AP World History Terms Flashcards

10138447845	Pastoralists	A member of a nomadic group that herds domesticated animals	0
10138447846	Neolithic Revolution	The switch from nomadic lifestyles to a settled agricultural lifestyle is this revolution.	1
10138447847	Mesopotamia	the land between the Tigris and Euphrates	2
10138447848	Sub-Saharan Africa	Portion of the African continent lying south of the Sahara.	3
10138447849	Yellow River (Huang He)	A river that runs through northern China, "River of Sorrow" becuase of frequent flooding.	4
10138447850	Mesoamerica	"Middle America" the region extending from modern-day Mexico through Central America	5
10138447851	Andes	A large system of mountain ranges located along the Pacific coast of Central and South America	6
10138447852	Papa New Guinea	An island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean	7
10138447853	Metallurgy	The science and technology of metals	8
10138447854	Tigris and Euphrates	Two major rivers of Mesopotamia	9
10138447855	Shang	the imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC	10
10138447856	Chavin	A culture that thrived in the Andean region from 900 B.C. to 200 B.C.	11
10138447857	Hittites	an Indo-European people who settled in Anatolia around 2000 B.C. And worked with iron	12
10138447858	Code of Ur-nammu	First law code of the world composed by the sumerians	13
10138447859	Sumer	A group of ancient city-states in southern Mesopotamia; the earliest civilization in Mesopotamia.	14
10138447860	Hebrew Monotheism	Origins of the early Jewish religion with the state of Israel and the Israelites	15
10138447861	Zoroastrianism	a Persian religion based on the belief of one god and the balance between good and evil	16
10138447862	Vedic religion	Codified in Sanskrit by 500 BC; basis for the caste system and reincarnation	17
10138447863	Ziggurats	temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshipped	18
10138447864	Pyramids	Huge stone tombs with four triangle-shaped walls that meet at a top point	19
10138447865	Temples	Place of worship for something sacred or a deity	20
10138447866	Quipu	An arrangement of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information.	21
10138447867	Pictographs	Picture symbols used by ancient chinese	22
10138447868	Interregional trade	Trade between regions	23
10138447869	Jewish diaspora	Spread of Jews out of their homeland after being exiled and settlement into other areas	24
10138447870	Sanskrit	(Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism)	25
10138447871	Brahma	A single spiritual power that Hindus believe lives in everything ( the creator )	26
10138447872	Babylonians	A group of people who conquered the Sumerians. They had a very famous king named Hammurabi.	27
10138447873	Assyrians	Semitic-speaking people who exploited the use of iron weapons to establish an empire	28
10138447874	universal truth	the idea that some things are true for everybody	29
10138447875	Buddha	Means "Enlightened One." He is said to have found a path for overcoming suffering.	30
10138447876	Ashoka	a ruler of the Mauryan Empire who converted to Buddhism and built stuppas	31
10138447877	Missionaries	people who work to spread their religious beliefs	32
10138447878	Mauryan	(321-185 BCE) This was the first centralized empire of India whose founder was Chandragupta Maurya.	33
10138447879	Gupta	an empire located in northern India that lasted from 320-550 c.e. Had a golden age	34
10138447880	Phoenicians	A maritime people who spread their alphabet to others including the Hebrews, Romans, and Greeks.	35
10138447881	Teotihuacan	The most significant pre-Columbian Mesoamerican city.	36
10138447882	Moche	a culture that thrived in the Andean region from about 400 B.C. to A.D. 600	37
10138447883	Hellenism	Blending of Egyptian, Persian and Greek culture; emphasis on philosophy and sciences.	38
10138447884	Afro Eurasia	The giant combined continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia	39
10138447885	Constantine	Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)	40
10138447886	Monastic life	Living as a monk or nun in a religious community	41
10138447887	filial piety	the responsibility children have to respect, obey, and care for their parents	42
10138447888	Shamanism	An ancient religion that focuses on connection with the natural world and healing powers	43
10138447889	Animism	The belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits	44
10138447890	Ancestor veneration	The practice of praying to your ancestors. Found especially in China.	45
10138447891	Sassanid Empire	Persian empire located to the east of the Byzantine Empire, political threat to the Byzantines. Caliphates invaded as it was weakening	46
10138447892	Parthians	Persian state that followed the Achaemenids and rivaled the Seleucids in greatness	47
10138447893	Achaemenids	Persia's first great dynasty. Founded by Cyrus and peaked under Darius.	48
10138447894	Persepolis (per-SEP-oh-lis)	The capital and greatest palace-city of the Persian Empire, destroyed by Alexander the Great	49
10138447895	Chang'an	Capital of Zhou-tang dynasties which was a great center of trading and commerce	50
10138447896	Pataliputra	The captial of both Muryan and Gupta empires	51
