First Sem AP World history finals Flashcards

8468536475	Quipu	(Andes region) system of record keeping, uses strings and knots.	0
8468536476	Filal Piety	Respect for others	1
8468536477	Hanseatic League	(Europe) early labor union	2
8468536478	Astrolabe	Advice to determine latitude on land and sea	3
8468536479	Mansa Musa	Ruler of Mali	4
8468536480	Bedouin arabs	First nomadic arabs to convert to Islam	5
8468536481	Chang'an	The capital city in China under the Tang dynasty was?	6
8468536482	Shia Islam	is the belif that people should have Mohammeds descands as their leaders	7
8468536483	Sufis	Mystics within Islam; responsible for expansion of Islam to southeastern Asia and other regions	8
8468536484	Berbers--(s)	an indigenous people of North Africa in modern Algeria and Tunis. Facilitated trans Saharan trade and converted to Islam.	9
8468536485	Monhenjo Daro	A major city of the Indus Valley civilization; flourished around 2000 BCE. Extensive infrastructure	10
8468536486	Qanat System	Persian underground canal	11
8468536487	Swahili Civilization	(East Africa) Decentralized, Indian Ocean trade	12
8468536488	Chavin (notre Chico)	(Americas, Peru) Mayan dynasty. Blood letting and human sacrifice.	13
8468536489	Sikhism	(India) combo of Hindu and Islam	14
8468536490	Vikings	Scandinavian peoples whose sailors raided Europe from the 700s through the 1100s	15
8468536491	Mauryan Empire	(Persia) centralized, used satrapy system	16
8468536492	Phoenicians	Sailors, first to develop a writing system. Greeks and romans eventually adopted writing system.	17
8468536493	Neolithic Revolution	The switch from nomadic lifestyles to a settled agricultural lifestyle is this revolution.	18
8468536494	Pastoralism	Follow hearts. Don't farm.	19
8468536495	Silla Dynasty	(Korea) political stability.	20
8468536496	Tribute system	(E Asia) trade network between foreigners and nomads. Kowtow	21
8468536497	Tang Dynasty	Chinese dynasty from 618 to 907, Golden age	22
8468536498	Song Dynasty	the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy	23
8468536499	NeoConfucianism	A new form of Confucianism in the Tang Dynasty, created to counter the growing influence of Buddhism	24
8468536500	Sui Dynasty	581-618 CE Built grand canal and Great Wall, restored centralized after war.	25
8468536501	Genghis kahn	Mongol ruler, conquered land (1170s-1227)	26
8468536502	Mongols	People from Central Asia when united ended up creating the largest single land empire in history.	27
8468536503	Mecca	(Middle East) holy city of Islam, birthplace of Muhammad	28
8468536504	Crusades	(Middle East and Europe) medieval military expedition recover holy land (11th-13th century)	29
8468536505	Bubonic Plague	a deadly contagious disease caused by bacteria and spread by fleas; also called the Black Death	30
8468536506	Abbassids	a dynasty of calphis ruling at Baghdad, a.d. 750-1258 claiming descent from Abbas, uncle of Muhammed	31
8468536507	Islam	the religion of Muslims collectively which governs their civilization and way of life	32
8468536508	Shang Dynasty	The Chinese dynasty that ruled the area around the Huang He from 1700 to 1122 B.C.E.	33
8468536509	Shi Huangdi	First emperor of China; leader of the Qin Dynasty	34
8468536510	Paleolithic Era	the first part of the Stone Age; when people first used stone tools	35
8468536511	Mesopotamia	Birthplace of the Sumerian civilization among many others.	36
8468536512	Olmec	(Mesoamerica) The 1st civilization known for sculpting huge stone heads.	37
8468536513	Ziggurats	temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshipped	38
8468536514	Cuneiform	A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets.	39
8468536515	Heiroglyphics	ancient Egyptian writing system using picture symbols for ideas or sounds	40
8468536516	Hammurabi's Code	a set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire	41
8468536517	Hebrew Scriptures	Torah, Old Testament	42
8468536518	Zoroastrianism	system of religion founded in Persia in the 6th century BC by Zoroaster noun	43
8468536519	Vedic Religion	a historical predecessor of modern Hinduism, concerned with disorder and order	44
8468536520	Patriarchy	A form of social organization in which males dominate females	45
