AP World Vocab. Modern-Post-Summer Quiz

roads

Roman___were used to provide transportation systems for trade and troop movements within the borders of the Roman Empire

Cyrus the Great

This was the Persian leader who founded and led the historically influential Persian Achaemenid Empire

karma

This term is used to describe one’s efforts in the current life impacting their hierarchal placement in the next life

governor

This was the name for Roman provincial rulers that carried out the policies of the Roman Republic and Empire

Siddhartha Guatama

This was the founder of Buddhism

dharma

This term is used to describe the fulfillment of one’s life [caste] duty

skepticism

This was the practice and approach of Greek, philosophers who doubted and questioned authoritative policies set forth by the emperor himself

Roman Citizenship

This was the state policy practiced by Rome in which conquered peoples could obtain full civil protection and privilege, regardless of their ethnicity or prior political affiliation

centralized

The Persians were, perhaps, most famous for their Empire’s administrative policies, including the world’s first effective use of large-scale__government, ran by the emperor, and enforced by provincial appointees

Philip of Macedon

This was the ruler who began the process of unifying the independent Greek city-states into an empire

reincarnation

This is the concept which dominates major South and Southeast Asian religions that believes human souls exist in a cycle of death and rebirth, with the ultimate goal being the transcendence of said cycle and its suffering

caste system

This is the name for the rigid social hierarchy practiced by adherents of Hinduism

Athens

The Greeks of which city-state were most famous for their successful implementation of a democratic state

Alexander the Great

This was the son of Philip of Macedon who setout on an undefeated expedition that conquered the entire Persian Achaemenid Empire, as well as many polities in Central Asia and the areas of the West Indus Valley and Hindu Kush

Hinduism

This was the name for the set of oral Vedic religions brought by Indo-Aryan invaders around 1500 BCE that dominated the Indian subcontinent; its beliefs were codified by the Vedas by 700 BCE

satrap

This was the term used to describe an appointed Persian provincial official that governed according to the policies et forth by the emperor himself

Gupta Empire

This was the first large, centralized empire that unified most of the Indian subcontinent from 350-543 CE; it is largely credited by historians with the ushering in of the Golden Age of India

Maurya Empire

This was the first large, centralized empire that unified most of the Indian subcontinent from 332-185 BCE

Punic Wars

This was teh series of conflicts between teh Roman Republic and their rivals in Carthage during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE

Ashoka the Great

This was the ruler of thte Maurya Empire who sought to spread the teachings of Buddhism throughout his empire from 268-232 BCE

Zoroastrianism

This was the foundational religion of Persian origin that established several theological precedents such as the concept of Good vs Evil, free will, a future messiah, ect

polytheism

this term refers to the religion that has many gods

Second-Temple Judaism

This was the Hebrew faith that borrowed from many of the key beliefs from Zoroastrianism

primary source

In history, this is a document or other source that provides firsthand testimony or direct evidence concerning an historical topic under research investigation

Confucius

This was the Chinese philosopher who created the philosphy Confucianism

Christianity

This was the religion that began followign the teachings of Jessu of Nazareth from 20-33 CE

Paul of Tarsus

This was the missionary who helped spread the religion of Christianity

Confucianism

This was the Chinese that laid out three fundamental levels that maintain social harmony that transitioned first from the individual, to the family, and finally to the state

Shihuangdi of Qin

This was the name of the leader who unified China and began the Qin dynasty

Indian Ocean Trade Network

This is the series of waterways, coasts, and roads that connect the regions of Southeast Asia, South Asia, and East Africa

Analects

This was the set of documnets that codifies the major beliefs of the philosophy Confucianism

Han Dynasty

This was the Chinese Dynasty from 202 BCE-220 CE that issued in a Golden Age of imperial Chinese history, expanding territorially, as well as advancing Chinese culture, written language, poetry, art, medicine, technology, and philosophy

monotheism

This term refers to religion that has one god

Tanakh

This is the foundational documnet that codifies that main teachings of the Second-Temple Judaism

secondary source

in history, this document or other source created by someoen who did not experience first-hand or participate in the events or conditions one is researching; they often focus on analyzing primary sources

Warring States Period

This was the name for the period of intermittent fighting and disunification in China from 475-221 BCE

Zoroaster

This was the Persian philosopher that is credited with devising Zoroastrianism

Qin Dynasty

This was the Chinese dynasty from 221-206 BCE that ended the Warring States Period by uniting China and reorganizing the state system

Legalism

This was a Chinese philosophy that emphasized the existence of a strong state built on moral law, strict secular laws and punishments, as well as administrative positions based on individual merit

Silk Roads

This is the series of roads and pastoral routes that connected the regions of Southeast Asia, South Asiam and East Africa