Ap world history mid term Flashcards

8365924594	How did the religion of the Israelites differ from other regions	1 god	0
8365924595	How did the Mediterranean influence the Greeks	Became great seafarers, used water transportation	1
8365924596	Who was the leading figure in expansion of Christianity	Paul	2
8365924597	List the differences in Greek and Roman expansion	Romans gave citizenship to all conquered people, Greece only gave citizenship to people born in Athens; Rome allowed people to keep traditions	3
8365924598	What marks the division of pre-history and history	Development of writing	4
8365924599	What methods were used by the Persians to strengthen their empire?	Divided empire into provinces, religious toleration, built road connecting empire	5
8365924600	What was the purpose of the Code of Hammurabi	Enforce laws, show a low toleration of crime	6
8365924601	What did he ancient Egyptians, Shang, and Sumerian civilizations all have in common	River valley civilizations	7
8365924602	What were the effects of the Neolithic Revolution	Development of cities, more complex governments	8
8365924603	What was the Pater familias	Male head of house in Rome	9
8365924604	Where did the first humans live	Africa	10
8365924605	What impact did agricultural have on population	Increased	11
8365924606	Why did the Greek organize into city-states	Geography separated people, could not unify	12
8366131936	How did geography affect those living in the Andean Region	Had to adapt (terrace farming,domesticate llama, long distance trade)	13
8367074469	What led to the Greek development of democracy	Evolved from earlier forms of government ( monarchy-aristocracy-oligarchy- tyranny)	14
8367074470	Why did the women in Mesopotamia society had a lower status than in a hunter- gatherer society	Men were in charge of gathering food, they were forced to go age care of home	15
8367074471	What was the earliest historically documented civilization in Mesopotamia	Sumerians	16
8367074472	What were the products of the River Valley Civilizations	Complex governments, new technology	17
8367074473	How did the Chinese view their civilization in relation to the rest of the world	Supieror, most important	18
8367074474	List the factors that led to the development of the Indus Valley	River Valley, isolated, monsoon winds, trade with other civilizations	19
8367074475	Why was the ancestor worship important during the Shang period	Ancestors had special influence with the heavens	20
8367074476	List the effects of the Agricultural Revolution	Dependable food supply, sedentary communities,spread of disease	21
8367074477	How did classical civilizations differ from River Valley civilizations	Government was more complex, interregional contacts increased, more complex social structure	22
8367074478	Why was the Indus River important for the Harappa civilization	Facilitated trade	23
8367074479	What served as the basis of Confucianism	5 relationships	24
8367074480	Why are there few records and artifacts of the Harappan and Mohenjo-Daro societies	Natural disaster and invasion destroyed them all	25
8367074481	List examples of Roman architecture	Roads, fortifications, (Hadrian's Wall) aqueducts, Coliseum	26
8367074482	What were the legacies of the Roman Empire	Increased trade, system of roads, legal code, preserved knowledge of Greeks	27
8367074483	In an effort to foretell the future, what did the Shang Dynasty use	Animal bones	28
8367074484	In comparison to women in sedentary societies, how were women in nomadic and pastoral societies viewed	Had more rights in nomadic societies	29
8367074485	Who was the first Roman emperor to adopt Christianity	Constantine	30
8367074486	What was the reason for the Roman economic decline in the third Century CE	Inflation	31
8367074487	Explain the significance of the Mandate of Heaven	Gave Chinese Dynasties the political authority to rule	32
8367074488	List the characteristics of early Chinese civilizations	Technology, respect of elders, harmony with nature, emperor , dynasties	33
8367074489	Explain the main differences between Legalist and Confucian beliefs	Legalism-harsh laws and strict punishment Confucianism- rituals, proper conduct, respect	34
8367074490	What caused the collapse of the Roman Empire	Too big, political corruption, economic problems, invasion	35
8367074491	What were the results of Alexander the Great's conquests	Spread of Greek culture to Asia	36
8367608424	In Chinese society, why was it important for people traveling know their place	They are better behaved ( proper conduct)	37
8367608425	Why did the alphabetic language spread through the Mediterranean region	Phoenician triangle	38
8367608426	Why did the western portion of the Roman Empire suffered more after the collapse of the empire.	Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine) was closer to trade routes and had more money	39
8367608427	List the contributions of the Sumerians	Cuneiform, ziggurats, Tigris-Euphrates, math	40
8367608428	What were the consequences of the development of cities	Complex societies, organized religion, job specialization, increased population, disease	41
8367608429	Know the locations of the 4 major river valley civilizations	Mohenjo-Daro (Indus), Egypt (Nile), Shang (Yellow), Chavin (Andes), Olmec (CentralAmerica)	42
