruled by a group | 10 | |
6694531779 | Anarchy | There is no system or government | 11 | |
6694534552 | Religion | A system of having faith of worshipping something or someone. | 12 | |
6694541947 | Abrahamic religion | A religion that believes that Abraham was a prophet. For example, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam | 13 | |
6694550474 | Christianity | Belief in Jesus Christ and the bible | 14 | |
6694553569 | Judaism | Belief of Hashem and the Torah | 15 | |
6694557348 | Islam | Belief of Muhammad and the Quran. | 16 | |
6694561622 | Buddhism | The belief in Buddha's teachings and ways to enlightenment. | 17 | |
6694574353 | Hinduism | Hindus believe in the divinity of the Vedas. Monothetic in which they beleive in Braham . | 18 | |
6694582625 | Mesopotamia | A piece of that land that was home to many early civilizations on the fertile crescent such as the abbasids | 19 | |
6694593056 | Ancient Greece | 500-336 BC ; Philosophy Ideas and Democracy | 20 | |
6694595534 | Ancient Rome | 753 BC-27 BC (Western) and 64 AD to 1453 AD (Byzantine); Architecture and Largest Empire at the time. | 21 | |
6694602952 | Han Empire | 206 BC-220 AD; the use of paper and iron. | 22 | |
6694606951 | Mauryan Empire | 322 BCE - 185 BCE (Also during the Iron Age); influenced others with their culture. | 23 | |
6694609402 | Abbasid Empire | 750 CE- 1258 CE. A part of civilizations in Mesopotamia in the fertile crescent. | 24 | |
6715685805 | Batering | Battering is trade but without money | 25 | |
6715689601 | Export | Send goods to | 26 | |
6715691153 | Import | Bring goods into a country | 27 | |
6715701457 | Silk Road | 206 BCE-1453, major trade route from Europe and Asia that mostly traded Asian Goods. | 28 | |
6715707066 | Trans-Saharan | 600 CE-1300 CE, major trade route in Africa that exchanged mostly minerals. | 29 | |
6715713015 | Indian Ocean Trade | 800 CE - 1500s, Major trade route across the Indian Ocean, improved the use of ships | 30 | |
6715729526 | Feudlism | Social classes in medieval europe with kings at the top while Slaves at bottom | 31 | |
6720082494 | Sui Dynasty | 589-618 CE: Goals were to build Great Wall of China, Expand, and Grand Canal, Supported confucism | 32 | |
6720108052 | Tang Dynasty | 618-907 CE: Use of Exams and Agriculture . Supported Buddhism and Taoism. Gave women power | 33 | |
6720173429 | Song Dynasty | 960-1279 CE: Went back to the idea of Confucism and turned to Neo-Confucianism. Gave women less rights. | 34 | |
6720188498 | "Golden Age" | The time in China where technology, literature, and agriculutre thrived | 35 | |
6720197254 | Middle Ages | 400-1400: Time of Renaissance. AKA Dark Ages. In the early times, Europe was the only one not improving due to no innovations. The ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH controlled Europe. | 36 | |
6720206236 | Renaissance | A time where technology, art, literature, and etc flourished. | 37 | |
6720227520 | Black Death | AKA the Plague, a deadly disease that wiped out 2/3 of Europe. This weakened the power of the Church as a result. | 38 | |
6720241069 | Tithes | Tax in the times. | 39 | |
6720245015 | Confucism | A religion that was inspired by philosopher Confucius. Started in 400. Supported hierachry | 40 | |
6720255911 | City-State | A city that acts like a country with its own government and own rules. | 41 | |
6720267096 | Patriarchy | a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line. | 42 | |
6720269655 | Taoism | a Chinese philosophy based on the writings of Lao-tzu , advocating humility and religious piety. 550 B.C.E | 43 | |
6720289554 | Trade | The act of exchange for certain goods | 44 | |
6739101736 | 12th Century Renaissance | Took place in the middle ages during the time of social political, and economic transformation. They were mostly focused on religion and had a strong latin/greek base. | 45 | |
6739119243 | 15th Century Renaissance | The Italian Renaissance where art was focused on humanism. A lot of people were supported at this time | 46 | |
6739139426 | Ottoman Empire | 1300-1922: nomadic groups who came together and expanded. Had a very strong religious faith towards Islam. | 47 | |
6739150716 | The Middle Ages | 400-1400. The time in Europe that technology was still behind and there was still transformations happening. | 48 | |
6739161207 | Mosque | A muslim place of worship | 49 | |
6739163575 | Mausoleum | A large building for tombs | 50 | |
6739163576 | tekke | a large building for tombs but has holy men | 51 | |
6739174950 | Colonialism (Age of Exploration Era) | This was the time where Europe made contact with the Americas and started to colonize. Spain and Portugal were 2 of the main countries to have a focus on it. This was thrived by exploration and need for trade routes. | 52 | |
6748352709 | Spain (During Age of Exploration) | Spain's King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to financed explorations to find new routes to Asia. | 53 | |
6748365925 | Portugal (during Age of Exploration) | Under the leadership of Prince Henry the Navigator, Portugal took the principal role during most of the fifteenth century in searching for a route to Asia by sailing south around Africa. | 54 | |
6748389327 | Slave Trade | After the colonization in Africa, the trade happened. The use of Slaves then came to a strong demand. | 55 | |
