AP World History Final (EVENS FOR AMY)

Terms	Definitions
"the land between the rivers"	the word Mesopotamia means
Sumer	The first complex society developed in the southern Mesopotamian land of
ziggurat	A Mesopotamian stepped pyramid was known as a
Hittites	the Babylonians eventually fell in 1595 BCE to the
Assyrians	The later Mesopotamian people who around 1000 BCE built a large empire based on a powerful army with iron weapons and who made extensive use of terror were the
Babylon	The most famous hanging gardens of the ancient world were located in
Bronze	Mesopotamian metalworkers discovered that if they allowed copper and tin they could produce
Sumerians	The first people in the world to use wheeled vehicles were the
cuneiform	the Mesopotamian style of writing was known as
hebrews	Ethical monotheism was in the tradition of the
Phoenicians	the first simplified alphabet, containing only 22 letters, was created by the
hittites	horse-drawn chariots were first invented by the
harappan	the earliest known civilization in India was the
indus	if the greek historian Herodotus had known of the Harappan society, he might have used the phrase "the gift of the ___ " to describe it.
India	Chickens were first domesticated in...
traded with Mesopotamia and Egypt	evidence indicates that in regards to trade Harappan India
reflected a strong concern for fertility	Harappan religion
Indo-Europeans	The Aryans were...
their horses	the biggest military advantage of the Indo-Europeans was
Vedas	Most of our information about the early Aryans comes from the
varna	The Aryans referred to social classes by the term
untouchables	the task of butchering animals or handling dead bodies usually fell to the...
a sub-caste	a jati is
Lawbook of Manu	the first century BCE work which dealt with moral behavior and social relationships was the
indra	What Aryan god was associated with war and rain?
soma	the hallucinogenic concoction that produced sensations of power and divine inspiration which was so important in the early Aryan religion was known as
commentaries and reflections on the Vedas	The Upanishads were
to escape the cycle of birth and rebirth and enter into permanent union with Brahman	In Hinduism the highest goal of the individual soul was
karma	this passage from the Upanishads explains what Hindu concept? "According as a man acts and walks in the path of life, so he becomes. He that does good becomes good; he that does evil becomes evil."
asceticism and meditation	the two principal means to the goal of moksha are
of its association with rain and agriculture	ritual bloodletting was crucial to Maya rituals because
maize	by 5000 BCE, the Mesoamericans had discovered the agricultural potential of ____, which ultimately became the staple food of the region
olmecs	the first society of Mesoamerica, which founded traditions followed by all later societies, were the
colossal human heads sculpted from basalt	the most characteristic artistic creation of the Olmecs were
the Olmecs themselves	the Olmec ceremonial centers of San Lorenzo and La Venta were destroyed by
Olmecs	all Mesoamerican societies used calendars derived ultimately from the
terraces	the ancient Maya built ____ designed to trap silt carried by the numerous rivers passing through the Mesoamerican lowlands.
zero	Mayan mathematicians invented the concept of ____, which is essential for positional notation and the manipulation of large numbers.
260	The Mayan calendar interwove a solar year of 365 days and a ceremonial calendar of ___ days.
twenty	the Mayan mathematical system was vigesimal, which means that it was based on units of...
Maya	which of the following societies developed a flexible and sophisticated system of writing?
the Mayan story of creation	The Popol Vuh was
four books	How much written material survives from the Maya?
Teotihuacan	The Pyramid of the Sun was located in...
produced deities with the features of humans and wild animals	the Chavin cult
Austronesians	It was the ___ who brought human settlements to the islands of the Pacific Ocean.
Madagascar	The Austronesian-speaking peoples became the first human settlers on the large island of ___ off the east African coast.
the first great Chinese historian	Sima Qian was
Analects	The collection of Confucian sayings and teachings is known as the
formed a thoroughly practical and secular approach to life	The philosophy of Kong Fuzi
xiao	The concept of filial piety, which was central to the family structure, was best expressed by the word
ren	when discussing qualities that were essential to a good character, Kong Fuzi used the term ___ which meant an attitude of kindness or a sense of humanity.
became the core texts of traditional Chinese education	Through the efforts of Confucius the literary works of the Zhou period
human nature was essentially good	At the heart of Mencius' philosophy was the belief that
Daoism	The philosophy that criticized social activism and instead proposed a life of reflection and introspection was
laozi	the traditional founder of Daoism is considered to be
dao	Chinese philosophers often spoke of the ___, which means "the way."
