AP World History Chapter 2 Guided Reading Flashcards
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| 7292623904 | Loess | A fine, light silt deposited by wind & water. | 0 | |
| 7292625551 | Divination | Determining the will of the gods/the future by interpreting natural phenomena. | 1 | |
| 7292633181 | Oracle bones | Pieces of turtle shells or ox bones used with fire to figure out the future. | 2 | |
| 7292635429 | Pictograms | Pictorial symbols or signs representing an object or concept. | 3 | |
| 7292639305 | "Mandate of Heaven" | Justification by the Zhou for Imperial rule; "Heaven" could give or take away the rule of a dynasty. | 4 | |
| 7292651159 | Warring States Period | After the Zhou dynasty, the period from 475 BC to the unification of China (221 BC) under the Qin dynasty; Period of war between the states. | 5 | |
| 7292658050 | Legalism | A Chinese political philosophy that emphasized the unruliness of human nature & justified state coercion & control. | 6 | |
| 7292666579 | Confucianism | The system of ethics, education, & statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples. | 7 | |
| 7292670733 | Daoism | Urged withdrawal from the empty formalities, rigid hierarchy, & distractions of Chinese society. | 8 | |
| 7292674417 | Yin & Yang | Nature of female and male roles in the natural order. | 9 | |
| 7292677477 | Llama | A hoofed animal indigenous to the Andes Mountains in South America; First domesticated animal of the Americas. | 10 | |
| 7292686246 | Barbarians | A person belonging to a tribe or group that is considered uncivilized; "BAR BAR BAR!!!" | 11 | |
| 7292690225 | Confucius | Chinese philosopher, Kongzi, who introduced Confucianism. | 12 | |
| 7292697698 | Mencius | Chinese philosopher who studied Confucianism; later refined many of the ideas and spread them all across China. | 13 | |
| 7292702652 | Laozi | The "Old Master" who encouraged people to give up worldly desires in favor of nature; founded Daoism. | 14 | |
| 7292709535 | Huang He | The Yellow River; Flows 2,900 miles across northern China carrying yellow silt; early Chinese civilizations arose on its valley. | 15 | |
| 7292717288 | Anyang | Ancient city in northern China built during the Shang dynasty; China's first capital. | 16 | |
| 7292721857 | Shang Dynasty | First Chinese dynasty that is on written records (1,750 BC - 1,045 BC); Originated around the Huang He, or Yellow River. | 17 | |
| 7292726511 | Zhou Dynasty | Overtook the Shang dynasty & created the "Mandate of Heaven" (1,045 BC - 221 BC) | 18 | |
| 7292732929 | Egyptian New Kingdom | Also known as the Egyptian Empire, it's the period in ancient history between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC, covering the 18th, 19th, & 20th dynasties of Egypt. | 19 | |
| 7292743436 | Nubia | A state to the south of Egypt that never became as powerful as Egypt due to their un-unified rule. | 20 | |
| 7292747684 | Kush | A powerful Nubian kingdom developed in order to protect Nubia from Egyptian imperialism. | 21 | |
| 7292752253 | Meroe | Ancient Nubian civilization governed occasionally by a woman; rulers buried with human sacrificial victims. | 22 | |
| 7292760461 | Olmec Civilization | "Mother Culture" of mesoamerica; theocracy: ruled by wealthy people instead of kings. | 23 | |
| 7292765140 | Chavin Civilization | "Mother Culture" of Peru from 900 BCE to 250 BCE; had roads, llamas, maize, and irrigation/drainage systems. | 24 | |
| 7292772034 | Mesoamerica | Area between Mexico and Honduras; Hot, humid, jungles, swamps, heavy rainfall; "meso" means "middle". | 25 |