AP World History - 2018 - Chapter 2 Notes Flashcards

10487881120	Huang He	River in China with heavy loess which supported agriculture in early China. Also called Yellow River	0
10487885919	Loess	Yellowish brown dust blown from Central Asia, very fertile and easy to farm	1
10487887863	Rice	Food prospering in the Yangzi River Valley, requires warm climate, more labor, and water land, but feeds more than any other grain	2
10487893520	Xia Dynasty	First Chinese Dynasty, little is known from lack of writing	3
10487897058	Shang Dynasty	Overturned Xia dynasty and created writing system on Oracle Bones	4
10487903485	Di	God who resides in the sky and isn't concerned with the fate of humanity	5
10487905399	Anyang	Area where tombs of Shang royal families were excavated	6
10487912695	Zhou	Overturned Shang dynasty, and was longest lasting and most revered of all Chinese dynasties. Mandate of Heaven was created to remove power if deemed unfit	7
10487935576	Titan	Zhou deity who removed Shang ruler from power, was more compassionate than Di	8
10488958124	Son of Heaven	Nickname for king Wu after claiming heaven granted authority of his rule	9
10488964088	Mandate of Heaven	Gave the ability to remove a dynasty from power if they did not fulfill their duty	10
10488969220	King Wu	King of Zhou Dynasty, gave others authority to rule different territories	11
10488971886	Feng Shui	The relationship between the terrain, wind, water, sunlight, and invisible energy	12
10488974177	Eastern Zhou Period	Era which states were ruled independently by different rulers	13
10489005202	Confucius	Taught that the early Zhou period was the golden age, and that family was the fundamental component of society	14
10489015945	Analects	Book created from Confucius ideas, written 7 generations after Confucius' death	15
10489019088	Filiality	Duties within families determined by age and gender	16
10489020770	Daoism	Opposed Confucius, urged withdrawal from the empty formalities, rigid hierarchy, and distractions of Chinese society.	17
10489027333	Classic of the Way of Virtue	Book based on Daoism, full of paradoxes and ambiguity	18
10489030101	Laozi	Thought to have begun Daoism, although little is known of him	19
10489032444	Yin/Yang	Showed balance between men (yang) and women (yin)	20
10489034040	Warring States Period	Period during second half of Eastern Zhou era, battles constantly emerged between states	21
10489037030	Qin	Strongest of all states with army of farmers in well trained armies	22
10489040749	Legalist	Rival to Confucianism and Daoism, Philosophy that leaders should do whatever necessary to improve state, even give up individual freedom	23
10489050303	Nubia	Large area in the Nile Valley with natural wealth, created complex political organizations, social grouping, metallurgy, monuments, and writing	24
10489054748	Kush	One of the earliest urbanized cities in Africa, had fortified wall and large structures	25
10489060076	Gebel Barkal	The "Holy Mountain" thought to be home to a god in Nubia, had gold which was exploited by Egypt	26
10489064825	Meroe	Capital of the later period of Nubia, and became a major source of trade and agriculture	27
10489067832	Aksum	Capital of the Roman Empire after nomads invaded Meroe	28
10489068868	Nomads	Invaders who move frequently	29
10489072518	Steppe	Area North of China which Nomads originated	30
10493830750	Herodotus	Greek Historian who recorded of journey through Mediterranean	31
10493833274	Scythians	Member of Nomadic people, founded and empire	32
10493833915	Sima Qian	Astronomer, calendar expert, and first Chinese historian	33
10493834641	Xiongnu	Nomadic peoples living in the Steppe	34
10493835034	Celts	Branch of the Indo Eurpopean language	35
10493835488	Celtic	People in Spain, Greece, and Anatolia. Were very aggressive and burly	36
10493837373	Druids	Celtic priests in Gaul and Britain	37
10493838410	The mothers	Three goddesses depicted holding symbols of abundance	38