Ap world history midterm Flashcards

8586675853	Paleolithic hunter-gatherer technologies	Fire	0
8586675854	Swidden agriculture	Shifting fields	1
8586675855	Code of Hammurabi	First written set of laws;eye for an eye	2
8586675856	Women in Mesopotamia	Stayed home and watched fire/kids	3
8586675857	Mesopotamia's number system	Base-60	4
8586675858	Confucius' fundamental element of society	Family was most important	5
8586675859	Daoism summary	Take things as they come; the path	6
8586675860	Nubia trade	Below Egypt; connected northern and sub-Saharan africa	7
8586675861	Celtic military summary	Fought naked; brought heads of enemies	8
8586675862	Olmec cities layout	Align with stars; astronomical events	9
8586675863	Greek and Aegean resources	Grapes and olives	10
8586675864	Jewish belief basic tenets	Don't lie; don't kill; don't steal; don't commit adultery	11
8586675865	Ark of covenant	A golden box that has law tablets given to Moses	12
8586675866	Diaspora	Scattering; associated with Jews and slaves	13
8586675867	Phoenician textile	Purple dye	14
8586675868	Cyrus	Iran unified	15
8586675869	Greek poleis	Greek city-states; on mountains and island	16
8586675870	Greek philosophers view on world	Wanted people to see the world rationally	17
8586675871	Spartan society	Afraid of space revolts; slaves called helots	18
8586675872	Peloponnesian war	Athens vs Sparta; rivalry and distrust	19
8586675873	Punic wars	Rome vs Carthage; Hannibal; Rome destroyed Carthage and got control of Mediterranean Sea	20
8586675874	Pax Romana	Roman peace	21
8586675875	Constantine	Converted to Christianity; Constantinople	22
8586675876	Warring states period	Unification of China by Qin Dynasty	23
8586675877	Fall of Han empire	Attacks along borders; corruption within gov't; frustration among peasants; failure of han reform	24
8586675878	Buddhism ultimate spiritual reward	Nirvana	25
8586675879	Hinduism/Vedic religions	Unlike Buddhism, hinduism says otman evolves into enlightened spirit that retains self	26
8586675880	Mauryan empire collapse	Lack of resources for administration and military; ashokas death	27
8586675881	Contributions of Gupta	Concept of 0	28
8586675882	Southeast Asia contributions and prominence	Major trade routes	29
8586675883	Sassanid/Byzantine empires similarities	Central control routes	30
8586675884	Indian Ocean maritime system	Used monsoon winds	31
8586675885	Madagascar inhabitants	Southeast Asia	32
8586675886	Sub-Saharan language	Bantu	33
8586675887	Buddhist cross-cultural activity	Missionaries; cultural diffusion	34
8586675888	Arabian peninsula occupation	Farming	35
8586675889	Direction of prayer for Muslims	Mecca is sight of Ka'ba	36
8586675890	Abbasid rule	Refined culture and cosmopolitan	37
8586675891	Umayyad Spain distinctive culture	Diversity of Germanic, Arab, Roman, and Beber traditions combined	38
8586675892	Muslim women characteristics/what could they do	Practice birth control; could divorce; had to vail before leaving house	39
8586675893	Schism of 1054	A spilt between the Latin church and the Orthodox Church	40
8586675894	Fief	Land grant	41
8586675895	Bayeux tapestry	Made by women	42
8586675896	Simony	Selling ecclesiastical appointments, often to people who are not members of the clergy	43
8586675897	Crusades summary	Wanted control of Muslims	44
8586675898	Why tang empire declined	Military decline and political decay	45
8586675899	Neo-Confucianism	Sage	46
8586675900	Flying money	Song system of credit	47
8586675901	Korea's primary religion	Shamanism	48
8586675902	Japanese emperors summary	Figure heads; no real power	49