Chapter 6 AP World History Vocab – Flashcards
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Yellow Turban Rebellion
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A major Chinese peasant revolt that began in 184 BCE and helped cause the fall of the Han dynasty
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Wudi
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Chinese emperor who brought the Han dynasty to its greatest strength
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Empress Wu
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the only woman to rule China in her own name, expanded the empire and supported Buddhism during the Tang Dynasty.
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Wang Mang
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interrupted Han rule for around 15 years to rule China; tried helping the poor by establishing granaries and land reform.
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Vaisya
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the third of the four varnas: the commoners or yeoman farmers or mercantile and professional category
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Untouchables
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lowest class of people in the caste system of Hinduism, do all the dirty work of society
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The "Three Obediences"
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obey her father before marriage, her husband when married, and her sons in widowhood and the four virtues
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Sudra
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the lowest of the four varnas: the servants and workers of low status
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Spartacus
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a gladiator who lead a slave revolt
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Scholar-Gentry Class
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Held the highest status in Chinese society, created by the civil service exams
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Ritual Purity
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In India, the idea that members of higher castes must adhere to strict regulations limiting or forbidding their contact with objects and members of lower castes to preserve their own caste standing and their relationship with the gods
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Pericles
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Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athen's political and cultural supremacy in Greece
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Latifundia
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Huge estates owned by wealthy families
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Kshatriya
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the second of four classes of the caste system, traditionally made up of warrior and administrators.
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Karma
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(Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation
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Helots
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Slaves to the Spartans that revolted and nearly destroyed Sparta in 650 B.C.E.
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Greek and Roman Slavery
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In the Greek and Roman world, slaves were captives from war and piracy (and their descendants), abandoned children, and the victims of long-distance trade; manumission was common. Among the Greeks, household service was the most common form of slavery, but in parts of the Roman state, thousands of slaves were employed under brutal conditions in the mines and on great plantations.
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Dharma
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in Hinduism, the duties and obligations of each caste
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Caste as Varna and Jati
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The system of social organization in India that has evolved over millennia; it is based on an original division of the populace into four inherited classes (varna), with the addition of thousands of social distinctions based on occupation (jati), which became the main cell of social life in India.
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Brahmins
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The priest varna of the caste system.
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Ban Zhao
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one of the best known women who achieved a position of status in Han China. A Confucian scholar and writer who wrote poems and essays and the history of the Han dynasty.
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Aspasia
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a well-educated woman who helped shape Athenian politics as an advisor to Pericles
