AP World History Unit 0 Vocabulary Flashcards

14672948615	Sedentary agriculture	method of agriculture in which the same land is farmed every year; agriculture in the same place all the time	0
14672965545	Pastoralism	branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock; domestication of animals	1
14672974534	Specialization of labor	separation of tasks in any system so that participants may specialize	2
14672981294	Social Stratification	a system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy	3
14672984577	Hunter/Gatherer	a member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting and fishing, and harvesting wild food	4
14673003638	Monumental Architecture	architectural constructions of a greater-than-human scale, such as pyramids, temples, and tombs	5
14673006581	Hammurabi's Code	law developed by King Hammurabi of Mesopotamia; specified crimes and punishments to help judges impose penalties	6
14672989948	Neolithic revolution	The shift from hunting animals and gathering of food to keeping animals and the growing of food on a regular basis around 8,000 BC.	7
14673045514	Ancient Egypt	Ancient civilization located primarily along the Nile River whose empire lasted 3,000 years	8
14673071453	Sumerian Civilization	the first major Mesopotamian civilization; rose in southern Mesopotamia	9
14673074143	Achaemenid Persian Empire	a large empire in southwest Asia that lasted for two centuries until it was conquered by Alexander the Great	10
14673076345	Roman Empire	Existed from 27 BCE to about 400 CE and conquered the entire Mediterranean coast and most of Europe; ruled by an emperor and oversaw the rise and spread of Christianity.	11
14673080943	Greek city-states	region controlled exclusively by Greek and usually having sovereignty	12
14673085447	Alexander the Great	king of Macedonia who conquered Greece, Egypt, and Persia	13
14689110731	Qin Dynasty	the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall	14
14689114088	Han Dynasty	imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy	15
14689117244	Mauryan Dynasty	unified much of the Asia subcontinent; large armies with thousands of chariots and elephant borne troops; developed a substantial bureaucracy with a postal service;	16
14689121867	Gupta Dynasty	Indian Empire (320 CE-550 CE) known for re-establishing Hinduism and for achievements in math and science.	17
14689123387	Hinduism	religion that is native to India, believes in reincarnation and the caste system	18
14689123388	Zoroastrianism	religion that is native to Persia, is the first monotheistic religion, believes in dualism, and does not believe in slavery	19
14689127071	Judaism	Jewish religion that is native to the mediterranean and is monotheistic, is the base for christianity	20
14689128335	Buhhdism	Spread from South Asia to East Asia and was founded by Siddhartha Gautama, life is suffering, goal is to reach enlightenment	21
14689129276	Confucianism	philosophy that is native to China, believes in education and civil service exams, filial piety (respect to elders), obedience	22
14689130397	Christianity	a religion that is native to the mediterranean and is monotheistic that follows the teachings of Jesus Christ	23
14689132188	Islam	religion that is native to SW Asia (Middle East) that follows Abraham and is monotheistic and follows the five pillars of faith	24
14689132189	Siddhartha Gautama	Founder of Buddhism	25
14689134046	Caste System	a social structure in india that determines if your are reincarnated (hinduism) and hierarchy	26
14689134047	Jesus Christ	A teacher and prophet whose life and teachings form the basis of Christianity. Christians believe Jesus to be Son of God.	27