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AP World Ch. 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Interaction between Communism and Confucionism in China | Communism rejected Confucionism, said that it encouraged inequality and was backward |
| how did Confucionism affect Chinese culture | It is the core, affects every aspect |
| what 4 religions were able to start practicing their religions again after their temples were destroyed by communism | Hinduism, Buddism, Daoism and Christianity |
| when and where did humans first emerge | 300,000 years ago in Africa |
| when did they start to come out of Africa? | 100,000-60,000 years ago |
| when were the first humans in New Zeland? | around 1200 CE |
| what is the paleolithic era | the stone age |
| egalatarianism | in hunter-gatherer small communities where everyone is equal (is not possible in larger societies) |
| what percent of humans were already on the earth at this time | 95% |
| agircultural revolution | people settling down and learning how to farm |
| first settlements caused what | creation of territories, tech innovations, growing populations |
| pastoral societies | nomadic peoples that would take their animals with them, and the animals provided everything that they needed to survive |
| were there animals in the Americas to domesticate? | no, except in the Andes |
| Why were the Andes an exception to this? | they had llamas and alpacas that they domesticated |
| Cheifdoms | there is a cheif and he takes taxes but then uses it to help the people, he isn't all high and mighty he's more just like a leader |
| how did the nomads and agrigarians normally interact? | they either fight or they trade |
| what did smaller agrigarian societies have that larger ones did not? | they could keep their egalatarianism wheras larger ones could not |
| agirculture caused people to do what | form complex societies, or civilizations |
| where and when did the first civilizations emerge | Mesopotamia, Egypt and Peru around 3500-3000 BCE |
| civilization | people who live in one place and have a government |
| what could people in civilizations do that nomads couldn't? | specialize |
| Epic of Giglamesh | describes the city of Uruk as being full of riches, women, and worshipping of the gods |
| what did the Prophet Samuel say about kings | he said that they weren't a good thing and they would take all of your money and make you work for them as slaves |
| patriarchy | male dominated society, gender inequality |
| what are the pros and cons of specialization in civilizations | pros; they could specialize and come up with new tech, cons; classes formed and egalatarianism vanished |
| what is the Darian gap | it is in Panama, and is a thick jungle that no one can cross, and this seperated North and Central America from South America |
| what did Lui Zongyuan talk about | she says how she has watched people destroy the environment in China |
| why is it bad to start to rely on our tech innovations? | if the resources run out we wouldn't be prepared for it |
| what were some different ways of organizing empires | small city-states or big large empires |
| people often turned to what to structure society? | religion |
| How did caste systems differ in India vs China? | in China, religious purity was your caste, in India, your family was your caste |
| during the neolithic era, what was thriving? | slavery |
| In China, did women have more or less rights? | more |
| In which area did women have more rights in Greece: Sparta or Athens? | Sparta |
| What was the most influential in the Afro-Eurasian world? | Islam |
| At what time in a civilizations development was patriarchy the lowest? | when they were developing, in the early years |
| In Greek and Roman societies, slaves made up what percent of the poplation? | around a third |
| What did culture and traditions cause that was negative? | differences between cultures and traditions would often cause conflict, causing inequality in society |
| what is the oldest, largest, and most prominent religion in India? | Hinduism |
| was Hinduism missionary? | no |
| what did Brahmins mainly focus on? | they were very legalistic, did many rituals, sacrifices and prayers |
| Upanishads | collection of sacred texts in Hinduism written mostly by anonymous people from 800-400 BCE |
| Brahman | the world soul, the final and ultimate reality, the divine energy above all else |
| atman | the individual human soul |
| moksha | spiritual liberation |
| samsara | rebirth, reincarnation |
| karma | they would become rebirthed to a higher or lower caste based on how pure their life was |
| caste system | ranked groups in society based on pureness |
| ascetics | toward the end of a man's life, he would go into the wilderness and expirience spiritual liberation from studying the teachings |
| when did Buddism emerge compared to Hinduism | around the same time |
| Siddhartha Gautuma- who was he and where and when did he live | founder of Buddism, was a king around North India/ South Nepal, live 566-486 BCE |
| how did he become Budda? | he lived a sheltered youth, then saw human suffering and had a spiritual awakening and became the Budda |
| view on suffering | suffering is inevitable and a part of life |
| eightfold path | a cure to the disease of a big ego, people would practice moral and modest lifestyles and meditation |
| nirvana | spiritual enlightenment that all Buddists hoped to achieve, where the evil goes away and they are filled with joy and love |
| were hinduism and buddism related? | yes, and they even shared some teachings |
| who is responsible for a person's spiritual awakening | one's own self |
| how did their caste system differ to that of hinduism | they believed that social status did not equal holiness |
| Therevada Buddism | focused a lot on the Budda as a teacher but not divine, but it was hard to convert because of rigorous practices |
| Mahayana Buddism | focused on less rigorous practices, more accesable |
| what did Mahayana believe about enlightenment | everyone could become a Budda (or reach enlightenment) |
| what was the focus of the Mahayana | on helping people with suffering and having compassion |
| what did they believe about the Budda | the Budda was God, and his disciples could help him spread the word, because of this it did become very widespread |
