AP World History Semester 1 Flashcards
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| 5706167989 | prehistory | before the time of written history | 0 | |
| 5706175266 | Homo erectus | Greatest achievement- complex communication; made fire | 1 | |
| 5706175267 | Hittites | Most important of the Indo-European migrants (Anatolia) | 2 | |
| 5706184062 | Neolithic/Paleolithic Ages | Paleolithic-before agriculture;Neolithic-with agriculture | 3 | |
| 5706184063 | Hammurabi | Hammurabi code, men @ head of households; lex italionis | 4 | |
| 5706200107 | Sumerians | largest people of Mesopotamia, invented cuneiform | 5 | |
| 5706200108 | Bantu society | Introduced agriculture & iron metallurgy to Sub-Saharan Africa; Bananas; age grades | 6 | |
| 5706210771 | Harrappan | fell b/c of ecological degradation; 1st Indian culture | 7 | |
| 5706215651 | Aryans | Bronze metallurgy; cattle, horses, & 1st Chariots | 8 | |
| 5706219920 | Hinduism | indigenous religion of India | 9 | |
| 5706219921 | Maya | used cacao beans for money & terraces to catch soil MA | 10 | |
| 5706219922 | Olmec | art=giant basalt heads MA | 11 | |
| 5706228832 | Mexica (Aztec) | strongest of Aztecs; settled @ Tenochtitlan | 12 | |
| 5706232552 | Lapita people | 1st people to penetrate the Pacific Ocean; from Australia | 13 | |
| 5706236134 | Confucious | Kong Fuzi; Created a philosophy of proper ruling | 14 | |
| 5706238547 | Chandragupta Maurya | 1st to bring unified rule to India w/ Mauryan Dynasty | 15 | |
| 5706238548 | Gupta state | Government left to locals; science & mathematics (0) | 16 | |
| 5706242092 | jati | smaller version of a caste system; a subcaste | 17 | |
| 5706242093 | Buddhism | Based on Siddhartha Gautama(Buddha); Noble 8fold path; 4 Noble Truths | 18 | |
| 5706249800 | Homer | Wrote the Iliad & the Odyssey; stories about the Trojan War | 19 | |
| 5706257091 | Sparta | Warlike Greek citystate-fought Athens in Peloponnesian war | 20 | |
| 5706261666 | Athens | Head of the Delian League fought Sparta in PW | 21 | |
| 5706261667 | Pericles | Beautified Athens with money from the Delian League | 22 | |
| 5706266570 | Etruscans | dominated most Italy & dominated Rome's early history (brains) | 23 | |
| 5706266571 | Carthage | Carthaginians fought the Romans in the Punic Wars & lost | 24 | |
| 5706271571 | Julius Caesar | Wanted to disband the Roman Republic, & create empire | 25 | |
| 5706295807 | Caesar Augustus | began pax romana; Caesar's adopted son; Emperor | 26 | |
| 5706295808 | pax romana | "roman peace" peace by Augustus; 200 years; lots of trade | 27 | |
| 5706301260 | Twelve Tables | Roman law book; social organization of Rome | 28 | |
| 5706305759 | Diocletian | Separated Rome into 4 Tetrarchs to rule better than 1 emperor | 29 | |
| 5706305760 | Byzantine Empire | Constantinople, lasted another 1000 years after Rome fell | 30 | |
| 5706309574 | Mecca | home of Islam, Muhammad made his hajj to this city | 31 | |
| 5706309575 | Quran | Holy book of Islam | 32 | |
| 5706309576 | Shia | Islamic group; believed Ali should be the leader of Islam | 33 | |
| 5706314495 | Abbasid/ Umayyad | After Muhammad; expanded Islam & became peaceful | 34 | |
| 5706314496 | Shinto | Indigenous religion of Japan | 35 | |
| 5706317868 | caste system | social groups based on job & income; mostly unchangeable | 36 | |
| 5706317869 | Contantinople | Byzantium, nearly impenetrable, fell b/c of 4th Crusade | 37 | |
| 5706322112 | Hagia Sophia | A church turned mosque in Constantinople; overlooks Golden Horn | 38 | |
| 5706322113 | Justinian | Compiled the Justinian code; Built Hagia Sophia | 39 | |
| 5706322114 | Franks | Germanic; influential in establishing foundations in Europe | 40 | |
| 5706327589 | theme system | land was given to military leaders for protection & distribution | 41 | |
| 5706333664 | feudalism | No central authority; warlords paid private retainers for protection; | 42 | |
| 5706339006 | Emperor Leo III | inaugurated iconoclasm; caused the Great Schism | 43 | |
| 5706339007 | Mongols | powerful military-based indigenous group; created biggest empire ever | 44 | |
| 5706342791 | Chinggis Khan | Started the Mongols, Ruler of the Mongols, amazing warriors | 45 | |
| 5706351916 | bananas | encouraged migration, nutritious supplement for Bantu | 46 | |
| 5706351966 | Swahili | powerful trading kingdom of Sub-Saharan Africa | 47 | |
| 5706355974 | Zimbabwe | Most important non-Swahili city-state & powerful | 48 | |
| 5706355975 | Iberian Peninsula | Spain & Portugal | 49 | |
| 5706368510 | Hanseatic League | Coalition of countries to control Black & North Sea trade | 50 | |
| 5706380458 | Marco Polo | served Khubilai Khan for 20 years, stories caused more exploration in Europe | 51 | |
| 5706384329 | bubonic plague | "Black Death" started in China and ravaged Eurasia | 52 | |
| 5706387353 | Portugal/ Prince Henry | Increased influence of Christianity and Portugal on the sea | 53 | |
| 5706387354 | Netherlands | Controlled the spice trade & became dominant | 54 | |
| 5706392787 | East India Company | Private trade company; located in England; dominated trade | 55 | |
| 5706392788 | VOC | Private trade company; located in Netherlands; dominated trade | 56 | |
| 5706398854 | Columbian Exchange | Spread smallpox; caused more slavery; encouraged exploration | 57 | |
| 5706402938 | Shanidar Cave | Remains of Neanderthal burials and showed emotion | 58 | |
| 5706406495 | Peloponnesian War | Athens vs. Sparta for control of Sicily & wheat production | 59 |