AP World History Exam Study Guide

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<p>Varna</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Siddhartha Gautama</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Way of the Elders</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bodhisattvas assisting others</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A powerful Indian state and center of culture from 320-550 C.E.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A state that acquires prestige through culture and ceremonies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A wide variety of beliefs and rituals that developed in the Indian subcontinent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The third ruler of the Mauryan Empire</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An important work of Indian sacred literature</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Caravan routes connecting China and the Middle East.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The first state to unify most of the Indian subcontinent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A trade network linking countries around the Indian Ocean.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A trading network linking North Africa with sub-Saharan Africa.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A collective name for a large group of sub-Saharan African languages.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In western Arabia.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The founder of the religion of Islam.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An adherent of the Islamic religion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An office established to rule the Islamic empire after Muhammad.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The sacred text of Islam.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Belief in leadership by a descendant of Muhammad.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Belief that the community should choose its own leadership.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Faith in one God, 2) Prayer five times a day, 3) Fasting during Ramadan, 4) Paying alms, 5) Pilgrimage to Mecca.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<p>King of the Franks and emperor of the Carolingian Empire.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Middle Ages, approximately from 500 to 1500.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The eastern portion of the Roman Empire.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A formal split within a religious community.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A large, self-sufficient landholding in medieval Europe.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An agricultural laborer bound to a lord's property.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A sworn supporter of a king or lord in medieval Europe.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A loose federation of mostly German states ruled by an elected emperor.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A dispute between popes and Holy Roman Emperors over authority over bishops.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Armed pilgrimages by Christians to recover Jerusalem.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An empire in China that unified China and part of Central Asia.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An 1,100-mile waterway linking the Yellow and Yangzi Rivers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Black Death</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Known for technological advancements.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A large flat-bottom sailing ship used for long-distance commercial travel.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An aristocratic family dominating the Japanese imperial court.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A form of Japanese military government.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Raised fields constructed to increase agricultural yields in Mesoamerica.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A Mesoamerican civilization known for its contributions in various fields.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An ambiguous term often used to denote more complex societies but sometimes used by anthropologists to describe any group of people sharing a set of cultural traits.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>People who support themselves by hunting wild animals and gathering wild edible plants and insects.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A system of writing in which wedge-shaped symbols represented words or syllables.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The study of past events and changes in the development, transmission, and transformation of cultural practices.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A small independent state consisting of an urban center and the surrounding agricultural territory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>culture</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Between 8000 and 2000 B.C.E.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is associated with the ancient Agricultural Revolution.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The largest city of the Indus Valley civilization.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mesopotamia, Egypt, Pakistan, northern China.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Cities as administrative centers, 2) political system based on territory control, 3) specialization, 4) status based on wealth, 5) monumental buildings, 6) writing system, 7) long-distance trade, 8) advancements in science and art.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A fine, light silt deposited by wind and water, constituting the fertile soil of the Yellow River Valley.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A Chinese school of thought emphasizing harmony with nature and skepticism towards rigid hierarchies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An authoritarian political philosophy that sees human nature as essentially wicked.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chinese philosopher Konzi, whose teachings focused on duty and public service.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chinese ideology asserting that Heaven grants power to rulers based on their just behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It was the earliest Chinese dynasty with written records and notable cultural practices.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A people from central Anatolia who established an empire in the late Bronze Age.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Queen of Egypt known for a naval expedition to Punt and being a female ruler.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Egyptian pharaoh known for religious revolution and naturalistic art.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A long-lived ruler of New Kingdom Egypt known for his monumental construction.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It was a prosperous civilization on the Aegean island of Crete, influential in trade and culture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A large collection of ancient writings from Mesopotamia.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A warrior people known for ruthless conquest and preservation of earlier knowledge.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nomadic herders who developed a sedentary agricultural civilization and monotheistic religion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A collection of sacred books concerning the origins and beliefs of the Israelites.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Israelite king who expanded alliances, bureaucracy, and built the first temple.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Belief in the existence of a single divine entity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A Greek word meaning 'dispersal,' describing communities living outside their homeland.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Semitic-speaking Canaanites known for extensive trade and colonization in the Mediterranean.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The first Mesoamerican civilization known for intensive agriculture and ceremonial centers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The governor of a province in the Achaemenid Persian Empire.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A religion originating in ancient Iran focusing on truth-telling and reverence for nature.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Greek term for a city-state, consisting of an urban center and its agricultural territory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A heavily armored Greek infantryman who fought in the phalanx formation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Someone who seized and held power in violation of community traditions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A system of government in which all citizens have equal political and legal rights.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He is regarded as the 'Father of History' for his chronicling of Greek and Persian wars.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An Athenian leader known for guiding the state toward participatory democracy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A costly conflict between the Athenian and Spartan alliance systems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An Athenian philosopher known for shifting focus to ethics and human behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The student of Socrates who emphasized the importance of reason and set up the Academy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>King of Macedonia known for conquering the Persian Empire and spreading Greek culture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The era of Greek cultural spread across western Asia and northeastern Africa after Alexander's conquests.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The period during which Rome was governed by the aristocratic Roman Senate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The founder of the Roman Principate who laid the groundwork for stability in the Roman Empire.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Literally 'Roman peace', it refers to the stability and prosperity of the Roman Empire.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process through which Latin and Roman culture became dominant in western provinces.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A Jew from Galilee who sought to reform Jewish practices and became the central figure in Christianity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The tumultuous period in the Roman Empire marked by political instability and invasions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Roman emperor who reunited the empire and favored Christianity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The founder of the short-lived Qin dynasty and creator of the Chinese Empire.</p> Signup and view all the answers