Pre AP World History Summary Flashcards

11469866520	cross cultural interaction and syncretism	what does this photo represent?	0
11469866521	what is the paleolithic age called?	the old stone age	1
11469866522	nomads	move around to find their resources	2
11469866523	when did the paleolithic age occur?	the ice age	3
11469866524	what did religious beliefs during the paleolithic age center around?	nature, animal spirits, and some idea of an after light	4
11469866525	egalitarian society	organized so that all of its members have equal or similar rights, powers, and responsibilities	5
11469866526	neolithic revolution	wide scale transition of many human cultures from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture and settlement	6
11469866527	what happened during the neolithic revolution?	establishment of village communites, domestication of plants and animals, polish stone tools, ability to support a large population	7
11469866528	Hinduism does not rely on	any single scripture, but a vast collection of sacred writings	8
11469866529	what is one of the fundamental principles of Hinduism?	the concept of samsara, rebirth	9
11469866530	how can humans escape rebirth?	by ridding themselves of karma and attaining moksha	10
11469866531	what is the mark of dharma?	good conduct	11
11469866532	what is achara?	the mark of the good	12
11469866533	what does dharma do?	enhances life	13
11469866534	what does one attain through the practice of dharma?	prosperity and fame	14
11469866535	torah	the first five books of the Hebrew bible	15
11469866536	what is Judaism considered by the religious jews?	the expression of the covenantal relationship that god established with the children of Israel	16
11469866537	monotheistic	belief in one god	17
11469866538	polytheistic	belief in multiple gods	18
11469866539	what does Judaism have an emphasis on?	good and evil	19
11469866540	how did god give the Hebrews the ten commandments?	through Moses	20
11469866541	what does karma determine?	the next life's caste	21
11469866542	is Judaism monotheistic or polytheistic?	monotheistic	22
11469866543	in judaism, god made a covenant with	abraham	23
11469866544	in judaism, god chose who as his people?	hebrews	24
11469866545	in Judaism, prophets taught about	moral standards and justice	25
11469866546	is Christianity monotheistic or polytheistic?	monotheistic	26
11469866547	what god did Christians believe in?	Abraham	27
11469866548	jesus was the	son of god and the messiah	28
11469866549	the bible includes	the old testament from Judaism and the new testament	29
11469866550	Jesus' teachings included	mercy and sympathy for poor and helpless brotherhood and equality of people before god	30
11469866551	salvation and eternal life go to those who	follow jesus	31
11469866552	five duties of islam	faith in one god, daily prayer, help for the poor, visit to the holy city of mecca, fast during the holy month of ramadan	32
11469866553	where were the mayans located?	central American rain forest, Yucatan peninsula	33
11469866554	where were the Aztecs located?	valley in central mexico, modern mexico city	34
11469866555	where were the incas located?	andes mountains, west coast of south america	35
11469866556	what are the myans represented by?	chichen itza	36
11469866557	what were the Aztecs represented by?	tenochitlan	37
11469866558	what were the incas represented by?	macho picchu	38
11469866559	what were the mayans political style?	independent city states, ruled by god kings	39
11469866560	what were the Aztec's political style?	emperor	40
11469866561	what were the Inca's political style?	emperor	41
11469866562	what was the mayan economy based on?	agriculture and trade, mainly maize	42
11469866563	what was the Aztec economy based on?	agriculture, mainly maze, tribute from conquered peoples	43
11469866564	what was the incan economy based on?	high altitude, terrace agriculture, maize, potatoes, and variety of other crops	44
11469866565	the mayan, Aztec, and incan civilizations were all	poytheistic	45
11469866566	what were some achievements of the mayan empire?	math, calanders, astronomy, most advanced writing	46
11469866567	what were some achievements of the Aztec empire?	warefare, expansion, and tribute	47
11469866568	what were some achievements/characteristics of the incan empire?	extensive road system, llama, conquered by spanish	48
11469866569	What begins in Time Period 3?	interregional trade and the beginnings of a global trade network that continues into the next time period	49
11469866570	what begins in time period 4?	the incorporation of the Americas into a broader truly global network of exchange	50
11469866571	bantu migrations	the 1000 year long migration throughout sub-Saharan Africa. noteable for spreading iron working, language, farming techniques	51
