AP World History - Chapter 4 Flashcards
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| 14795358237 | region | An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features. ex. midwest, corn/ agriculture/ farming area that has similar characters or features can have multiple features | 0 | |
| 14809581422 | causation | A cause and effect relationship in which one variable controls the changes in another variable. cause and effect ex. industrial revolution -> technology | 1 | |
| 14809583852 | comparison | a statement of the similarities among two or more people, events, ideas, etc. compare and contrast | 2 | |
| 14809586650 | change over time | evolution changes and how things stay the same (continuity ex. religion) | 3 | |
| 14823364989 | civilization | A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes | 4 | |
| 14823366768 | religion | the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. | 5 | |
| 14823370844 | diffusion | The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time | 6 | |
| 14823756804 | hearth | The region from which innovative ideas originate ex. Christianity, Jerusalem | 7 | |
| 14854710532 | dynasty | A series of rulers from the same family | 8 | |
| 14854713318 | confucianism | A philosophy that adheres to the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. It shows the way to ensure a stable government and an orderly society in the present world and stresses a moral code of conduct. | 9 | |
| 14854728810 | Filial Piety | respect for parents | 10 | |
| 14854734313 | Civil Service Exam | In China, it was an exam based on Confucian teachings that was used to select people for various government service jobs in the bureaucracy. | 11 | |
| 14854740407 | Scholar Gentry | in China, a group of people who controlled much of the land and produced most of the candidates for civil service fancy word for bureacracy | 12 | |
| 14871805496 | hinduism | A religion native to India, featuring belief in many gods and reincarnation | 13 | |
| 14871805497 | Caste System | a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity | 14 | |
| 14871821412 | Brahims | priests; top level of the caste system | 15 | |
| 14871825046 | Samsara (reincarnation) | The cycle of life, death, and rebirth | 16 | |
| 14871826760 | Karma | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation | 17 | |
| 14871830223 | Dharma | In Hindu belief, a person's religious and moral duties | 18 | |
| 14871837222 | Enlightenment | A movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions. | 19 | |
| 14871846138 | Sufism | A group of devotional movements in Islam | 20 | |
| 14871851407 | Bhakti Movement | sought to erase the distinction between Hinduism and Islam | 21 | |
| 14871872203 | Vedas | Collections of hymns, songs, prayers, and rituals honoring the various gods of the Aryans. | 22 | |
| 14891280437 | Buddhism | A religion based on the teachings of the Buddha. | 23 | |
| 14891286789 | Siddhartha Gautama | Founder of Buddhism | 24 | |
| 14891292718 | Theravada and Mahayana | two different sects of Buddhism | 25 | |
| 14891296997 | Bodhisattva | a person who has attained enlightenment but who has postponed nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment | 26 | |
| 14891296999 | Nirvana | a condition of great peace or happiness | 27 | |
| 14891300765 | Dalai Lama | the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism and, until the establishment of Chinese communist rule, the spiritual and temporal ruler of Tibet. | 28 | |
| 14907655790 | Judaism | the monotheistic religion of the Jews. | 29 | |
| 14907658151 | Christianity | the religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, or its beliefs and practices. | 30 | |
| 14907664185 | Abraham | Founder of Judaism | 31 | |
| 14907669939 | Jesus of Nazareth | a teacher and prophet born in bethlehem and active in nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity | 32 | |
| 14907672215 | Ten Commandments | A set of laws for responsible behavior, which, according to the Bible, were given to Moses by God. | 33 | |
| 14907672216 | Palestine | A territory in the Middle East on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Disputed with Israel. | 34 | |
| 14907675077 | Yahweh | Hebrew name for God "I am who I am" | 35 | |
| 14923910603 | Muhammad | Founder of Islam | 36 | |
| 14923910604 | Five Pillars | The basic tenets of Islam: Allah is the only god and Muhammad is his prophet; pray to Allah five times a day facing Mecca; fast during the month of Ramadan; pay alms for the relief of the weak and the poor; take a hajj to Mecca | 37 | |
| 14923915562 | Ramadan | Month of fasting | 38 | |
| 14923918881 | Hajj | Pilgrimage to Mecca | 39 | |
| 14923921469 | Muslims | Followers of Islam | 40 | |
| 14923921470 | Sunni | one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam a Muslim group that accepts only the descendants of the Umayyads as the true rulers of Islam | 41 | |
| 14923926568 | Shiite | a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs | 42 | |
| 14923930868 | Isaac and Ishmael | Sons of Abraham | 43 |