6748426083 | Mesoamerica | Latin America. During the Age of Exploration, the European colonized the groups living here, and started to use them to get resources and slaves | 56 | |
6748466476 | Effects of Colonialism | This benefited the Europeans because they were now able to get new resources and trade. However, to the natives, it was a consequence as their land was taken away, they were enslaved, and faced diseases. | 57 | |
6748485124 | Effects of Age of Exploration | This benefited the Europeans as now travelling was more efficient with better technology. This helped connect the 2 hemispheres together. | 58 | |
6748485125 | New World | Basically the Americas as it was the first time the and the Europeans had contact. | 59 | |
6750178697 | Treaty of tordesillas | Due to limitations of colonization, Spain and Portugal agreed not to get into a conflict over land and set boundaries. | 60 | |
6750194178 | Vasco De Gama's discovery voyage | 1497: First Europeans were able to find a new route to India by going around Africa | 61 | |
6750213700 | British Colonialism in America | The first colonies came in 1607, and started to colonize the lands. These were the first European-Americans | 62 | |
6750223603 | British Empire (during the Age of Exploration) | At this time, they were colonizing the Americas and India. They had a wide spread of colonies around the world and was a super power | 63 | |
6754690577 | Europe's Change | During the middle ages, Europe got better and received more benefits. They were able to get more technology and resources. | 64 | |
6805573890 | World War 1 | Also known as the "Great War", this world war lasted from 1914-1918. This was due to the causes of MAIN. This was the first modern war as new technology and forms of warfare improved. | 65 | |
6805587833 | The Great Depression | This happened in America during the 1920s through 1930s when the stock market crashed which resulted in loss of jobs, hunger, and inflation. | 66 | |
6805601280 | Treaty of Versailles | This was signed after WW1 by the winning sides to determine the consequences of Germany. Germany was blamed for the war and resulted in many consequences such as loss of land, demilitarization, and etc. | 67 | |
6805610214 | World War 2 | The 2nd World war that took place from 1939-1945. They were fought by the Allies and Axis power over control of Europe and Asia. | 68 | |
6805619339 | Holocaust | Hitler's FInal Solution to get rid of the Jewish Population and other minorities as they were the scapegoats for Germany's lost in WW1. More than 2 million - 3 million people died during this time. | 69 | |
6805646569 | Rise Of Communism | In Russia, the idea of Communism started to appear as more of the population pushed for jobs and equality amongst all. This idea was bought by Vladimir Lenin | 70 | |
6805661431 | Modern War | A modern war is a way in which war is fought with technology and new forms of warfare. Example is Trench Warfare. | 71 | |
6805670268 | Axis and Allies Power | Axis: Japan, Germany, Italy Allies: US, Britain, France | 72 | |
6805675830 | M A I N | Militarism Alliances Imperialism Nationalism | 73 | |
6805681059 | Effects of both World Wars | The effect was that now countries became afraid of each other as war did damage on them. It created new weapons that will cause political controversy as well more conflicts. | 74 | |
6825611875 | Marshall Plan | The program that was aimed for helping Europe get back and reconstruct from 1948-1952 | 75 | |
6825621360 | USSR | Communist Russia when it first became communist and led under Stalin | 76 | |
6825625795 | Yalta Conference | The Conference between the US, Britain, and USSR to determine what the post war consequence will be | 77 | |
6825635771 | Truman Doctrine | 1947, President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology, mainly helped Greece and Turkey | 78 | |
6825637625 | Communism | The Economic System in which the government has full control over the markets. | 79 | |
6825641688 | Socialism | The Economic System in which the government has some control over the markets | 80 | |
6825645747 | Capitalism | The Economic System in which the government has no control over the markets | 81 | |
6825649744 | Warsaw Pact | The pact that was created by Stalin to unite Communist countries and form alliances within each other | 82 | |
6825668722 | Nato Treaty | military alliance of Western European powers and the United States established to defend against the common threat from the Soviet Union and other Communist Countries | 83 | |
6825673232 | Iron Curtain | A political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eastern Europe after WWII, restricting their ability to travel outside the region | 84 | |
6825679741 | Cold War | The tensions between the US and USSR as they fought over Capitalism and Communisim. They never physically fought, but did in ways to hurt each other and put constant threats | 85 | |
6825688203 | Cuban Missile Crisis | 1962 crisis that arose between the United States and the Soviet Union over a Soviet attempt to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba | 86 | |
6825690390 | Vietnam War | An example of the Cold War, the US allied with South Vietnam to fight against the Viet Cong and COmmunists to keep Democracy there. | 87 | |
6825698908 | Viet Cong | The Communist guerrillas in South Vietnam | 88 |