Ap world history mid term Flashcards

12081625519	How did the Abrahamic religions differ from other regions	1 god	0
12081625520	How did the Mediterranean influence the Greeks	Became great seafarers, used water transportation	1
12081625522	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	2
12081625524	What methods were used by the Persians to strengthen their empire?	Divided empire into provinces, religious toleration, built road connecting empire	3
12081625525	What was the purpose of the Code of Hammurabi	Enforce laws, show a low toleration of crime	4
12081625526	What did the ancient Egyptians, Shang, and Mesopotamian civilizations all have in common	River valley civilizations	5
12081625527	What were the effects of the Neolithic Revolution	Development of cities, more complex governments; Increased population	6
12081625530	What impact did agricultural have on population	Increased	7
12081625531	Why did the Greek organize into city-states	Mountains and Valleys Geographically separated people, could not unify	8
12081625532	How did geography affect those living in the Andean Region	Had to adapt (terrace farming,domesticate llama, long distance trade)	9
12081625533	What led to the Greek development of democracy	Evolved from earlier forms of government ( monarchy-aristocracy-oligarchy- tyranny)	10
12081625535	What was the earliest historically documented civilization in Mesopotamia	Sumerians	11
12081625536	What were the by-products of the River Valley Civilizations	Complex governments, new technology	12
12081625537	How did the Chinese view their civilization in relation to the rest of the world	Supieror, most important	13
12081625538	List the factors that led to the development of the Indus Valley	River Valley, isolated, monsoon winds, trade with other civilizations	14
12081625540	List the effects of the Agricultural Revolution	Dependable food supply, sedentary communities,spread of disease, increased population centers	15
12081625541	How did classical civilizations differ from River Valley civilizations	Government was more complex, interregional contacts increased, more complex social structure	16
12081625542	Why was the Indus River important for the Harappa civilization	Facilitated trade	17
12081625545	List examples of Roman architecture	Roads, fortifications, aqueducts, The Colosseum	18
12081625546	What were the legacies of the Greek Empire	advances in philosophy, architecture, and literature	19
12081625547	In an effort to foretell the future, what did the Shang Dynasty use	Animal bones	20
12081625549	Who was the first Roman emperor to adopt Christianity	Constantine	21
12081625551	Explain the significance of the Mandate of Heaven	Gave Chinese Dynasties the political authority to rule	22
12081625552	List the characteristics of early Chinese civilizations	Technology, respect of elders, harmony with nature, emperor , dynasties	23
12081625553	Explain the main differences between Legalist and Confucian beliefs	Legalism-harsh laws and strict punishment Confucianism- rituals, proper conduct, respect	24
12081625554	What caused the collapse of the Roman Empire	Too big, political corruption, economic problems, invasions along their borders	25
12081625555	What were the results of Alexander the Great's conquests	Spread of Greek culture to Asia (Hellenism)	26
12081625556	In Chinese society, why was it important for people traveling know their place	They are better behaved ( proper conduct)	27
12081625558	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	28
12081625559	List the contributions of the Sumerians	Cuneiform, ziggurats, Tigris-Euphrates, math	29
12081625560	What were the consequences of the development of cities	Complex societies, organized religion, job specialization, increased population, disease	30
12081625561	Know the locations of the 4 major river valley civilizations	Mesopotamia, India, Egypt, and Shang China	31
12081625562	Why were the Nomadic pastoralists important to settled agriculturalists	Spread ideas, people, and products	32
12081625564	What was the purpose of a ziggurat	Prayer, monumental architecture- most important building	33
12081625565	What contributed to the fall of both the western Roman and the Han empires	Invasion, revolts, couldn't control their borders	34
12081625566	How were Judaism, Islam and Christianity similar	Monotheistic, Abrahamic, written scripture and laws	35
12081625567	What greatly improved trade in the Indian Ocean	Monsoons	36
12081625570	How was the Silk Road Trade similar to the Indian Ocean Trade	Luxury goods were the most important trade good	37
12081625571	What was the impact of maritime technology	More trading by sea and less over the Silk Road	38
12081625573	How were the spread of Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity similar	Spread by Merchants, traders, and travelers	39
12081625574	What were the effects of the Bantu migration	The Spreading of the Bantu language	40
12081625576	List the factors that led to the growth of cities	Increased trade, movement of people	41
12081625578	Know the location of the Mongol Empire	Middle East, China, Russia (NOT India)	42
12081625579	What was the Mongol's role in facilitating trans-Eurasian trade	Reestablished Silk Roads	43
12081625580	Where was feudalism a form of government	W. Europe and Japan	44
12081625581	Which religions influenced the development of Islam	Judaism, and Christianity	45
12081625582	Why did Europeans begin looking for a sea route to Asia	Land routes were controlled by Arabs and Ottomans	46
12081625583	List the reasons for the success of the Reformation	Printing press, desire to learn increased education	47
12081625584	Why did the printing of books during the Renaissance encourage Europeans desire to gain knowledge	Less expensive and more common, written in native language	48
12081625585	What caused the weakening of the political and religious authority of the pope	Individual salvation and faith, corruption, and the Reformation	49
12081625588	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	50
12081625590	Which trade routes were used by India	Silk Road, Indian Ocean	51
12081625591	Why did the Chinese build The Great Wall and the Grand Canal	Protection and trade	52
12081625594	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	53
12081625595	What was important about the location of the Ottoman Empire	Between Europe and Asia	54
12081625600	What was the political impact of Reformation	created an atmosphere of Catholic vs Protestant	55
12081625604	Why were the kingdoms of West Africa prosperous	Traded gold, salt and ivory	56
12081625605	List the technological developments of the Tang and Song Dynasties	Gun powder, block printing, porcelain making, compass, paper	57
12081625606	How did the Great Schism contribute to the end of medieval Europe	People began to question the authority of the church, led to Reformation	58
12081625607	What would most likely have occurred as a result of early Muslim and Hindu interactions in Southeast Asia	Islam and Hinduism coexisted despite differences	59
12102963622	Third Rome	Russian claim to be successor state to Roman and Byzantine empires; based in part on continuity of Orthodox church in Russia.	60
12102996086	Justinian	Byzantine emperor in the 6th century A.D. who reconquered much of the territory previously ruler by Rome. Re-codified Roman Law.	61
12197128246	Serfdom	A type of forced labor commonly used in feudal systems common in Mid evil England and Europe-	62
12197142605	Grand Canal and Great Wall of China	Built to provide Protection and increase Trade.	63
12197218836	salt, ivory and Gold	Kingdoms of W. Africa prospered by trading these	64
12197235182	Gupta Empire	Unlike the Chinese Empire; ruled through central government but allowed village power and restored Hinduism	65