Daodejing	The ___ is the most important text of Daoism
disengagement from the affairs of the world	The Daoist thinkers spoke of wuwei, which stood for
legalism	the school of philosophical thought which was in the end responsible for the unification of China was
Legalism	The Book of Lord Shang is one of the most influential works of
agriculture	According to the Legalist philosophies of the Qin, the foundations of a state's strength were armed forces and
Qin Shihuangdi	The Chinese emperor who was notorious for his hatred of Confucianism and for his burning of books was
Shihangdi	The tomb of ___ was "guarded" by fifteen thousand terra cotta soldiers
Liu Bang	The founder of the Han dynasty was
Wudi	The most powerful Han emperor, known for his administrative centralization and imperial expansion, was
Han Wudi	The Chinese emperor who started the imperial university was...
the Xiongnu	The greatest military threat to the Han were
admonitions for women	The ___ was a popular treatise that emphasized humility, obedience, subservience, and devotion to their husbands as the virtues most appropriate for women.
carried out reforms so revolutionary that he is known as the "socialist emperor"	Wang Mang
the war to capture Troy	The Homeric epic the Iliad deals with
Homer	The author of the Iliad was
usually consisted of independent, autonomous city-states	The political world of the ancient greeks
Linear B	The Mycenaeans adapted the Minoan written language to their own needs and developed a syllabic script called
Linear A	The Minoans wrote with a script known as ___, which is not yet deciphered.
the city-state	The Greeks used the word polis to refer to
helots	The Spartans were constantly afraid of the prospect of an uprising by serfs known as
all Athenian citizens	Athenian democracy was open to
Solon	The leader who forged a compromise between Athens' social classes by allowing
tyrant	The Greeks used the word ___ to refer to generals or politicians who, although often popular, gained power by irregular means.
Pericles	Under the leadership of ___ Athens became the most sophisticated of the poleis.
Peloponnesian War	The Golden Age of Greece came to an end after the
Athens	In the years after the Persian War the leader of the Delian League was
Alexandria	The center of the Hellenistic world was
Sparta	In which polis did women have the most freedom?
the most influential female Greek poet	Sappho was
human nature	Socrates believed that it was most important to try and understand
socrates	The words, "The unexamined life is not worth living," were spoken by
Plato	The concept of the World of Forms is associated with
philosopher kings	In The Republic, Plato proposed that the true rulers of society should be
believed that philosophers could rely on their senses	Aristotle
Aristotle	Later Christian Scholastic philosophers referred to ___ as "the master of those who know."
silk roads	The information that Zhang Qian brought back encouraged Han Wudi to destroy the Xiongnu and lay the foundations for the
Chang'an	The eastern most point of the Silk Roads was the Han capital of
mastering the monsoon system	A key element in establishing trade across the Indian Ocean was
Antioch	In the west the Silk Roads terminated in the Turkish port of
China	In the ancient world the main producer of silk was
foreign merchants	Buddhism was spread to China by
a Christian community which emphasized the human nature of Jesus	The Nestorians were
"the elect."	Devout Manichaeans, who abstained from marriage and sexual relations, and who devoted their lives to prayer and fasting were called...