10138447897	Athens	the capital and largest city of Greece. First democracy in the world. Rivaled Sparta	52
10138447898	Carthage	An ancient city on the north coast of Africa and fought Rome many times.	53
10138447899	Rome	Capital of Italy. Had a republic	54
10138447900	Alexandria	Port city located on the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt founded by Alexander the Great	55
10138447901	Constantinople	Capital of the Byzantine Empire. City of great trade and commerce	56
10138447902	corvee labor	unpaid forced labor usually by lower classes, forced upon them by the government	57
10138447903	Xiongnu	Nomads who lived in the Gobi Desert; invaded China; Wall of China was constructed to keep them out	58
10138447904	White huns	nomadic invaders from central Asia; invaded India; disrupted Gupta administration	59
10138447905	Trans Saharan caravan routes	trading routes linking north Africa with sub-Saharan Africa across the Saharan.	60
10138447906	Qanat system	Irrigation system of Persia	61
10138447907	Byzantine Empire	empire that grew from the eastern part of the former Roman Empire; lasted until around 1400 and survived the fall of Rome	62
10138447908	Caliphates	a Muslim spiritual community led by a supreme religious leader known as a caliph("deputes")	63
10138447909	Novgorod	Rurik founded city; first important Russian city; city of trade	64
10138447910	Timbuktu	Mali trading city that became a center of wealth and learning	65
10138447911	Swahili city-states	local chiefs gain power through taxing trade on ports, ports --> city-states governed by kings	66
10138447912	Hangzhou	China's capital during the Song dynasty, with a population of more than a million people.	67
10138447913	Calicut	Great spice port of India where da Gama landed and traded	68
10138447914	Baghdad	Capital of Abbasid dynasty. House of wisdom, center of learning	69
10138447915	Melaka	Powerful Islamic state of the fifteenth century in southeast Asia.	70
10138447916	Venice	An Italian city that by 1000 C.E. emerged as a major center of Mediterranean trade. Start of the Italian renaissance because of its trade	71
10138447917	Tenochtitlan	The captial city of the Aztecs.	72
10138447918	Cahokia	An important agricultural chiefdom of North America that flourished around 1100 C.E.	73
10138447919	Mongols	People from Central Asia when united ended up creating the largest single land empire in history. Led by Genghis Khan	74
10138447920	Polynesian	anything dealing with island in pacific-- language,culture,people	75
10138447921	Berbers	nomadic people who used camel herding for trade from Northern Africa	76
10138447922	Bantu	The people who spread throughout Africa spreading agriculture, language, and iron.	77
10138447923	Ibn battuta	Arab traveler who described African societies and cultures in his travel records	78
10138447924	Xuanzang	Chinese-Buddhist monk who traveled to India to learn Indian Buddhism	79
10138447925	Toltec	Central American society (950-1150) that was centered around the city of Tula.	80
10138447926	Dar al islam	House of islam	81
10138447927	Sui	dynasty succeeding the Han; grew from strong rulers in northern China; reunited China.	82
10138447928	Song	a dynasty that ruled China after the Tang. Smaller military but still had lots of inventions	83
10138447929	Khanates	Four regional Mongol kingdoms that arose following the death of Chinggis Khan. Lead by a khan	84
10138447930	Feudalism	political system based on bonds of loyalty between lords and vassals	85
10138447931	Abbasids	Muslim dynasty that succeeded the Umayyads in 750; their capital was at Baghdad	86
10138447932	Delhi Sultanate	centralized Indian empire of varying extent, created by Muslim invaders. Oppressive	87
10138447933	Aztecs	A warrior people who dominated the Valley of Mexico from 1100 to 1521. Practiced sacrifice	88
10138447934	Incas	Ancient civilization (1200-1500AD) that was located in the Andes in Peru. Built major road systems	89
10138447935	Zheng He	A Chinese admiral and diplomat who voyaged overseas to promote trade and collect tribute	90
10138447936	Neo-Confucianism	A philosophy that blended Confucianism with Buddhism and Daoism	91
10138447937	Chinampa	Raised fields constructed along lake shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields.	92
10138447938	horse collars	agricultural innovation that enabled horses to pull heavy plows	93
10138447939	Mita system	Incan system for payment of taxes with labor	94
10138447940	Caravel	A small, easily steerable ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in their explorations	95
10138447941	Hanseatic League	a group of Northern German cities and towns that worked together to promote and protect trade	96
10138447942	Grand Canal	A canal linking northern and southern China built during the Sui Dynasty	97
10138447943	Mercantilism -	was the economic system of measuring a nation's wealth by the amount of gold had	98
10138447944	Sikhism	religion founded by Nanak that blended Islamic and Hindu beliefs (mono)	99
10138448348	Safavids	rivals of the Ottomans who practiced Shia Islam and was active in military conquest.	100
10138448349	Sufis	Muslim mystics who seek communion with God through meditation, fasting, and other rituals	101