AP World History Final Flashcards
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| 8405762130 | Neolithic Revolution | - Domestication of plants & animals - Settled Villages - Specialization of jobs | 0 | |
| 8405762131 | River Valley Civilizations | - Mesopotamia (in Tigris & Euphrates) - Egypt (Nile River) - India (Indus river) - China (Yellow River) | 1 | |
| 8405769288 | Hammurabi's Code | - Code of laws inscribed on a pillar - Used in legal cases | 2 | |
| 8405773587 | Confucianism | - Began at the end of Zhou Dynasty - Chinese political ethics - Patriarchal | 3 | |
| 8405773588 | Silk Road Trade Routes | - Most expensive & stained network of trade - Connected China and Europe | 4 | |
| 8405778087 | Hinduism | - Moksha (state of perfect understanding) - Karma & Reincarnation - Polytheistic | 5 | |
| 8405782325 | Judaism | - Monotheistic - Torah (holy book) - Founded by Abraham in Mesopotamia | 6 | |
| 8405782326 | Buddhism | - Founded by Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) - From Nepal - No Caste System - Four Noble Truths - Nicer to women | 7 | |
| 8405782327 | Roman Republic | - 509 BCE Aristocrats deposed the king and set up Republic - 12 tables to protect plebians - Consuls to carry out laws of senate | 8 | |
| 8405786324 | Roman Empire | - 27 BC - Augustus Caesar - Persecuted Christians - Moved capital to Constantine - Divided into 13 dioceses | 9 | |
| 8405791601 | Decline & Fall of Roman Empire | - 476 BC - Odacer takes control - Lack of army for large land - Unemployment - Disease | 10 | |
| 8405794900 | Eastern Roman Empire | - 1453 Muslims take over Eastern Roman Empire | 11 | |
| 8405799114 | Qin Dynasty | - Shih Huangdi was 1st emperor - Centralized Chinese Government - Standardized coins, weights, measures - Encouraged silk industry - Roads | 12 | |
| 8405805708 | Han Dynasty | - Expanded Chinese influence into Korea, Indo China, and Central Asia - Worked on Great Wall - Contact with Roman Empire through the Middle East - Build roads, encouraged trade, standardized weights, measures, and coinage - Bureaucracy - Wu Ti - Invaded by Huns | 13 | |
| 8405805709 | Tang Dynasty | - 618-907 CE -Repaired Great Wall - Printing, Porcelain, Gunpowder, Clocks - Footbinding - Was invaded | 14 | |
| 8405805710 | Song Dynasty | - Increased emphasis on education - Magnetic compass - 960-1279 CE | 15 | |
| 8405810548 | Christianity | - Birthplace is Judea - Persecuted - Bible | 16 | |
| 8405815116 | Bubonic Plague | Deadly disease, caused decline in the power of the church | 17 | |
| 8405818460 | Trans-Saharan Trade Routes | Gold, slaves, salt | 18 | |
| 8405818461 | Mongol Empire | Controlled Silk Road, entirely calvary, conquered China in 1279 | 19 | |
| 8405823192 | European Feudalism | - Rome falls 476 - Battle of Tours - No Centralized gov - Lords provided protection for serfs (Peasants bound to land) - Political, economic, and social system based on loyalty and military service - Those who work, those who pray, and those who fight | 20 | |
| 8405823193 | Japanese Feudalism | - Yamato Period 300-710 - Adoption of Confucianism, Buddhism, language, Chinese art & architecture - Heian Period 794-1156 - Growth of large landed estates - Shogun, military general controls gov - Daimyo, lords/nobility - Zen Buddhism, Japanese variation of Buddhism | 21 | |
| 8405827686 | Daoism | - The Tao (the way) - Not a religion - Worshipped nature | 22 | |
| 8405831915 | Mayans | Southern Mexico, patriarchal, disappeared due to disease and famine | 23 | |
| 8405831916 | Incas | South America (Andes), conquered by Pizarro, central bureaucracy, socialists | 24 | |
| 8405831917 | Aztecs | Central Mexico, theocracy, conquered by Cortez | 25 | |
| 8405838407 | European Voyages of Exploration | - Christopher Columbus (America) - Bartolomeu Dias (South America) - Vasco de Gama (India) - Samuel de Champlain (Quebec) | 26 | |
| 8405838408 | Triangular Trade | Africa, Europe, Americas. Slaves, rum, molasses. | 27 | |
| 8405844770 | Colombian Exchange | The exchange of animals, disease, and foodstuffs between the Americas, Europe, and Africa | 28 | |
| 8405844771 | Indian Ocean Trade | Monsoon winds | 29 | |
| 8405850819 | Renaissance | The rebirth of classical ideas of Greece and Rome. Age of art and culture. | 30 | |
| 8405850820 | Reformation | Attempt to reform the Catholic church. Martin Luther (95 Theses), John Calvin, Henry VIII | 31 | |
| 8405854817 | West African Empires | Mansa Musa, gold, salt, slaves, Ghana and Mali | 32 | |
| 8405858185 | African Slave Trade | Traded with Islam before 1450 | 33 | |
| 8405881156 | Atlantic Slave Trade | Slaves from Africa to America. | 34 | |
| 8481678185 | Hammurabi | Mesopotamian, wrote first laws | 35 | |
| 8481681712 | Mesopotamia | Between Tigris and Euphrates Rivers: Fertile Crescent, Barten | 36 | |
| 8481686406 | Indus River Valley (Mohenjo-Daro) | City laid out in grid pattern, complex irrigation, and sewer system | 37 | |
| 8481686407 | Confucius | Wrote the Analects, believed in 5 basic relationships, very patriarchal | 38 | |
| 8481691368 | Mansa Musa | African King who made the pilgrimage to Mecca that helped spread Mali's fame | 39 | |
| 8481691369 | Shogun | Military general, more power than the emperor | 40 | |
