AP World History Ch. 5 Vocab – Flashcards
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Axum
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a state in the Ethiopian highlands; received influences from the Arabian peninsula; converted to Christianity
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Shinto
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religion of the early Japanese court; included the worship of numerous gods and spirits associated with the natural world
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Pastoral Nomads
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any of the many peoples, form the steppes of Asia that herded animals; transhumant migrants
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Celts
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early migrants into western Europe; organized into small regional kingdoms; had mixed agricultural and hunting economies
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Germans
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peoples from beyond the northern borders of the Roman Empire; had mixed agricultural and pastoral economies; moved into the Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th centuries C.E.
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Slavs
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Indo-European peoples who ultimately dominated much of the eastern Europe; formed regional kingdoms by the 5th century C.E.
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Olmec
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cultural tradition that arose at San Lorenzo and La Venta in Mexico circa 1200 B.C.E.; featured irrigated agriculture, urbanism, elaborate religion, beginnings of calendrical and writing systems
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Polynesia
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islands contained in a rough triangle with its points at Hawaii, New Zealand, and Easter Island
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Yellow Turbans
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Chinese Daoists who launched a revolt in 184 C.E., promising a golden age to be brought about by divine magic
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Sui
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dynasty succeeding the Han; grew from strong rulers in northern China; reunited China
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Tang
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dynasty succeeding the Sui in 618 C.E.
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Rajput
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regional military princes in India following the collapse of the Gupta Empire
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Devi
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mother goddess within Hinduism; devotion to her spread widely after the collapse of the Gupta and encouraged new emotionalism in religious ritual
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Diocletian
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Roman emperor (284-305 C.E.); restored later empire by improved administration and tax collection
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Constantine
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Roman emperor (321-337 C.E.); established his capital at Constantinople; used Christianity to unify the empire
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Byzantine Empire
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eastern half of the Roman Empire; survived until 1453; retained Mediterranean, especially Hellenistic, culture
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Mahayana
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version of Buddhism popular in China; emphasized Buddha's role as a savior
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Bodhisattvas
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Buddhist holy men who refused advance toward nirvana to receive prayers of the living to help them reach holiness
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Saints
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holy men and women in Christianity; their merit could be tapped by ordinary Christians
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Pope
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Bishop of Roma; head of the Catholic church in western Europe
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Augustine
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North African Christian theologian; made major contributions in incorporating elements of classical philosophy into Christianity
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Benedict
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founder of monasticism in the former western half of the Roman Empire; established the Benedictine rule in the 6th century
