AP World History Chapter 5 Vocab Flashcards

10744559635	Wang Mang	A Han court official who usurped the throne and ruled from 8 C.E.-23 C.E.; noted for his reform movement that included the breakup of large estates.	0
10744565543	China's scholar-gentry class	A term used to describe members of China's landowning families, reflecting their wealth from the land and the privilege that they derived as government officials.	1
10744567204	Ge Hong	person born in an 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
10744570717	Yellow Turban Rebellion	A massive Chinese peasant uprising inspired by Daoist teachings that began in 184 C.E. with the goal of establishing a new golden age of equality and harmony.	3
10744572559	caste as varna and jati	The system of social organization in India that has evolved over millennia; it is based on an original division of the populace into four inherited classes, with the addition of thousands of social distinctions based on occupation, which became the main cell of social life in India.	4
10744577804	"ritual purity" in Indian social practice	In India, 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.	5
10744580701	Greek and Roman slavery	Slaves were captives (and their descendants) from war and piracy, 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.	6
10744590945	Spartacus	A Roman gladiator who led the most serious slave revolt in Roman history from 73 to 71 B.C.E.).	7
10744593235	Patriarchy	A form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line. Women often have no rights.	8
10744599172	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
10744603176	Empress Wu	Tang ruler 690-705 C.E. in China; supported Buddhist establishment; tried to elevate Buddhism to state religion; had multistory statues of Buddha created.	10
10744608145	Aspasia and Pericles	A foreign woman resident in Athens (ca. 470-400 B.C.E.) who was famed for her learning and wit. She was the partner of the statesman Pericles, who worked to extend the rights of Athenian citizens.	11
10744613317	Helots	Spartan slaves In ancient Sparta, the term for slaves who were owned by the state.	12