| Tibetan Buddism | combined native Tibetan traditions and Hinduism together, based off of texts collected in the 14th century, with one famous one being "The Tibetan Book of the Dead" |
| Bhakiti Movement | involved devotion to one or more of India's Gods and Goddesses, they would practice prayers, rituals, etc; occured from 600-1300 CE |
| Vishnu | most popular of deities, protection of creation and goodness |
| Shiva | God representing the destructive side of divinity |
| Bhagavad Gita | famous section of the Indian epic Mahabharata, went against the caste system and said that anyone who resided in him could obtain supreme destination |
| Mahabharata | the long Indian epic that went against caste |
| which practice of Hinduism was more accessible: Bhakiti or Brahman | Bhakiti |
| how did the obtaining of divine spirituality differ between Bhakiti and Brahman | Brahman you had to go through a more orthodox system, but Bhakiti you could get it by being compassionate and loving |
| what was happening in the relationship between Hinduism and Buddism at this time | Hinduism started to overtake Buddism |
| is Confucionism more philosophical or religious? | philosophical |
| in what age did it arise and where | in China, after the "Age of Warring states" |
| Confucionism | founded by confucious, thought that he had found a way to find harmony again |
| the Analects | a short book of confucious's writing |
| Han Dynasty | the dynasty that China reunited under in 200 BCE |
| view on relationships | life consists of unequal relationships (like father and son) and respect goes both ways |
| filial piety | honoring of ancestors and parents |
| education in what would help people learn these values? | education in history, government and psycology |
| How did China's Buracracy interact with Confucionism | they liked it |
| what did Confucionism expose? | inequalities in society, which then promoted lower taxes and justice |
| Who were the people at the top of the social pyramid? | those who were the most morally sound |
| Confucionism said that you could still worship other gods, it was more of a way thinking, and also they were peace making | yes bro |
| Daoism | another phylosophy that emerged in China, associated with Laozi, a 6th century BCE archivist |
| Laozi | the founder of Daoism |
| Daodejing (the way and its power) | collection of poems that he wrote |
| Dao | the underlying power of nature that governs all things |
| Yin | female |
| Yang | male |
| Yellow Turban Rebellion | peasants imagined a life without people opressing and ruling over them |
| Abrahamic Faiths | Judaism, Christianity and Islam (all based off of Abraham in the Bible lol), all monotheistic obv |
| what is Yin and Yang | that life exists in complementary opposites |
| Why were the Abrahamic Faiths a revolution | they were all monotheistic and open to all, but they were often times very legalistic and intolerant |
| Oldest of the three faiths, and who did it come from | Judaism, came from the Hebrews |
| what did God tell the hebrews to do | take out the other gods and people out of the Promised Land and put him in there |
| Christianity- Where was it formed | in Judea (very Jewish lol) |
| when did Jesus live in BCE terms | 4 BCE-29 CE |
| sermon on the Mount | his most important sermon, says very important things like love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you |
| why did the Romans not like him | he went against their culture, he loved the poor and was all about equality love and peace, he said the rich were impure |
| Did Jesus actually want to create a new religion? | no, he wanted to revitalize Judaism |
| who was the person responsible for much of the spreading of Christianity | Saint Paul |
| Why did some people not like the Christians beleifs | because they were monotheistic and they thought that meant that they were atheist |
| how did Constantine affect Christianity? | he converted in the 4th century, then spread it to Turkiye Armenia and other surrounding areas |
| why was unity for Christians hard? | they were so spread out all over the old world |
| sects- what were the main two | sections of Christianity, and it was mainly Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox |
| when was Islam formed | 7th century CE |
| Dar al-Islam | the abode (house) of Islam, or the Islamic empire that stretched from India to Spain |
| where did it emerge from | Arabia |
| Muhammad Ibn Abdullah | founder of Islam, trader from Mecca, deeply hurt by the injustice that he saw |
| Allah | God of Islam |
| what did Allah do to Muhammad | he told him the Quran when he was on the mountains |
| What did Muhammed say in regards to being a messenger | he was the last of the messengers from Allah, after Moses and Jesus |
| umma | United equality in the Islamic world |
| What did Muhammed do when he was persecuted? | he took up an army and defeated his enemies and united Arabia under islam |
| Arab Empire | the empire united over Islam, after Muhammad's death many armies took offensive |
| did Arabs and Persians unite under islam? | yes |
| Islamic Civil war | people didn't know who would suceed muhammad, so they divided into sunni and shia |
| Sunni | majority, advocates for established order |
| Shia | minority, advocates for the opressed, felt that history had taken a wrong turn |
| Ulama | Scholars of the Quran that preserved Islamic learning |
| sharia | focused on the more legalistic side of islam |
| sufi | thought that building a huge empire would take away from the moral teachings of muhammad and they also promoted closeness and meditation to the divine |
| why did sufis not like the ulama and sharia | because they supported corrupt government and were too legalistic |
| sufism | they seemed to tame their ego and achieve spiritual union with Allah, often using music and dance |
| most Muslims at this time identified as what? | Sufi |
| where were different cultures introduced to eachother | in larger empires |
| what religions spread in the Roman Empire | Persian God Mithra, Egyptian goddess isis, and Christianity |
| silk roads | silk trade between Mediterranean and India/south and east asia |
| sea roads | sea routes that went through the Indian ocean+south China sea, connected from East Africa to south china |
| sand roads | connected north Africa and the Medeterranean through the Sahara to interior west africa |
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