AP World History: Chapter 5 (Mr. Arns) Flashcards

10965586191	Wang Mang	a high court official of the Han Dynasty who usurped the emperor's throne in 8 c.e. and immediately launched a series of startling reforms, such as redistributing land and providing financial assistance to peasants.	0
10965586193	Yellow Turban Rebellion	A peasant revolt starting in 184 c.e. named for the yellow scarves the peasants wore on their head, unifying ideology of Daoism, goal of "Great Peace" a golden age of equality and harmony; the revolt was sparked by landlessness and poverty.	1
10965586194	Varna	four social classes in India, relating to Caste system	2
10965586195	Jati	divisions within the varna, groups of similar people, sub-caste	3
10965586196	Ritual Purity	In Indian social practice, the idea that members of higher castes must adhere to strict regulations limiting or forbidding their contact with objects and members of lower castes to preserve their own caste standing and their relationship with the gods.	4
10965586197	Greek and Roman Slavery	In the Greek and Roman world, slaves were captives from war and piracy (and their descendants), abandoned children, and the victims of long-distance trade; manumission was common. Among the Greeks, household service was the most common form of slavery, but in parts of the Roman state, thousands of slaves were employed under brutal conditions in the mines and on great plantations. The Greco-Roman world relied more heavily on slaves than eastern civilizations did.	5
10965586198	Spartacus	A Roman gladiator who led the most serious slave revolt in Roman history from 73 to 71 B.C.E.)	6
10965586199	The Three Obediences	In Chinese Confucian thought, the notion that a woman is permanently subordinate to male control: first to her father, then to her husband, and finally to her son	7
10965586201	Empress Wu	The only female "emperor" in Chinese history (r. 690-705 C.E.), Empress Wu patronized scholarship, worked to elevate the position of women, and provoked a backlash of Confucian misogynist invective.	8
10965586202	Aspasia	A foreign woman resident in Athens (ca. 470-400 B.C.E.) and partner of the statesman Pericles who was famed for her learning and wit.	9
10965586203	Pericles	A prominent and influential statesman of ancient Athens (ca. 495-429 B.C.E.), he presided over Athens's Golden Age	10
10965586204	Helots	The dependent, semi-enslaved class of ancient Sparta whose social discontent prompted the militarization of Spartan society	11
10965586211	latifundia	Huge estates operated by slave labor that flourished in parts of the Roman Empire	12
10965586212	scholar-gentry class	A term used to describe members of China's landowning families, reflecting their wealth from the land and the privilege that they derived as government officials.	13
10965621060	patriarchy	A form of social organization in which males dominate females	14
10965625620	artisan	A skilled craftsperson	15
10965626746	Aristocracy	A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility	16
10978159276	Caste	any of the hereditary social classes in Hindu society; social stratification	17