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AP World Unit 1
Global Tapestry
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What are "religious mysticism" | Adherents within religions focusing on mystical experiences that bring them closer to divine |
| What are two examples of religious mysticism? | Prayer and meditation |
| Where was Buddhism found? | India, China. Southeast Asia, and Japan |
| What are the four noble truths of Buddhism? | (1) all life is suffering, (2) suffering is caused by desire, (3) can be freed of desire, (4) freed of desire by following prescribed path |
| What are the two forms of Buddhism? | Mahayana Buddhism and Theravada Buddhism |
| Mahayana Buddhism v. Theravada Buddhism | Mahayana: great ritual, spiritual comfort- more complex but with greater spread Theravada: meditation, simplicity, nirvana as renunciation of consciousness and self |
| What effect did Buddhism have on the caste system? | It rejected the caste system, therefore it appealed to those of a lower rank |
| Where was Christianity found? | Throughout Europe, Northeastern Africa, and the Middle East |
| Who did Christianity appeal to especially? | The lower class and women |
| Where was confucianism found? | China |
| Where can confucius' thoughts and sayings be found? | The Analects |
| What did confucianism have effect on? | how to restore political and social order |
| What was the impact of confucianism? | It stayed within the Chinese culture |
| Where was Hinduism found? | India |
| What did Hindus believe in? | They believed in one supreme force called Brahma who created everything - many Gods |
| What is the ultimate goal of a Hindu believer? | To merge with Brahma - they believe it takes multiple lifetimes to achieve this |
| What was the impact of Hinduism? | Religion and caste system, which ha prevented global acceptance of religion |
| Where was Islam found? | Caliphates, North Africa, Central Asia, and Europe |
| What were caliphates? | Islamic Kingdoms |
| What did Islams believe? | Allah presented words through the prophet Muhammad who's words were recorded in their holy text |
| What was the Islamic holy text? | Qur'an |
| How did the Islamic believe salvation is earned? | It is won by submission to God |
| What was the impact of Islam? | Spread quickly to the Middle East |
| Who were the Jewish people? | The Hebrews |
| What did the Jewish believe? | That God selected a group of holy people who should follows his laws and worship them |
| What were the main components of the Hebrew bible? | Torah, miracles, laws, historical chronicles, poetry, prophecies |
| What was the impact of Judaism? | First of many major monotheistic faiths |
| What religion was the Abbasid empire? | Islamic |
| Where was the capital of the Abbasid empire? | Baghdad |
| What was the biggest impact of the Abbasid empire? | The House of Wisdom library/Center for arts and sciences - mathematics, medicine, writings |
| What was the Abbasid empire built around? | Trade (used receipt and bill system) |
| What caused the decline of Islamic Caliphates? | 1. Revolt of enslaved Turkish warriors 2. new Shia dynasty in Iran 3. Seljuk Turk Sunni group 4. Persians, Europeans. Byzantines 5. Mongols - Overtook and destroyed Baghdad |
| What 3 major events happened in the middle ages in Europe? | 1. Fall of Roman empire before renaissance 2. Eastern Roman Empire became Byzantine empire 3. Western Europe completely collapsed - Christianity remained strong |
| What was the order of power from most to least in European Feudalism? | Kings, nobles, vassals, peasants or serfs, |
| What organizational structure did Europe move from and too in the end of the middle ages? | From: Feudalism To: Linguistic and cultural |
| What was the hundred years war? | Unified France, Leading to England's withdrawal from the country |
| What was the Spanish inquisition? | Queen Isabella and Ferdinand married and forced all residents to convert to Christianity |
| Who Conquered Russia? Who led this group? | Genghis Khan led the Mongols in their takeover of Russia |
| How did the Song dynasty justify subordination of women? | Confucianism? |
| What was Japan's feudal system from most power to least? | Emorer, Shogun, Daimyo, lesser samurai, peasant and artisans |
| Delhi Sultanate | Islamic invader kingdom in Delhi (Islam took over Northern India- clash between Islam monotheism and Hindu polytheism) |
| Rajput kingdoms | Several Hindu principalities that United to resist Muslim forces until eventual takeover |
| What religion was the Khmer Empire? | Hindu |
| Where was the Khmer Empire? | Thailand |
| What famous architecture was made by the Khmer Empire? | Angkor Wat |
| How were beliefs carried to and from the Khmer Empire? | Indian ocean trade network |
| What parts of Africa were Islamic? | North Africa and through the Sahara Desert to the sub-saharan |
| Where were the Hausa Kingdoms located? | Off the Niger river |
| What was the organizational system of the Hausa kingdoms? | State system |
| How did the Hausa kingdoms achieve economic stability and religious influence? | long trade (salt and leather) |
| What was the cause of the downfall of the Hausa kingdoms? | Internal wars |
| What were the three main civilizations of the Americas? | Mayans, Atecs, and Incas |
| Where were the Aztecs located? | Mexico |
| What were the main goals of the Aztecs? | Expansion and military |
| What could Atec women do? | Inherit property |
| Where were the Incas located? | Andes mountains in Peru |
| What were your main characteristics of the Incas? | expansionists-army, established bureaucracy, unified language, system of roads and tunnels |
| What rank were most people? | Peasants |
| What was the value of a Woman under the Inca? | More important (could pass property to their daughters) |
| What Incan was most important? | The sun god |
| What was an important ritual of the Inca religion? | Human sacrifice |
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