8367608430	Why were the Nomadic pastoralists important to settled agriculturalists	Spread ideas, people, and products	43
8367608431	Be able to locate River Valley civilizations on a map	See map	44
8367608432	What was the purpose of a ziggurat	Prayer, monumental architecture- most important building	45
8367608433	What contributed to the fall of both the western Roman and the Han empires	Invasion, revolts	46
8367608434	How were Judaism and Christianity similar	Monotheistic, Abraham, Israel, written scripture and laws	47
8367608435	What greatly improved trade in the Indian Ocean	Monsoons	48
8367608436	What was the impact of Hellenistic culture in Asia	Statues of Buddha show Greek Influence	49
8367608437	What allowed Christianity to spread to Africa and the Americas	Incorporated local religions and customs	50
8367608438	How was the Silk Road Trade similar to the Indian Ocean Trade	Luxury goods were the most important trade good	51
8367608439	What was the impact of maritime technology	More trading	52
8367608440	What impact did the saddle have on trade	Trade routes became longer	53
8367608441	How were the spread of Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity similar	Merchants	54
8367608442	What were the effects of the Bantu migration	Spread of the Bantu language	55
8367608443	Explain the impact of trading networks	Growth of cities	56
8367608444	List the factors that led to the growth of cities	Increased trade, movement of people	57
8367608445	What was the importance of Mali	Gold/salt trade	58
8367608446	Know the location of the Mongol Empire	Middle East, China, Russia (NOT India)	59
8367608447	What was the Mongol's role in facilitating trans-Eurasian trade	Reestablished Silk Roads	60
8367608448	Where was feudalism a form of government	W. Europe and Japan	61
8367608449	Which religions influenced the development of Islam	Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity	62
8367608450	Why did Europeans begin looking for a sea route to Asia	Land routes were controlled by Arabs and Ottomans	63
8367608451	List the reasons for the success of the Reformation	Printing press, desire to learn increased education	64
8367608452	Why did the printing of books during the Renaissance encourage Europeans desire to gain knowledge	Less expensive and more common, written in native language	65
8370144122	What caused the weakening of the political and religious authority of the pope	Individual salvation and faith, corruption	66
8370144123	What was the Spanish reconquista	1492, retaking of Spain from Muslims	67
8370144124	Why did Europeans join the Crusades	Wanted to defend Christianity, retake Jerusalem	68
8370144125	What role did the church play in the lives of the people during the Middle Ages in Europe	Controlled all aspects of people's lives	69
8370144126	What happened in 1453	Ottomans conquered Constantinople	70
8370144127	Which trade routes were used by India	Silk Road, Indian Ocean	71
8370144128	Why did the Chinese build The Great Wall and the Grand Canal	Protection and trade	72
8370144129	List the factors that led to Europes economic dominance	Strong monarchies, astrolabe, colonies, compass, money	73
8370144130	Which economic principle helped contribute to the success of Europe's Commercial revolution	Mercantilism	74
8370144131	What impact did the Ottoman Empire have on Global Trade	Discounted taxes between Europeans and Sultans, created a vast trade network Facilitated trade between Europe and Asia	75
8370144132	What was important about the location of the Ottoman Empire	Between Europe and Asia	76
8370144133	What was the impact of the Columbia Exchange	Exchange of stuff between Old and New World	77
8370144134	List the reasons for European expansion in the 1400's	Desire for trade routes, desire to spread Christianity, navigational advances and technology	78
8370144135	Explain the impact of the European exploration on indigenous American Cultures	Used technology and diseases to conquer and enslave them	79
8370144136	What was the importance of human sacrifice in Mesoamerica	To please the gods	80
8370144137	What was the political impact of Reformation	Catholic vs Protestant	81
8370144138	List the characteristics of the Renaissance	Revival of the Roman and Greek culture, economic growth of Italy, humanism, new artistic techniques	82
8370144139	What is the most important ideal of the renaissance	Developing full human potential	83
8370144140	What was the impact of the Mongol invasion of Russia	Isolation from West Europe, Moscow becomes a major city, establish commercial and cultural ties with Asia	84
8370144141	Why were the kingdoms of West Africa prosperous	Traded gold, salt and ivory	85
8370144142	List the technological developments of the Tang and Song Dynasties	Gun powder, block printing, porcelain making, compass, paper	86
8370144143	How did the Great Schism contribute to the end of medieval Europe	People began to question the authority of the church, led to Reformation	87
8370144144	What would most likely have occurred as a result of early Muslim and Hindu interactions in Southeast Asia	Islam and Hinduism coexisted despite differences	88
8370144145	Explain the development of the economic system of manorialism	Self sufficient manors develop due to the lack of trade	89