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unit 0 AP WORLd
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a reverence for deities associated with features of nature, such as nature, such as animals or specific mountains or rivers | animism |
| domination by males | patriarchy |
| humans began to plant crops and raise animals for food | agricultural revolution |
| where did the agricultural revolution begin | middle east |
| due to the growth of population people lived in large settlements leading to ------ | cities |
| what did artisans make | tools and weapons |
| what did merchants do | trade |
| what did priests do | conduct rituals |
| the desire to keep records about trade and taxes led to the invention of what | writing |
| competition for resources and accumulation led to what | group conflicts |
| in general the status of women -------- | declined |
| where was the worlds first civilization | mesopotamia |
| what is mesopotamia near | tigris and euphrates rivers |
| an independent state made up of a city and its surrounding territory | city state |
| who built ziggurats and engaged in long distance trade | mesopotamians |
| what is a religious temple in mesopotamia called | ziggurat |
| who's people were polytheistic and patriarchal | mesopotamia |
| a city state along the southern most region of ancient mesopotamia | sumer |
| what did sumer invent | cuneiform |
| what is the first written language in history | cuneiform |
| egypt prospered in the | nile river |
| egypt was centralized under one ruler called a | pharaoh |
| what is the writing system that the egyptians created called | hieroglyphics |
| who build pyramids | egyptians |
| what were some of the things that made women more equal in egypt | own property and equal to men |
| where is the indus civilization located | indus river in south asia |
| what famous cities are in the indus | harappa and mohenjo daro |
| who did the indus trade with | mesopotamia |
| who had indoor plumbing and planned the layout of urban areas | indus |
| what was the indus language | unknown |
| who had a highly patriarchal and centralized system | china |
| what is a special feature of china | honor toward ancestors |
| which mesopotamian civilization did not form near a river valley | olmec |
| which andes civilization did not form near a river valley | chavin |
| belief in many gods | polytheism |
| belief in one god | monotheism |
| which religion brought the scriptures of vedas and the belief that many deities existed | hinduism |
| taught that people should organize society into sharply defined classes | vedas |
| sharply defined classes | castes |
| followers of this faith focus on human free will and eternal battle between the forces of good and evil | zoroastrianism |
| believe they are the chosen people | Jews |
| jewish scriptures are called the | old testament |
| judaism christianity and islam all looked back to -------- as an important figure | abraham |
| land route that goods and ideas flowed along in eurasia | silk road |
| what is the location of these empires: persian greek roman and byzantine empires | western eurasia |
| what is the location of these empires: mauryan and gupta empires | southern asia |
| what is the location of these empires: qin and han dynasty's | eastern asia |
| what is the location of the mayan empire | mesoamerica |
| who founded buddhism | siddhartha gautama |
| siddhartha gautama called himself | buddha |
| what does buddha stand for | enlightened one |
| buddhist doctrines focused on the | four noble truths |
| the four noble truths sought to eliminate desire and suffering by following the | eightfold path |
| the goal of buddhism is to achieve enlightenment and | nirvana |
| what ends the cycle of reincarnation in buddhism | nirvana |
| buddhism rejected | caste system |
| who spread buddhism | missionaries and merchants |
| buddhism was a ----------- religion | universalizing |
| a faith that develops monastery communities for men and women. | monastic |
| mauryan empire reached its high point during the rule of | ashoka |
| ashoka spread knowledge of his law by inscribing his edicts on | pillars |
| ashoka is one of the few rulers in history who converted from hinduism to | buddhism |
| what period is referred to as the golden age of india | gupta empire |
| pataliputra was a city in india where intellectual and cultural life | fluorished |
| the gupta invented a numbering system that combined a small number of symbols ____-____ | 0-9 |
| the social structure of the gupta was | patriarchal |
| to unify people the gupta strongly supported | hinduism |
| who was central China united under | Zhou dynasty |
| time of instability and decentralization for china | warring states period |
| the idea that heaven or some universal force provided justification for an emperor and his family to rule china | mandate of heaven |
| the teaching of Confucius was written by his followers in the | analects |
| who focused on education benevolence virtue for those with authority and a patriarchal social structure | confucius |
| Confucius focused on ----- ------ | filial piety |
| the duty of people to honor their ancestors | filial piety |