8468536521	Mandate of Heaven	in Chinese history, the divine approval thought to be the basis of royal authority	46
8468536522	Aryan Migrations	began 1500 BCE in India	47
8468536523	Bantu Migration	Large movement of Africans from the Niger River Valley in 1,000 B.C.	48
8468536524	Animism	the attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena.	49
8468536525	ancestor veneration	Belief that deceased family members have a continued existence, that the spirits of deceased ancestors will look after the family.	50
8468536526	Caste System	divided Indian society into groups based on a person's birth, wealth, or occupation	51
8468536527	Reincarnation	Hindu and Buddhist belief that souls are reborn into new bodies over and over.	52
8468536528	Buddhism	a religion founded in ancient India by the religious teacher Buddha	53
8468536529	Monasticism	The lifestyle of a monk or nun, characterized by prayer and solitude	54
8468536530	Ashoka	a ruler of the Mauryan Empire who converted to Buddhism	55
8468536531	Missionaries	people who work to spread their religious beliefs	56
8468536532	Merchants	a person whose business is buying and selling goods	57
8468536533	Daoism	A religion in China which emphasizes the removal from society and to become one with nature.	58
8468536534	Confucianism	a system of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by Confucius and developed by Mencius.	59
8468536535	Jesus	Founder of Christianity	60
8468536536	Greek Philosophy	the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics	61
8468536537	Hellenistic Era	period when the Greek language and Greek ideas spread to the non-Greek peoples of southwest Asia. Alexander the Great	62
8468536538	Alexandria	City in Egypt founded by Alexander the Great, center of commerce and Hellenistic civilization	63
8468536539	Persian Empire	Large empire in southern Asia. Fought against the Greeks in the Persian Wars.	64
8468536540	Roman Empire	an empire that, at its height, around 200 C.E., spanned the Mediterranean world and most of Europe	65
8468536541	Constantine	Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)	66
8468536542	Pax Romana	A period of peace and prosperity throughout the Roman Empire, lasting from 27 B.C. to A.D. 180.	67
8468536543	Qin Empire	(246 BC to 206 BC) established first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall.	68
8468536544	Han Empire	(206 BC to AD 220) Imperial dynasty that ruled China	69
8468536545	Mayan city states	(Mesoamerica) 250 AD, golden age of Maya Empire. grew over 49 cities. Large population	70
8468536546	Silk Road	Connected China, India, and the Middle East. Traded goods and helped to spread culture.	71
8468536547	Indian Ocean Trade	world's richest maritime trading network that was essential for the prosperity of East Africa	72
8468536548	magnetic compass	Chinese invention that aided navigation by showing which direction was north	73
8468536549	Lateen sails	A triangular sail attached to a short mast	74
8468536550	Timbuktu	Mali trading city that became a center of wealth and learning	75
8468536551	Transaharan Trade Routes	route in which salt and iron were traded for gold	76
8468619458	Ibn Battuta	Arab traveler who described African societies and cultures in his travel records	77
8468619459	Grand Canal	great canal system begun by Yangdi; joined Yellow River region to the Yangtze basin	78
8468619460	Foot binding	Practice in Chinese society to mutilate women's feet in order to make them smaller	79
8468619461	Xiongnu	Nomads who lived in the Gobi Desert; invaded China; Wall of China was constructed to keep them out	80
8468619462	Marco Polo	Italian explorer who wrote about his travels to Central Asia and China.	81
8468619463	Byzantine Empire	Eastern half of the Roman Empire that survived the fall of the Western half.	82
8468619464	Roman Catholic	the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy	83
8468619465	Feudalism	(Europe) political system based on bonds of loyalty between lords and vassals	84
8468619466	Samurai	Class of warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land.	85
8468619467	Islam	Submission to the will of Allah	86
8468619468	Sharia Law	the system of Islamic law, based on varying degrees of interpretation of the Qu'ran	87
8468619469	Ummah	Muslim community of believers	88