AP WORLD HISTORY VOCAB Flashcards

7826525340	Legalism	Society can best be controlled through harsh punishments	0
7826525341	Egypt	One of the first civilizations, this one arose along the banks of the worlds longest river.	1
7826525342	Democracy	Government which derives its power from the people.	2
7826525343	Han	This classical empire was Confucian and paper was invented during this period.	3
7826525344	Ashoka	United India under one rule and was converted to Buddhism, adopting it as the state religion.	4
7826525345	Buddhism	This religion was founded by Siddhartha Gautama	5
7826525346	Confucianism	Chinese philosophy which stresses loyalty, ancestors and duty	6
7826525347	Phoenicians	Credited with the development of an alphabet based on sounds c. 1500 BCE	7
7826525348	Silk Road	Ancient trade routes which connected the early civilizations: Roman, India and Han China	8
7826525349	Roman	This classical empire is the cultural hearth of "western civilization"	9
7826525350	Gupta Dynasty	The golden age of India from 320-550 CE	10
7826525351	Cuneiform	A system of writing invented in Mesopotamia, c. 3000 BCE	11
7826525352	Polytheism	Belief in many gods	12
7826525353	Aristotle	Greek philosopher and teacher of Alexander the Great, he developed the traditions of Western thought	13
7826525354	Huns	Nomadic society which helped to bring down the Classical Empires	14
7826525355	Gladiators	Roman slaves who would fight to entertain the masses "Bread and Circuses"	15
7826525356	Hammurabi	Ruler of Babylon and the creator a written law code	16
7826525357	Neolithic	The switch from hunter/gatherer to farmer c. 8000 BCE	17
7826525358	Patriarchal	Male dominated society	18
7826525359	Mayan	Located in Central America this empire developed an extremely advanced calendar system	19
7826525360	Indus River	The location of the Harappa civilization	20
7826525361	Bronze Age	c. 3000 BCE, this coincides with the invention of the wheel and writing	21
7826525362	Monotheism	Belief in one God	22
7826525363	Julius Caesar	Roman general who assassinated in 44 BCE to "save" the Roman Republic	23
7826525364	Mesopotamia	The first civilization arose here, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers	24
7826525365	Judaism	This religion was the predecessor to Christianity and Islam and is monotheistic	25
7826525366	Qin	This dynasty was and is remembered for beginning the Great Wall of China unification	26
7826525367	Paper	Invented in China c. 100 CE	27
7826525368	Zoroastrian	c. 7th Century BCE belief in heaven and hell. Cosmic struggle between good and evil Persia.	28
7826525369	Shang	Chinese dynasty during which writing and bronze work were invented	29
7826525370	Pastoral	Society which is based on raising and herding animals	30
7826525371	Diffusion	The spreading of technology, language, religion of culture or culture	31
7826525372	Caste system	A rigid, highly stratified social structure in India	32
7826525373	Qin Shi Huangdi	The unifier of China and the builder of the "terra cotta" army	33
7826525374	Christianity	This religion was established after Hinduism, Judaism and Buddhism and originated in the first century CE	34
7826525375	Yellow and Yangtze	The Chinese civilization began here	35
7826525376	Mauryan	Ruler of this classical empire was named Ashoka, he tried to reconcile the Hindu and Buddhist faiths	36
7826525377	City-States	Early Greek independent political unit which often contained elements of democracy	37
7826525378	Daoism	"Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Be still"	38
7826525379	Hinduism	Stresses a strict caste structure which is a part of ones reincarnation experiences	39