AP World History Vocabulary Updated 2023-2024 Questions & Answers (Solved)
- Paleolithic
Answer: Old Stone Age, a long period of human development before the
development of agriculture.
- Pastoral Society
Answer: social system in which the breeding and herding of domestic animals is a major form of production for good and other purposes
- Neolithic
Answer: late phase of Stone Age, advanced stone tools used
- Bantu Migrations
Answer: series of migrations of the Bantu people from the Congo area to present day Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania,
- Mesopotamia
Answer: region in West Asia situated within the Tigris-Euphrates river system
- Hammurabi's Code
Answer: Sophisticated law code associated with the Babylonian king Hammurabi
- Iron Metallurgy
Answer: technique or science of working or heating metals into tools
- Patriarchy
Answer: A system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line
- Phoenicians
Answer: Ancient Semitic people living in the Eastern Mediterranean, re- sponsible for creating an alphabet that has influenced many modern day alphabets
- Indus River Valley Civilization
Answer: Civilization along one of the longest rivers in South Asia
- Caste System
Answer: A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life
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- Yellow River Valley
Answer: Cradle of Chinese civilization, along one of the longest rivers in East Asia
- Mandate of Heaven
Answer: Chinese belief that the emperors ruled through the man- date, or approval, of heaven contingent on their ability to look after the welfare of the population
- Warring States Period
Answer: the period from 475 BC until the unification of China under the Qin
dynasty, characterized by lack of centralized government in China. It followed the Zhou dynasty.
- Olmecs
Answer: One of the earliest known major civilization in Mexico
- Persian Wars
Answer: Series on wars between Greece and Persia
- Zoroastrianism
Answer: Monotheistic religion; influenced future religions like Judaism, Islam, and Christianity
- Confucianism
Answer: A system of thought based on the teachings that turned into the ruling
ideology of the Chinese state, involves ancestor reverence and a profound human- centered religiousness
- Daoism
Answer: Philosophy that teaches that everything should be left to the natural order; rejects many of the Confucian ideas but coexisted with Confucianism in China
- Legalism
Answer: A Chinese philosophy that argued that people were by nature evil and would follow the correct path if coerced by laws
- Jainism
Answer: an Indian religion that stresses extreme simplicity and non violence
towards all living creatures
- Buddhism
Answer: Religion, based on Four Noble Truths, associated with Siddhartha Gautama; its adherents desired to eliminate all distracting passion and reach nir- vana. 2 / 3
- Hinduism
Answer: Main religion in India, emphasizes reincarnation and the desire to end the cycle and death and reincarnation
- Polis
Answer: ancient Greek city state
- Sparta
Answer: Greek city state, known for its emphasis on military service and strength
- Athens
Answer: Greek city state, birthplace of democracy
- Hellenistic
Answer: relating to Greek history, language, and culture from the death of
Alexander the Great to the defeat of Cleopatra and Mark Antony
- Socrates
Answer: Greek philosopher, father of western philosophy
- Aristotle
Answer: Greek philosopher and scientists, student of Socrates
- Julius Caesar
Answer: Roman military general and politician, assassinated by a group of nobles
- Christianity
Answer: Religion based on the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth
- Silk Road
Answer: Network of trading routes connecting East and West
- Justinian Code
Answer: Laws developed under Justinian, the Byzantine Emperor
- Lateen Sail
Answer: a triangular sail, made sailing in the wind easier
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