AP World History Ch. 2 Flashcards

10418740709	Loess	A fine, light silt deposited by wind and water	0
10418740710	Shang	The dominant people in the earliest Chinese dynasty for which we have written record	1
10418740711	Divination	Techniques for ascertaining the future or the will of the gods by interpreting natural phenomena such as, in early China, the cracks on oracle bones or, in ancient Greece, the flight of birds through sectors of the sky	2
10418741093	Zhou	The people and dynasty that took over the dominant position in North China from the Shang and created the concept of the Mandate of Heaven to justify their rule	3
10418741094	Mandate of Heaven	Chinese religious and political ideology developed by the Zhou, according to which it was the prerogative of Heaven, the chief deity, to grant power to the ruler of China and to take away that power if the rurler failed to conduct himself justly and in the best interests of his subjects	4
10418741095	Legalism	In China, a political philosophy that emphasized the unruliness of human nature and justified state coercion and control	5
10418741872	Confucius	Western name for the Chinese philosopher Kongzi; his doctrine of duty and public service had a great influence on subsequent Chinese though and served as a code of conduct for government officials	6
10418741873	Daoism	Chinese school of thought, originating in the Warring State Period with Laozi; it offered an alternative to the Confucian emphasis on hierarchy and duty. Followers believe that the world is always changing and is devoid of absolute morality or meaning. They accept the world as they find it, avoid futile struggles, and deviate as little as possible from the path of nature	7
10418741874	Yin/ Yang	In Chinese belief, complementary factors that help to maintain the equilibrium of the world. The former is associated with feminine, dark, and passive qualities. The latter is associated with masculine, light, and active qualities	8
10418742240	Kush	An Egyptian name for Nubia, the region alongside the Nile River south of Egypt, where an indigenous kingdom with its own distinctive institutions and cultural traditions arose beginning in the early second millennium BCE, It was deeply influenced by Egyptian culture and at times under the control of Egypt, which coveted its rich deposits of gold and luxury products from sub-Saharan Africa carried up the Nile corridor	9
10418742241	Meroë	Capital of a flourishing kingdom in southern Nubia from the fourth century BCE to the fourth century CE. In this period, Nubian culture shows more independence from Egypt and the influence of sub-Saharan Africa	10
10418743604	Olmec	The first Mesoamerican civilization	11
10418743605	Chavín	The first major urban civilization in South America	12
10418745319	Llama	A hoofed animal indigenous to the Andes Mountains in South America	13