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APWH Chapter 4 Key
Key terms + more on chapter 4 of AP World History
Term | Definition |
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Ahura Mazda | |
Angra Mainyu | |
Aristotle | Greek philosopher (384-322 BCE); student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great |
atman | |
Ban Zhao | Female Confucian author of China (45-116 BCE) whose works explore the implications of Confucian thinking for women |
Bhagavad Gita | A great Hindu epic text that conveyed the message that ordinary people could find spiritual fulfillment by selflessly performing the ordinary duties of their lives |
bhakti movement | Meaning "worship," this Hindu movement began in south India and moved northward between 600 and 1000 CE; involves intense adoration and identification with one specific diety thru song, prayer, and ritual. |
Brahman | |
Brahmins | |
Buddhism | |
Church of the Eat | Early but distinct Christian church in Syria/Persia but with members in south India/Central Asia. |
Confucianism | Chinese moral philosophy created by Confucius, promoting moral examples by rulers as the key to order |
Confucius | Created Confucianism, lived 551-479 BCE |
Constantine | |
Daodejing | |
Daoism | Chinese philosophy/religion promoting simple way of life and alignment with natural world. |
filial piety | |
Greek rationalism | Secular scientific/philosophical era in classical Greece (600-300BCE) emphasized understanding the world without religion. |
Hinduism | Religion with many sects in India, in 19th century Indian reformers equated it to have such a distinctive tradition it was level to Christianity. |
Hippocrates | |
Isaiah | |
Jesus of Nazareth | Peasant 'wisdom teacher' and Jewish mystic (4BCE-29CE) whose life, teachng, death, and alleged resurrection gave rise to Christianity. |
Judaism | Monotheistic religion developed in Middle East by Hebrews, emphasized Yahweh was the only true God. |
karma | |
Laozi | |
Legalism | Chinese philosophy with an adherence to law and strict punishment. |
Mahayana | Sect of Buddhism believing Buddha to be a spiritual figure, generally more focused on spirituality than Theravada Buddhism |
moksha | |
nirvana | |
Plato | Greek philosopher (429-348 BCE) who sketched out the design for society in The Republic |
Pythagoras | |
Saint Paul | |
Siddhartha Guatama | Indian prince whose exposure to human suffering led him to develop a path to Enlightenment, creating Buddhism (lived 566-486 BCE) |
Socrates | First great Greek Philosopher (469-399 BCE) whose constant questioning of common thinking led to a death sentence by an Athenian jury. |
Thales of Miletus | |
Theodosius | |
Theravada | |
Upanishads | |
Vedas | |
Warring States period | |
yin | |
yang | |
Zarathustra | |
Zhuangzi | |
Zoroastrian |