AP World History - Unit 1: The Global Tapestry

Flashcards covering key concepts, religions, and historical developments from the lecture notes.

Most belief systems still are __ history.

impacting

Most major religions have __, such as subgroups and sects.

divisions

Religious Mysticism focuses on mystical experiences that bring adherents closer to __.

divine

__ Buddhism includes meditation, simplicity, and nirvana as renunciation of consciousness and self.

Theravada

__ Buddhism includes great ritual and spiritual comfort.

Mahayana

Christianity started as a group of __, quickly expanded through Europe, northeastern Africa, Middle East

Jews

Believers think Jesus is the __ - forgiveness of sins, everlasting life is achievable through him.

Son of God

__ was compatible with other religions, causing it to flourish and led to distinctive Chinese culture of tight-knit communities.

Confucianism

5 fundamental relations build society and make it orderly in Confucianism: (1) ruler and subject, (2) parent and child, (3) __ wife, (4) older sibling and younger sibling. (5) friend and friend

husband and

In Hinduism, the goal of believer is to merge with __.

Brahma

Following the __ will move you towards Brahma

dharma

In Islam, salvation is won through __ to God.

submission

The __ Dynasty was the Islamic Empire from 750-1258 CE

Abbasid

__ are an Egyptian group that defeated Mongols in Nazareth, helping preserve Islam in Near East.

Mamluks

__ is the European hierarchy social system of Middle Ages, where land is divided.

Feudalism

In European Feudalism, __ had power over sections of kingdom in exchange for loyalty to king and military service

Nobles

At end of Middle Ages, people began moving from feudal kingdom organization to linguistic and __ organization - emergence of modern countries.

cultural

In England, the __ was later divided into House of Lords (nobles and clergy - legal issues) and House of Commons (knights and wealth burghers - trade and taxation)

Parliament

Queen Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon married to unite __ in a single monarchy and forced all residents to convert to Christianity

Spain

__ justified subordination of women - foot binding: women’s feet bound after birth to keep them small.

Confucianism

In Feudal Japan, __ followed Code of Bushido code of conduct - loyalty, courage, honour

samurai

__ Dynasty was an Islamic invader kingdom in Delhi.

Delhi Sultanate

__ Empire (9th-15th century) was a Hindu Empire in modern day Cambodia, Laos, Thailand. Beliefs were carried through Indian Ocean trade network and crafted the Angor Wat temple.

Khmer

The __ Kingdoms was off Niger River, series of state system kingdoms Islam region, achieved economic stability and religious influence though long trade (salt and leather)

Hausa

__ had an expansionist policy and professional, strict army. They had an Empire of 12 million people with flourishing trade, many of people enslaved

Aztecs

__ was an expansionist civilization that unified language and had a system of roads and tunnels. Their capital of Cuzco had almost 300000 people in late 1400s.

Inca