AP World History (3) Flashcards

6532107270	Shintoism	religion of the early Japanese court; included the worship of numerous gods and spirits associated with the natural world.	0
6532107271	Teotihuacan	site of classic culture in central Mexico; urban center with important religious functions; supported by intensive agriculture in surrounding regions; population of as many as 200,000.	1
6532107272	Maya	classic culture emerging in southern Mexico and Central America contemporary with Teotihuacan; extended over broad region; featured monumental architecture, written language, calendrical and mathematical systems, highly developed religion.	2
6532107273	Inca	group of clans centered at Cuzco that were able to create an empire incorporating various Andean cultures; term also used for leader of empire.	3
6532107274	Polynesia	islands contained in a rough triangle with its points at Hawaii, New Zealand, and Easter Island.	4
6532107275	Yellow Turbans	Chinese Daoists who launched a revolt in 184 C.E., promising a golden age to be brought about by divine magic.	5
6532107276	Sui	dynasty succeeding the Han; grew from strong rulers in northern China; reunited China.	6
6532107277	Tang	dynasty succeeding the Sui in 618 C.E.	7
6532107278	Harsha	ruler who followed Guptas in India; briefly constructed a loose empire in northern India between 616 and 657 C.E.	8
6532107279	Rajput	regional military princes in India following the collapse of the Gupta Empire.	9
6532107280	Devi	mother goddess within Hinduism; devotion to her spread widely after the collapse of the Gupta and encouraged new emotionalism in religious ritual.	10
6532107281	Islam	major world religion having its origins in 610 C.E. in the Arabian peninsula; meaning literally "submission"; based on prophecy of Muhammad.	11
6532107282	Diocletian	Roman emperor (284-305 C.E.); restored later empire by improved administration and tax collection.	12
6532107283	Constantine	Roman emperor (321-337 C.E.); established his capital at Constantinople; used Christianity to unify the empire.	13
6532107284	Byzantine Empire	eastern half of the Roman Empire; survived until 1453; retained Mediterranean, especially Hellenistic, culture.	14
6532107285	Augustine (Saint)	North African Christian theologian; made major contributions in incorporating elements of classical philosophy into Christianity.	15
6532107286	Coptic	Christian sect in Egypt, later tolerated after Islamic takeover.	16
6532107287	Mahayana	version of Buddhism popular in China; emphasized Buddha's role as a savior.	17
6532107288	Bodhisattvas	Buddhist holy men who refused advance toward nirvana to receive prayers of the living to help them reach holiness.	18
6532107289	Jesus of Nazareth	prophet and teacher among the Jews; believed by Christians to be the Messiah; executed c. 30 C.E.	19
6532107290	Paul	one of the first Christian missionaries; moved away from insistence that adherents of the new religion follow Jewish law; use of Greek as language of Church.	20
6532107291	Pope	Bishop of Rome; head of the Catholic church in western Europe. Council of Nicaea: Christian council that met in 325 C.E. to determine orthodoxy with respect to the	21
6532107292	Trinity; insisted on divinity of all persons of the Trinity.		22
6532107293	Benedict of Nursia	founder of monasticism in the former western half of the Roman Empire; established the Benedictine rule in the 6th century.	23
6532107294	Civilization	societies with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups.	24
6532107295	Mesopotamia	literally "between the rivers"; the civilizations that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris Euphrates river valleys.	25