AP World History Midterm Review – Flashcards
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Wang Mang
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a reformist official that took control of the Xia dynasty, tried to confiscate the great estates, restore the ancient well field system and abolish slavery
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Liu Bang
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founder of Han dynasty
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Pericles
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dominant figure in politics for 30 years, affected democracy in that under his rule, Athenians became deeply attched to their democratic system
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Minoan Crete
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first Greek civilization, located on Crete
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Thucydides
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greatest historian of ancient world. Believed that political situations recur in similar fashion and that the study of history is therefore of great value in understanding the present
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tyranny oligarchy anarchy
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Aristotle's fears on government: -monarchy to -aristocracy to -constitutional government to
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Hadith
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Shari'a
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Justinian
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Roman Emperor who: -restored part of Mediterranean world for a few years -crushed revolts -made Code of Laws
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Code of Laws
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Laws made by Justinian that were reforms of Roman Laws that became the basis of Imperial Byzantine Law and still used in Judicial Courts today
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Kanishka
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greatest Kushan ruler
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Zimbabwe
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African area that: -powerful from 12th to 15th century -major trade -declined in 15th century
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Tibet and southwest China
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origin of the Thai and Burmans
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Double Diadem
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symbol on Egyptian crown signifying the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt. First worn by King Menes.
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Mahmud of Gazni
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leader who conquered land in the Middle East and spread Islam
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Lower Egypt
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another name for the Nile Delta
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Asoka
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Indian emperor who converted to Buddhism and changed his rule to be more peaceful
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20th
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century that the Chinese civilization lasted into
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lords
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group of people the Zhou merchants were ruled by
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war prisoners
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group of people the Zhou dynasty used as slaves
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Asceticism
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self-purification in order to please and communicate with the gods
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Qin
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dynasty that fell due to factional rivalry and too strict laws
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Olmecs
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people that influenced the Aztec culture and religion with use of sacrifices
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Diocletian
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Roman emperor that divided the Roman empire
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Theodosius
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arch, dome, crowned roads, aqueducts
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great Roman architectural/construction achievements
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Archimedes
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Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer
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urban focus, distinct religious structure, new political and military structures, new social structure based on economic power, writing system, signifiant intellectual and artistic activity
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basic characteristics of civilizations
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being tested on what you know not who you know, civil service exams
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modern day idea from Confucius
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Cyrus the Great
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Persian leader who showed great wisdom, tolerance, and let the conquered governments stay intact
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cave paintings of large animals
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art of Paleolithic peoples
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King of Uruk, Mesopotamian
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character of Epic of Gilgamesh
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characters, spoken and read by elite, enigma, until Rosetta Stone, and in all important places
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characteristics of Egyptian hieroglyphics
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Akhenaten
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Egyptian king who ignored foreign affairs and lost Syria and Palestine
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source of persecution
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the result of Jewish monotheism with polytheistic neighbors
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Phoenicians
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group of people who gave the alphabet and had sea trade
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convent, law, prophets
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3 characteristics of the Jewish faith system
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Assyrians
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group of people known for guerilla warfare
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institutional ministers
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kept the Mauryan king in check
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Aryans
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dominated India from the north between 1500 and 1000 B.C.E.
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Yellow and Yangtze river
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location of the beginning of Chinese civilization
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Shang dynasty
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Chinese dynasty characterized by a warring aristocratic class and villages added by clans
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Han
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dynasty that created paper, assimilated with empire south of Yangtze river, pacified nomadic tribal peoples as far as the Caspian Sea, and extended China boundary far into Central Asia
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island of coast of Solomus, Plataea
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location where the Greeks defeated the Persians
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First Punic War
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War between Rome and Carthage over the rights to Sicily
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Second Punic War
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war that won Spain for Rome and produced Roman control of the Mediterranean
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Third Punic War
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war between Rome and Carthage that resulted in Carthage being destroyed and a Roman colony called Africa
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Alexander the Great
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Conqueror whose legacy is trade, spread of Greek culture, developed Greek epicenters, and facilitated the growth of future empires
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Aztecs and Mayans
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two Meso-american civilizations that were agricultural societies with urban populations
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Venetians
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people who conquered Constantinople in the 4th Crusade
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Indonesian archipelago
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focus of Southeast Asia trade
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East African trade network
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provided ocean going commercial trade to the east
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Angkor
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southeast Asia in 9th century, ideal location for trade