| this focused on how people could live in harmony with nature | daoism |
| ------ dynasty standardized Chinese script, established a uniform system of weights and measures, and built canals and roads. | qin |
| ---- dynasty became a golden age of Chinese history after building on the qin dynasty | han |
| the capital of the han empire | chang'an |
| who created the civil servie exam | han |
| in the ---- ----- ----- those who scored well received prestigious jobs in the government bureaucracy. | civil service exam |
| this empire became known as the Achaemenid empire | persian |
| persian empire promoted trade prosperity and --------- | stability |
| --------believed in many deities and each possessed human frailties. | Greeks |
| two largest city states of greece | athens and sparta |
| ---- was organized around a powerful military and women had many rights | sparta |
| ------- made advances in architectures, literature, theatre, and philosophy | athens |
| ----- ----- ------spread Greek culture into Egypt, across Persia, and east to India. | alexander the great |
| the region that alexander the great spread greek culture to was called | hellenistic world |
| romans borrowed from ------- culture | greek |
| who developed representative government and innocent until proven guilty | roman |
| rome was famous for the project | aquaducts |
| corrupt leaders, disease, decline of trade, and invasions led to romes -------- | downfall |
| --------- is the spreading | diaspora |
| which emperor made christianity legal in rome | constatine |
| the capital of roe was moved to ------------ | byzantium |
| byzantium's capital was moved to | constantinople |
| the capital of the roman empire in the west became | rome |
| entrepôt | coastal trading center |
| Justinian the Great created the --------- code | justinian code |
| one of the most important civilizations in america was based off | Teotihuacan |
| Teotihuacan featured streets laid out on a ---- and monumental religious temples dedicated to the gods of the sun and moon | grid |
| Teotihuacan city was later abandoned and called | city of the gods |
| the most influential classical civilization in the americas | mayans |
| the mayans developed the most complex written | language |
| the mayans created a very accurate -------- | calender |
| mayans understood the importance of the concept of | zero |
| the sacred scriptures of the religion of Islam | qur'an |
| a belief in one god called Allah, ritual prayer, almsgiving, fasting, and making a pilgrimage to Mecca. | five pillars |
| a law code based on the qur'an to regulate Muslim religious and civic behavior. | shariah law |
| political leader of islam | caliph |
| ------- muslims felt that the caliph sould be selected from among all leaders in the Islamic community. | sunni |
| ---- muslims felt that the caliph should be a blood relative of Muhammad. | shi'a |
| 90% of islam are ------- muslims | sunni |
| 10% of islam are ------ muslims | shi'a |
| shi'a muslims can be found in | iran and iraq |
| The area muhammed had united under islam was called | dar al islam |
| another name for dar al islam | house of islam |
| the most influential rulers of dar al islam | abbasid |
| under abbasid caliphate islam experienced a ------- --- | golden age |
| Non-Muslims could keep their faith by paying an additional tax called the | jizya |
| chinas 3 centuries of troubles ended under the ---- dynasty | sui |
| the sui dynasty constructed the ---- ----- | grand canal |
| the grand canal connected the south to the ----- | north |
| tang dynasty built on the sui dynasty and learned how to grow fast ripening variety of ---- | rice |
| gun powder and paper money was developed in china under the | tang |
| the chinese viewed their country as the ------ -------- | middle kingdom |
| after the tang collapsed the ----- dynasty arose | song |
| neo-confucianism began under the ---- | tan |
| a melding of Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist philosophies that had begun under hte Tang, | neo confucianism |
| this is the order of whos government: shogun, daimyo, samurai, peasants, merchants | japan |
| a military general in japan | shogun |
| powerful landlords in japan | daimyo |
| japanese warriors | samurais |
| japans religion was | shinto |
| a set of beliefs centered on the veneration of ancestors and nature spirits. | shinto |
| africa had --- ------ communities | kin based |
| bantu speaking people came from | africa |
| Muslim merchants greatly increased trade, which benefited the kingdom of | ghana |
| region outside of West Africa, one large kingdom arose in the southeast part of the continent, which dominated between 12th and 15th century | great zimbabwe |
| what became the unifying central force in central western and europe | christianity |
| the two branches of christianity were orthodox and ----- ------ church | roman catholic |
| this civilization flourished in america during the time of decline | mississippian |
| mississippian civilizations major trade hub was | cahokia |
| a second major trade hub in mississippian civilization was | toltecs |
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