AP World History Vocabulary Flashcards

11306993045	hunting and foraging bands	These were nomadic, practiced animism, occurred before agriculture	0
11306993046	Neolithic Revolution	developed agriculture, domesticated animals, leading to larger food supply and development of civilizations	1
11306993047	classical era	time from 600 BCE - 600 CE includes Han, Rome & Gupta	2
11306993048	Chinese Examination system	During the Han, a way for government promotion, based on Confucius doctrine	3
11306993049	Hellenism	Alexander the Great placing a Greek "stamp" on places as far away as Persia	4
11306993050	Bantu Migration	Sub-Saharan Africa, moved south, brought metallurgy and language base	5
11306993051	Trans-Saharan Trade	Area consistent with: the introduction of camels for transport , Islam, Timbuktu, Gold and Slaves	6
11306993052	Caliphate	regional states of Islam	7
11306993053	Dar al-Islam	the world where Islam is	8
11306993054	Byzantine Empire	the vestiges of the fall of Rome in 476 CE in the East	9
11306993055	Sinification	Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia were made like China and under their influence	10
11306993056	Feuadlism	held Europe together after Rome's fall, Europe Knight, Japan, Samurai	11
11306993057	Mesopotamia	"land between the rivers"	12
11306993058	Yellow River	east Asia river valley civilizations developed there	13
11306993059	Indus River	South Asia river valley civilizations developed	14
11306993060	Wooden plows, wheels	Technological development directly after the Neolithic Rev.	15
11306993061	Agricultural Revolution	led to specialized labor & the development of civilizations	16
11306993062	Ziggurats	step pyramids in Mesopotamia	17
11306993063	Babylonian	Hammurabi's code theocratic government	18
11306993064	The Epic of Gilgamesh	Mesopotamian literature, flood story	19
11306993065	Pastorolists	nomadic people who herded	20
11306993066	Polytheistic	Belief in many gods	21
11306993067	Zoroastrianism	central Asia, monotheistic religion Ahura Mazda is the god	22
11306993068	classical era	600 BCE - 600 CE	23
11306993069	Caste System	south Asian hierarchy based on birth, held India together more than politics	24
11306993070	Christianity	accepted by Constantine in the 14th century	25
11306993071	Karma	Hindu idea one's social position is based on good or bad deeds	26
11306993072	Buddhism	reincarnation, 8 fold path, suffering comes from selfishness, nirvana	27
11306993073	Siddhartha Gautama	south Asian religion started from around 500 BCE	28
11306993074	Paul	Spread Christianity to non-Jews	29
11306993075	Mahayana	Buddhism where Buddha is a god	30
11306993076	Therevada	traditional Buddhism, the "lesser vehicle"	31
11306993077	Confucius	500 BC China, filial piety, bold Analects	32
11306993078	patriarchy	men superior to women	33
11306993079	Neo-Confucianism	Confucianism that supports an afterlife	34
11306993080	Daoism	Asian ideas that focus on nature for peace, not human relationships, includes respect for ancestors as well	35
11306993081	Laozi	Daoist philosopher	36
11306993082	Animism	belief that the natural world has spiritual powers	37
11306993083	Shamanism	people who have contact with the spiritual world, popular in Africa	38
11306993084	Bhagavad Gita	classical Indian Epic poem	39
11306993085	Hellenism	exemplified by Buddhist statues with Greek clothing, an influence of Alex the Great	40
11306993086	Hinduism	Shiva	41
11306993087	Judaism	Torah	42
11306993088	Quran	Islam	43
11306993089	Rome	476 fall of ______	44
11306993090	Classical Indian empires	South Asian: Mauryan and Gupta	45
11306993091	Persian Empire	achaemenid empire	46
11306993092	Satraps	Persian regional leaders	47
11306993093	Qin Dynasty	Legalism was the solution after the warring states period/ mandate of heaven as well	48
11306993094	Han	Start the Great Wall and canal digging	49
11306993095	Mauryan Empire	Ashoka leader	50
11306993096	Ashoka	Bloody conquer, later Buddhist and sends missionaries out	51
11307076061	Gupta	North India, developed "Arabic numeral" despite begin in South Asia, 0 also made	52
11307087920	Phoenicians	Mediterranean, sea faring, traders, developed alphabet	53
11307096743	Sparta	Greek polis, militaristic, totalitarian oligarchy	54
11307111604	Athens	Greek polis, democracy for males	55
11307128841	Rome	Built aqueducts, roads, and used its military to expand, fell in 476 CE	56
11307134901	Byzantine Empire	Eastern Europe, Code of Justinian, modern day Turkey	57
11307148093	Maya	Latin American civilization, math, glyph writing, human sacrifice, astronomy important, ziggurats, terraced farming, Tikal	58
11307154062	Teotihuacan	Latin American civilization, step pyramids dedicated to gods, traded with Maya	59
11307161311	Moche	Andean civilization 100-800CE warrior -priest ruled, built pyramids, human sacrifice, terraced farming	60
