AP World History Chapter 4 vocab Flashcards

14801194406	Ban Zhao	major Confucian author during Han dynasty whose works give insight into the implication of Confucian thinking for women	0
14801206631	Buddhism	cultural/religious tradition first enunciated by Siddhartha Gautama	1
14801216658	Legalism	A Chinese philosophy distinguished by an adherence to clear laws with vigorous punishments.	2
14801232778	Church of the East	theologically and organizationally distinct Christian church based in Syria and Persia but with followers in southern India and central Asia	3
14801256340	Saint Paul	The first great popularizer of Christianity (10-65 C.E.).	4
14801271295	Siddharta Gautama (the Buddha)	the Indian prince turned atheistic (ca 566 - ca 486 bce) who founded Buddhism	5
14801291137	Confucius (Kong-Fuzi)	the founder of Confucianism; an aristocrat of northern China who proved to be the greatest influence on Chinese culture in its history (551 - 479 bce)	6
14801314337	Confucianism	Chinese philosophy of Confucius, advocating the moral example of superiors as the key elements of social order	7
14802569972	Theravada	"The Teaching of the Elders", the early form of Buddhism according to which the Buddha was a wise teacher but not divine which emphasizes practices rather than beliefs (China)	8
14802651543	Manayana	modified version of Buddhism that emerged in India in the early century ce and emphasized that help was available to individuals crossing the river to Enlightenment	9
14802669468	Upanishads	Indian mystical and philosophical works, written between 800 and 400 B.C.E.	10
14802693094	Perpetua	Christian convert from northern Africa who, in 203 C.E., was killed by the Romans for her faith.	11
14802696780	Daoism	a Chinese religious tradition that advocates simplicity and understanding of the natural world, founded by Laozi	12
14802719872	Filial Piety	honoring of ones parents/ancestors in Confucianism	13
14802724535	Nirvana	end goal of Buddhism, in which individuals existence ends	14
14802731726	Hinduism	meaning outsiders; its used to describe the vast diversity of Indian religious tradition (Polytheistic)	15
14819089155	Karma	In Hinduism, the determining factor of the level at which the individual is reincarnated, based on purity of action and fulfillment of duty in the prior existence; in East Asia the fate that comes to one based on their actions	16
14819107811	Bhagavad Gita	A great Hindu epic text, part of the much larger Mahabharata, which affirms the performance of caste duties as a path to religious liberation	17
14819116889	Abraham/Moses	founder/important prophet in Judaism	18
14819123053	Jesus of Nazareth	central prophet/son of/& God in Christianity (ca 6 bce - ca 30 ce)	19
14819140266	Muhammad	received word of God (as told in the Quran) in Islam	20
14819154788	Laozi	legendary Chinese philosopher of the sixth century bce; regarded as the founder of Daoism	21
14819166095	Judaism	monotheistic religion developed by the Hebrews emphasizing a sole personal god (Yah-weh) with concerns for social justice	22
14819184717	Greek Rationalism	secularizing system of scientific and philosophic thought, emphasizing education and human reason to understand the world in non-religious terms	23
14819215223	Zoroastrianism	Persian monotheistic religion founded by the prophet Zarathustra; traditionally dated to the 6th or 7th century bce	24
14819250150	Yin and Yang	two powers that represent rhythm of universe; in many East Asian cultural traditions	25
14819257307	Vedas	earliest religious texts of ancient poems, hymns, and rituals that were transmitted orally before being written down (ca 600 bce)	26
14819290361	Socrates	first great Greek philosopher to turn rationalism toward questions of human existence (469 - 348 bce)	27
14819304613	Plato	A disciple of Socrates whose Dialogues convey the teachings of his master while going beyond them to express his own philosophy (429 - 348 bce)	28
14819334252	Aristotle	Greek polymath philosopher; student of Plato and instructor of Alexander the Great (348 - 322 bce)	29