Marcus Aurelius	In 180 CE smallpox claimed the life of the Roman emperor
St. Cyprian	___ recorded the suffering of Christians caused by epidemic diseases in his On Morality.
the Yellow Turban rebellion	In the year 184 CE peasant discontent in China led to an uprising known as
the spread of Chinese culture	The term sinicization refers to
the twenty-six Roman emperors between 235 and 284 CE	The "barracks emperors" were
Diocletian	The Roman empire was divided into two parts by
the four officials who ruled the Roman empire under Diocletian's plan	The tetrarchs were
Constantinople	After 340 CE the capital of the Roman world became
Romulus Augustulus	In 476 CE the Germanic leader Odovacer brought an end to the western half of the Roman empire when he overthrew
Byzantine Empire	After the collapse of the western half of the Roman empire, imperial authority survived for another thousand years in the
Milan	Christians were allowed to openly practice their religion when the emperor Constantine issued the Edict of
bishops	In the structure of the early Christian church the dioceses were presided over by the
decided that Jesus possessed both human and divine natures	In 325 CE the Council of Nicaea
hajj	The Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca is known as the
"submission"	The world Islam means
Muslim	The phrase "one who has submitted" is the meaning of the world
"house of Islam"	The phrase "dar al-Islam" means
is the holy book of Islam	The Quran
Sharia	The Islamic holy law was known as the
caliph	No religious leader could follow Muhammad so political authority rested in the position of ___.
Abu Bakr	After the death of Muhammad, political leadership fell to a caliph by the name of
the caliphate should follow the line of Ali	The Shia believed that
the Umayyad dynasty	After the assassination of Ali, power fell to
Abu al-Abbas	the founder of the Abbasid dynasty was
"people with religious knowledge."	The word ulama refers to
Mongols	the Abbasid dynasty finally came to an end in 1258 when they were overrun by the
cotton	Of all the new crops which spread throughout the Islamic world via trade, which one proved the most important?
paper manufacture	What new industry, transmitted to the Islamic world from China, was introduced during the Abbasid period?
four	The Quran, following the example of Muhammad, allowed men to have up to how many wives?
Arabic	The only definitive and reliable text of the Quran has to be in
madrasas	In an effort to recruit learned students Islamic leaders often financially supported institutions of higher learning called
in an emotional and mystical union with Allah	The Sufis believed
Omar Khayyam	The author of the Rubaiyat was
Gupta dynasty	An invasion in 451 CE by the White Huns brought an end of the
Harsha	The scholarly Buddhist emperor who reunited northern India in the seventh century was
Cambay	The most important trading port city in India from 500 to 1500 was
the Delhi sultanate	Northern India was dominated from the twelfth through the early sixteenth century by
Hindu	The kingdoms of southern India were mainly
only logical thinking could help human beings understand the ultimate reality of Brahman	Shankara was a ninth century thinker who believed that
one-fourth	By around 1500 Muslims had grown to around ___ of the total India population.
sought to erase the distinction between Hinduism and Islam	the Bhakti movement
Buddhism	The Khmer temple of Angkor Thom shows the influence of Hinduism while the later temple of Angkor Wat displays the influences of
Mongols	The largest empire of all time was created by the
does not receive enough rain to support large-scale agriculture	The environment of central Asia
tents used by the nomadic Turks	Yurts were
was an alcoholic drink fermented from mare's milk	The nomadic Turkish tribes made use of kumiss, which
Indirect rule through the leaders of allied tribes	The political power of the khans was based on
their cavalry forces	Turkish military might was based on
"Chieftain"	The term sultan means
Temujin	In 1206 the Mongols gave the title Chinggis Khan or "universal ruler" to
inrevenge for the Khwarazm shah murdering his envoys	Chinggis Khan sent troops into Persia in 1219
Yuan dynasty	In 1279 Khubilai Khan proclaimed the
Khubilai Khan	Marco Polo spent almost 20 years at the court of
promoting Buddhism and supporting Daoists, Christians, and Muslims	Khubilai Khan's religious policy featured
was the largest seaborne expedition before World War II	The Mongol naval campaign against Japan in 1281
Golden Horde	Russia was dominated from the thirteenth through fifteenth centuries by the
Yuan dynasty	Devastation wrought by the bubonic plague played a key role in the fourteenth century collapse of the
Tamerlane	The late fourteenth century Turkish ruler who weakened the Golden Horde, sacked Delhi, and launched campaigns in southwest Asia and Anatolia was
Osman	The founder of the Ottoman Turks was

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