AP World History Unit 1-2 Test Flashcards

11094818415	The system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct and was used to justify emperors power	Confucianism	0
11094864650	in China, a group of educated bureaucrats who controlled much of the land and produced most of the candidates for civil service	Scholar-Gentry	1
11094911324	a religious or philosophical tradition of Chinese origin which emphasizes living in harmony with the everything in existence	Daoism	2
11094976508	authoritarian rule that uses force and fear to retain power	Legalism	3
11095044095	an order of social classes with producers at the bottom and leaders or kings at the top	Social Hierachy	4
11095069165	social hierarchy made specifically for hindus, with brahmin on top then, kshatriyas, vaishyas, and last shudras	Caste System	5
11095192308	A religion native to India, featuring belief in many gods and reincarnation	Hinduism	6
11095214544	A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the first urban societies. In the Bronze Age this area included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires, In the Iron Age, it was ruled by the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian empires.	Mesopotamia	7
11095617831	a set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire	Hammurabi's Code	8
11095627712	Narrations of the achievements and sometimes the failures of heroes that embody a people's or a nation's conception of its own past and reflected that nation's society	Epic Poems	9
11095656868	The most famous extant literary work from ancient Mesopotamia, it tells the story of one man's quest for immortality and one of the first literary works	Epic of Gilgamesh	10
11095684740	Belief in many gods	Polytheism	11
11095708331	Belief system that started in India in the 500s BC. Happiness can be achieved through removal of one's desires. Believers seek enlightenment and the overcoming of suffering.	Buddhism	12
11095717063	ruled the Maurya Empire for 35 years and at first was a warlord until a huge battle gave him a change of heart and he converted to Buddhism. He became a peaceful leader and helped spread Buddhism far and wide.	Ashoka	13
11117425072	a series of edicts on rocks and pillars that reminded Mauryans to live righteous lives according to Buddhist principles. Also spread to other nations through cultural diffusion and trade.	Rock and Pillar Edicts	14
11117441633	3 religions that started in the middle east and regard Abraham as their ancestor in faith: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam	Abrahamic Religions	15