| 8481694851 | Samurai | Japanese Warriors (equivalent to European knights) | 41 | |
| 8481694852 | Daimyo | Lords/Nobility of Japan | 42 | |
| 8481698461 | Zheng He | Muslim Admiral sent by Ming emperor on 7 voyages to show off the pwer of the Ming and collect tribute | 43 | |
| 8481698462 | Athens | Rival to Spartans, lived in Greek city states, valued education | 44 | |
| 8481701784 | Sparta | Rival to Athens, lived in Greek city-states, valued military and discipline | 45 | |
| 8481701785 | Animism | Belief that all living things have spirits and that all living things are connected | 46 | |
| 8481705677 | Agriculture | Commercial: Farming for profit Subsistence: Farming for survival | 47 | |
| 8481709137 | Neolithic Villages | Domesticated animals, specialized jobs, food surpluses | 48 | |
| 8481725534 | Pastoralists | Sheep or cattle farmer | 49 | |
| 8481725535 | Nomad | Person who has no permanent home that travels with livestock | 50 | |
| 8481728417 | Centralized Government | Unitary, concise, one power government that is not spread out | 51 | |
| 8481728418 | Monotheism | Belief in one god | 52 | |
| 8481733310 | Polytheism | Belief in many gods | 53 | |
| 8481733311 | Emperor | Ruler of an empire that is the ultimate authority | 54 | |
| 8481736301 | Peasant | Poor farmer of lower class that rents land from a landowner. | 55 | |
| 8481736302 | Serf | Laborer bound to owner's land under the feudal system | 56 | |
| 8481738562 | Aristocrat | Wealthy landowner | 57 | |
| 8481738563 | Ethical | Moral principals | 58 | |
| 8481738584 | Pharaoh | Ruler in ancient Egypt | 59 | |
| 8481742398 | Autonomy | immunity from random exercise of authority: political independence | 60 | |
| 8481742399 | Import | Goods brought in from other places | 61 | |
| 8481742400 | Export | Goods sent to other places | 62 | |
| 8481746756 | Infrastructure | Physical structures and facilities (roads and building) | 63 | |
| 8481746757 | Monastery | Building occupied by monks living under religious vows | 64 | |
| 8481749506 | Commerce | Buying and selling on a large scale | 65 | |
| 8481749507 | Compass | Invention that showed which direction someone was going | 66 | |
| 8481752708 | Lateen Sail | A triangular sail on a long yard at an angle of 45° to the mast | 67 | |
| 8481752709 | Diaspora | The dispersion of Jews beyond Israel | 68 | |
| 8481755630 | Urbanization | Making an area more urban | 69 | |
| 8481755631 | Footbinding | Upper-class custom in China that was meant to attract a husband and confine women to the family compound and textile industry | 70 | |
| 8481758257 | Harem and Veil | Harem: Household for Muslim wives and servants Veil: Symbol of modesty and privacy, secluded women | 71 | |
| 8481758258 | Tribute System | Dealing with foreign lands and people who assumed the subordination of all non-Chinese authorities and required payment to the Chinese emperor | 72 | |
| 8481763901 | Coerced Labor | Forced labor systems (slavery) | 73 | |
| 8481763902 | Conscription | A compulsory contribution of money/service to a govt. during war | 74 | |
| 8481763903 | Caliphate | A state under the leadership of an Islamic official known as a caliph. | 75 | |
| 8481766780 | Legalism | A Chinese philosophy that was devoted to strengthen and expand the state through increased agricultural work and military service | 76 | |
| 8481766781 | Bureaucracy | Nonelective government officials characterized by specialization of functions, an exception of fixed rules, and hierarchy of authority. | 77 | |
| 8481770273 | Maritime | Relating to the sea | 78 | |
| 8481770274 | Monsoon Winds | Strong and predictable winds used to ride across the sea by sailors | 79 | |
| 8481772682 | Astrolabe | An instrument invented by Muslims that is used to determine direction by figuring out the position of the stars | 80 | |
| 8481772683 | Humanism | Intellectual movement that focused on human subjects rather than on religious issues (individualism) | 81 | |
| 8481772684 | Republic | A form of govt. where citizens hold the power and can vote for their leaders | 82 | |
| 8481777044 | Reformation | A religious movement began in Germany when Martin Luther began a debate (95 theses) about corruption in the Roman Catholic Church | 83 | |
| 8481777045 | Guild | Men that are merchants, artisans, or professors worked in a particular trade and banded together to promote economic/political interests | 84 | |
| 8481781981 | Neolithic Revolution | The transition from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to actually settling in a place. New weapons and tools | 85 | |
| 8481785568 | Characteristics of a Civilization | Cities, government, art, religion, class divisions, and writing system | 86 | |
| 8481789205 | Walled Cities of the Mesopotamia and Egypt | City-state, united the city for protection | 87 | |
| 8481792638 | Hammurabi and Justinian Codes | Laws you must obey throughout the city | 88 | |
| 8481797313 | Confucius ideals of Filial Piety | Virtue of respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors | 89 | |
| 8481797314 | Urbanization in China | Result in the growth of trade | 90 | |
| 8481801225 | Technology That Changes Human Life | - Fire - Wheel - Sailboat - Plow - Printing Press - Compass - Gunpowder | 91 |