AP World History- Strayer Chapter 5 Vocabulary Flashcards

10953868523	China's Scholar-Gentry Class	lived LUXURIOUSLY , benefited from WEALTH AND FROM POWER and prestige, located in both RURAL and URBAN areas, had multi-storied houses, fine silk clothes etc	0
10953868524	Wang Mang	a HIGH COURT OFFICIAL of the HAN DYNASTYy who usurped the emperor's throne in 8 c.e. and immediately launched a SERIES OF STARTLING REFORMS.	1
10953868525	Ge Hong	person BORN IN A ARISTOCRATIC family who studied DAOISM seeing the disorder and disturbances in Chinese daily life, later held several military positions, yearned for solitary and interior life and spend his latest years thinking about legalism Daoism and Confucianism	2
10953868526	Yellow Turban Rebellion	A PEASANT REVOLT starting in 184 c.e. named for the YELLOW SCARFS PEASANTS WORE on their head, UNIFYING ideology of DAOISM, goal of "Great Peace" a golden age of equality and harmony	3
10953868527	Varna	FOUR SOCAIL CLASSES IN INDIA, relating to CASTE system	4
10953868528	Jati	DIVISIONS within the VARNA, groups of similar people, sub-caste	5
10953868529	Ritual Purity	In INDIAN SOCIAL CLASSES, 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.	6
10953868530	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.	7
10953868531	Spartacus	A ROMAN GLADIATOR who led the most SERIOUS SKAVE REVOLT in Roman history from 73 to 71 B.C.E.)	8
10953868532	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	9
10953868533	Patriarchy	a form of social organization in which a MALE IS THE FAMILY HEAD and title is traced through the male line,	10
10953868534	Empress Wu	The only FEMALE "EMPEROR" in Chinese history (r. 690-705 C.E.), Empress Wu patronized SCHOLARSHIP, worked to ELEVATE THE POSITION OF WOMAN, and provoked a backlash of Confucian misogynist invective.	11
10953868535	Aspasia	A FOREIGN WOMAN RESIDENT OF ATHENS(ca. 470-400 B.C.E.) and partner of the statesman Pericles who was famed for her learning and wit.	12
10953868536	Pericles	A prominent and INFLUENTIAL STATESMAN OF ANCIENT ATHENS(ca. 495-429 B.C.E.), he presided over Athens's Golden Age	13
10953868537	Helots	The dependent, semi-enslaved class of ancient Sparta whose social discontent prompted the militarization of Spartan society	14