AP World Chapter 6 Flashcards

8571711633	Axum	a state in the Ethiopian highlands; received influences from the Arabian peninsula; converted to Christianity.	0
8571711634	Ethiopia	kingdom located in Ethiopian highlands; replaced Meroë in first century C.E.; received strong influence from Arabian peninsula; eventually converted to Christianity.	1
8571711635	Sahara	desert running across northern Africa; separates the Mediterranean coast from southern Africa.	2
8571711636	Shintoism	religion of the early Japanese court; included the worship of numerous gods and spirits associated with the natural world.	3
8571711637	Teotihuacan	site of classic culture in central Mexico; urban center with important religious functions; supported by intensive agriculture in surrounding regions; population of as many as 200,000.	4
8571711638	Maya	classic culture emerging in southern Mexico and Central America contemporary with Teotihuacan; extended over broad region; featured monumental architecture, written language, calendrical and mathematical systems, highly developed religion.	5
8571711639	Inca	group of clans centered at Cuzco that were able to create an empire incorporating various Andean cultures; term also used for leader of empire.	6
8571711640	Polynesia	islands contained in a rough triangle with its points at Hawaii, New Zealand, and Easter Island.	7
8571711641	Yellow Turbans	Chinese Daoists who launched a revolt in 184 C.E., promising a golden age to be brought about by divine magic.	8
8571711642	Sui	dynasty succeeding the Han; grew from strong rulers in northern China; reunited China.	9
8571711643	Tang	dynasty succeeding the Sui in 618 C.E.	10
8571711644	Harsha	ruler who followed Guptas in India; briefly constructed a loose empire in northern India between 616 and 657 C.E.	11
8571711645	Rajput	regional military princes in India following the collapse of the Gupta Empire.	12
8571711646	Devi	mother goddess within Hinduism; devotion to her spread widely after the collapse of the Gupta and encouraged new emotionalism in religious ritual.	13
8571711647	Islam	major world religion having its origins in 610 C.E. in the Arabian peninsula; meaning literally "submission"; based on prophecy of Muhammad.	14
8571711648	Diocletian	Roman emperor (284-305 C.E.); restored later empire by improved administration and tax collection.	15
8571711649	Constantine	Roman emperor (321-337 C.E.); established his capital at Constantinople; used Christianity to unify the empire.	16
8571711650	Byzantine Empire	eastern half of the Roman Empire; survived until 1453; retained Mediterranean, especially Hellenistic, culture.	17
8571711651	Augustine (Saint)	North African Christian theologian; made major contributions in incorporating elements of classical philosophy into Christianity.	18
8571711652	Coptic	Christian sect in Egypt, later tolerated after Islamic takeover.	19
8571711653	Mahayana	version of Buddhism popular in China; emphasized Buddha's role as a savior.	20
8571711654	Bodhisattvas	Buddhist holy men who refused advance toward nirvana to receive prayers of the living to help them reach holiness.	21
8571711655	Jesus of Nazareth	prophet and teacher among the Jews; believed by Christians to be the Messiah; executed c. 30 C.E.	22
8571711656	Paul	one of the first Christian missionaries; moved away from insistence that adherents of the new religion follow Jewish law; use of Greek as language of Church.	23
8571711657	Pope	Bishop of Rome; head of the Catholic church in western Europe.	24
8571711658	Council of Nicaea	Christian council that met in 325 C.E. to determine orthodoxy with respect to the Trinity; insisted on divinity of all persons of the Trinity.	25
8571711659	Benedict of Nursia	founder of monasticism in the former western half of the Roman Empire; established the Benedictine rule in the 6th century.	26