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AP World History
AP World History vocab words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hinduism | Hinduism is a collection of the religion, culture, and philosophy of ancient India. It is a belief in reincarnation as well as in a supreme god or entity called Brahman who has multiple manifestations as a variety of deities. |
| Judaism | Judaism is a monotheistic religion developed by ancient Hebrews. It's the belief in one transcendent God who revealed himself to Abraham, Moses, and the Hebrew prophets and by a religious life in accordance with Scriptures and rabbinic traditions. |
| Buddhism | Buddhism is one of the world's largest religions that began 2,500 years ago in India. Their belief is that human life is one of suffering, and that meditation and good behavior are the ways to achieve enlightenment. |
| Confucius | Confucius was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages. |
| Daoism | Daoism is a diverse philosophical and religious tradition indigenous to China. |
| Christianity | Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion. |
| Islam | Islam is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad. |
| Dar al-Islam | Dar al-islam is an Islamic term for the Muslim regions of the world. |
| Shinto | a Japanese religion from the early 8th century which incorporates the worship of ancestors and nature spirits and a belief in sacred power in both animate and inanimate things. |
| Roman Catholic Church | The Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian church along with being one of the oldest international institutions. |
| Orthodox Church | The Orthodox Catholic Church is the second-largest Christian church. |
| Patriarchy | Patriarchy is a social system in which positions of dominance and privilege are held by men. |
| Civil Service Exam | Civil service exams are tests implemented for recruitment and admission to the civil service. |
| Diaspora | The dispersion or spread of people from their original homeland. |
| Entrepot | A port, city, or other center to which goods are brought for import and export, and for collection and distribution. |
| Shogun | A hereditary commander in chief in feudal Japan. |
| Daimyos | Daimyo were feudal lords who controlled the provinces of Japan from the beginning of the Kamakura period to the end of the Edo period. |
| Agricultural Revolution | The agricultural revolution is the number of cultural transformations that allowed humans to change from hunting and gathering to agriculture and animal domestications. |
| Monsoon Winds | A monsoon is a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation. |
| Teotihuacan | Teotihuacan is known as the site of many of the most architecturally significant Mesoamerican pyramids built in the pre-Columbian Americas. |
| Mayans | The Mayans are an ethnolinguistic group of indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica. |
| Mississippian | A native or inhabitant of Mississippi. |
| Toltecs | Members of an indigenous people that flourished in Mexico before the Aztecs. |
| Silk Roads | The Silk Road was a network of Eurasian trade routes active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century. |
| Indian Ocean trade routes | From 1200 to 1450, the Indian Ocean was the center of world trade. Trade routes crossed the waves, linking the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. |
| Trans-Saharan trade routes | From 1200 to 1450, an extensive trading network stretched across the Sahara Desert, linking the wealthy empires of West Africa to the Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean. |
| City-state | A city-state is a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. |
| Mauryan Empire | The Mauryan Empire was formed around 321 B.C.E. and ended in 185 B.C.E., it was an empire that covered most of the Indian region. |
| Gupta Empire | The Gupta Empire was an ancient Indian empire which existed from the mid 3rd century CE to mid 6th century CE. It was the seventh ruling dynasty of Magadha. |
| Mandate of Heaven | The Mandate of Heaven is a Chinese political ideology that was used in Ancient China to legitimize the rule of the king or emperor of China. |
| Qin | The Qin dynasty was the first dynasty of Imperial China. It is named for its progenitor state of Qin. |
| Han | The Han Chinese or the Han people, or colloquially known as the Chinese are an East Asian ethnic group native to Greater China. |
| Persian Empire | The Persian Empire was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC. |
| Greece | Greece is a country in southeastern Europe with thousands of islands throughout the Aegean and Ionian seas. |
| Roman Empire | The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC. |
| Byzantine Empire | The Byzantine Empire was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. |
| Abbasid Caliphate | The Abbasid Caliphate or Abbasid Empire was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. |
| Sui Dynasty | The Sui dynasty was a short-lived Chinese imperial dynasty that ruled from 581 to 618. |
| Tang Dynasty | The Tang dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907. |
| Song Dynasty | The Song dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279. |
| Ghana | Ghana, or the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. |
| Great Zimbabwe | Great Zimbabwe is a medieval city in the south-eastern hills of the modern country of Zimbabwe. |
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