11307165650	Panat system	Irrigation, transports water from below ground to the surface in arid region	61
11307171943	Buddhism	As Han declines many Chinese convert to this religion	62
11307179382	North Africa	Camel increased trade here	63
11307191554	Indian Ocean	Largest trade network pre-1492, conveyor of Buddhism, monsoon winds used	64
11307198313	Dhows	Ship Arab merchants used these to trade in Indian Ocean trade	65
11307203521	Lateen sail	Triangular sail used to navigate monsoon winds	66
11307210868	Constantinople	Known as Byzantium, one of the words greatest points of exchange	67
11307215755	Spread of Islam	The most important development during the Post Classical Era	68
11307222857	Timbuktu	African trading city and center of learning	69
11307229666	Ming Dynasty	Asian trade with huge ships in the Indian Ocean Region, but did not try to overtake the trading system	70
11307237232	Tang & Song	618-1279 CE reestablished government stability in East Asia	71
11307256362	Sui dynasty	Started the Grand Canal Project	72
11307261554	Yuan Dynasty	Mongol Dynasty	73
11307268338	Mongols	Equestrian/horsemanship skills, nomads, religious tolerance	74
11307273631	Pacific Islands	Took coconuts, bananas in outrigger canoes with them to new areas in this region	75
11307287588	Marco Polo	13th century merchant of Venice, travels to Yuan Dynasty, encourages European interest in the East	76
11307294179	Ibn Battuta	Muslim traveler throughout Dar-Al-Islam	77
11307305124	Mansa Musa	Mail Prince, hajj in 14th century, gold giver	78
11307312045	china	Papermaking, gunpowder	79
11307317009	Vietnam	South East Asian Area introduces new type of rice to China, never full taken by China, but influenced by China	80
11307323542	Muslim Scholars	Preserve Greek literature and science after the fall of Rome, until the Renaissance	81
11307332820	Post Classical Era	Byzantine, Abbasid, Tang, Song Yuan are all of this Era	82
11307338407	Catholic Church	This held Western Europe together after 476CE	83
11307344369	Charlemagne	In 800 CE was the Holy Roman Emperor, the first large Western European government post 476 CE	84
11307351016	Justinian	Greatest leader of the Byzantine Empire, est. a law code	85
11307356345	Allah	Muslim god	86
11307363376	Major Islamic beliefs	5 pillars	87
11307368406	Jihad	Struggle for faith, internal Or military	88
11307374002	Ways Islam spread	Military, merchants, missionaries were used	89
11307384924	Umayyad caliphate	Damascus capital, Islamic	90
11307391967	Abbasid Caliphate	Baghdad capital, Arabian Knights, Seljuk Turks held prominent positions, algebra, astronomy & destroyed by Mongols	91
11307396593	Mamluks	Turkish soldiers of the Abbasid Caliphate	92
11307402375	Delhi sultanates	Muslim Turk dynasties, Northern part of South Asia,	93
11307408357	Sikh faith	Islam blended with Hindu faith in Delhi Sultanate	94
11307412760	Crusades	Clash of Islam and Christians, resulted in trade with Muslims, and re-discovery of Classical texts	95
11307417643	Sui Dynasty	Although short lived it revived the following: Grand Canal, Great Wall, Confucian exam system, Buddhism rise	96
11307424500	Tang Dynasty	Rejected Buddhism, A golden Age, continued policies of Sui, started foot binding, adopted Neo-Confucianism	97
11307431585	Tang advances	Printing, gunpowder, compass, ship construction, ceramics	98
11307439158	Silla Dynasty	Made tribute payments to China, copy Chinese writing, religion, architecture	99
11307445110	Japan	Never conquered by China, but culturally borrowed, Chinese writing, bureaucracy, religion	100
11307450407	Tale of Genji	Lady Murasaki	101
11307455926	Vietnam	Never fully conquered by China, introduced fast ripening rice to China, women rejected patriarchy of China	102
11307460203	Mongols	Pastoralists-nomadic-ends Song & Abbasid Dynasty, foreigners allowed to be administrators-tolerant of religions, est. peaceful trade along Silk Road	103
11307466113	Yuan Dynasty	Est. by Kublai Khan	104
11307469714	The Golden Horde	Russian name for certain equestrian conquers who required tribute from them	105
11307476148	Sahel	South West of the Sahara African grasslands	106
11307481071	Ethiopia	Sub-Saharan African kingdom, Christian, churches of Stone, exports coffee	107
11307485677	chinampas	Aztec agriculture system of island gardens	108
11307490969	Horse collar/ crop rotation	Farming improvement led to food surplus, & increased population	109
11307495862	Cotton	Important export of India	110
11307500169	Tenochtitlan	Aztec Capital, large population, zoo, gardens, on Lake Texcoc	111
11307503875	Venice	Major trade hub linking Europe and Africa	112
11307508558	Mita	System of forced labor of the Inca & adapted by Europeans when Europe rules the Inca	113
11307513530	Byzantine & Ottoman Empires	Climbing the social ladder was possible in these empires by being a successful merchant	114
11307518556	Empress Wu	Tang Dynasty Emperor	115