11469866572	Polynesian migrations	deliberate movement throughout the pacific ocean, notable for carrying language, plants, animals, etc. perhaps reaching as far as peru	52
11469866573	Hammurabi's code	set different punishments for rich and poor, men and women, and between classes	53
11469866574	mesopotamia	land between two rivers	54
11469866575	which two rivers was Mesopotamia between?	tigris and euphrates	55
11469866576	why was Mesopotamia kown as the cradle of civilization?	the rise of the city, and the invention of writing	56
11469866577	what caused the fall of Mesopotamia?	it was conquered by a series of invading peoples	57
11469866578	what was the most immediate effect of the Portuguese establishment of a school for navigation?	the development of overseas trade between west Africa and europe	58
11469866579	what describes the effect of the spread of Christianity among most Amerindian societies?	Amerindians maintained local customs by combining indigenous beliefs with elements of Christianity	59
11469866580	hominid	human like beings who walked erect and preceded modern humans	60
11469866581	social hierarchy is prevalent in	Egypt, Han Empire, Classical India	61
11469866582	what caused decline of the roman empire?	government corruption	62
11469866583	aristotle	teacher of alexander the great	63
11469866584	what is Aristotle's philosophy?	reliance on the sense to explain the nature of reality	64
11469866585	what did the silk road connect?	The Roman Empire with the Han	65
11469866586	Confucius	Emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice, and sincerity	66
11469866587	Decline of the Han	The rich take advantage of the poor	67
11469866588	Mauryan Empire	First true Indian Empire, founded by Chandragupta, converts to Buddhism	68
11469866589	Agora	Gathering place	69
11469866590	Humanism	A valuing of uniqueness, rights, and talents of individual	70
11469866591	Hellenistic Age	Relating to the spreading of civilization, language, art, science, and literature of the Greek world after the reign of Alexander the Great	71
11469866592	Legalism	A Chinese political philosophy based on the idea that a highly efficient and powerful government is key to social order	72
11469866593	Vedic Age	The period in Indian history during which the Vedas, the oldest scriptures of Hinduism, were composed	73
11469866594	Animist	The worldview that non-human entities possess a spiritual essence	74
11469866595	Shamanist	Practice that involved a practitioner reaching altered state of consciousness in order to encounter and interact with the spirit world and channel these transcendental energies into this world	75
11469866596	Alexander the Great	King of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. Succeeded his father, Phillip II, to the throne at the age of 20	76
11469866597	polis	greek term for city-state	77
11469866598	Shi Huangdi	First and only Qin emperor, got assinated	78
11469866599	Ancestor Veneration	based on the beliefs that the dead have a continued existence and may possess the ability to influence the fortune of living	79
11469866600	Constantine	Roman emperor, enacted many administrative, financial, social, and military reforms to strength the empire	80
11469866601	Mahayana Buddhism	Emphasized salvationist aspects of Chinese Buddhism	81
11469866602	The foundations for Indian civilization were laid in which age?	Vedic	82
11469866603	Three harvests each year have been possible some parts of India because of	high rainfall from monsoons	83
11469866604	The reincarnation of the atman into a given class depends on	karma or deeds in life	84
11469866605	what is the underlying message of the cycle of reincarnation	you are where you deserve to be	85
11469866606	release from the cycle of reincarnation is called	mosksha	86
11469866607	Siddhartha Guatama articulated the "Four Noble Truths", which taught that	life is suffering, and suffering is caused by desire	87
11469866608	The ultimate spiritual reward in Buddhism is	nirvana	88
11469866609	Challenged by new spiritually satisfying, and egalitarian movements, Vedic religion evolved into Hinduism by:	incorporating element of Dravidian culture and Buddhism	89
11469866610	What was the greatest advantage of the Gupta Empire army?	a well armed cavalry	90
11469866611	How did Greece economically prosper?	Through access to foreign resources, markets, and ideas	91
11469866612	why did hunter and gatherers switch to agriculture?	climate change	92
11469866613	zoroastrianism	Truth, purity, and reverence for nature	93
11469866614	Epic of Gilgamesh	First literary work in history, defines civilization in Mesopotamia	94
11469866615	Effects of the School of Navigation	Prince Henry the Navigator founded it, collected geological information and sponsored new expeditions, permanent contact between islands of Madeira and the Azores, improved navigational instruments	95
11469866616	Plantations...	used up a lot of land	96