Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
apworldhistory2
Test 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A fine, light silt deposited by wind and water. It constitutes the fertile soil of the Yellow River Valley in northern China. Because locess soil is not compacted, it can be worked with a digging stick, but it leaves the region vulnerable to earthquakes | loess |
| The dominant people in the earliest Chinese dynasty for which we have written records(ca. 1750-1027 BCE). Ancestor worship, divination by means of oracle bones, and the use of bronze vessels for ritual purposes were major elements of Shang culture | Shang |
| Techniques for ascertaining the future or the will of the gods by interpreting natural phenomena such as, in early China, the cracks on oracle bones or, in ancient Greece, the flight of birds through sectors of the sky | divination |
| The people and dynasty that took over the dominant position in north China from the Shang and created the concept of the Mandate of Heaven to justify their rule. They Zhou era, particularly the vigorous early period (1027-771 BCE). Broke in 771-221 BCE | Zhou |
| Chinese religious and political ideology developed by the Zhou, according to which it was the prerogative of Heaven, the chief deity, to grant power to the ruler of China and to take away that power if the ruler failed to conduct himself justly | Mandate of Heaven |
| In Chinese belief, complementary factors that help to maintain the equilibrium of the world. Yin is associated with feminine, dark, and passive qualities; yang with masculine, light, and active qualities | yin/yang |
| In China, a political philosophy that emphasized the unruliness of human nature and justified state coercion and control. The QIN ruling class invoked it to validate their authority and everyone's labor. Superseded in the HAN era | Legalism |
| Western name for the Chinese philosopher Kongzi (551-479 BCE). His doctrine of duty and public service had a great influence on subsequent Chinese thought and served as a code of conduct for government officials | Confucius |
| Chinese school of thought, originating in the Warring States period with Laozi (604-531 BCE). Daoism offered an alternative to the Confucian emphasis on hierarchy and duty. Daoists believe that the world always changes and is devoid of absolute meaning. | Daoism |
| An Egyptian name for Nubia, the region alongside the Nile River south of Egypt, where an indigenous kingdom with its own distinctive institutions and cultural traditions arose beginning in early 2000 BCE. It was deeply influenced by Egyptian culture. | Kush |
| Capital of a flourishing kingdom in southern Nubia from the fourth century BCE to the fourth century CE. In this period Nubian culture shows more independence from Egypt and the influence of sub-Saharan Africa | Meroe |
| The first Mesopotamian civilization. Between ca. 1200 and 400 b.C.E. the Olmec people of central Mexico created a vibrant civilization that included intensive agriculture, wide-ranging trade, ceremonial centers, and monumental construction. | Olmec |
| The first major urban civilization in South America (900-250 BCE) | Chavin |
| A hoofed animal indigenous to the Andes Mtns, in South America. It was the only domesticated beast of burden in the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans. It provided meat and wool. The use of llamas to transport goods made trade possible. | llama |
Created by:
shopaholic5289
Popular World History sets