AP World History - World Map Review

Eastern Europe

Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia

Western Europe

France, Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Italy, etc.

Latin America

All of South America & Mexico

West Africa

Ghana, Mali, Songhai

Mesoamerica

Mexico and central America: Nicaragua, Guatemala, Panama, El Salvador

Middle East

Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Syria, Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon

Southeast Asia

Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos

South Asia

India, Pakistan

East Asia or Far East

China, Korea, Japan

Oceania

Australia, Pacific Islands

Sub-Saharan Africa

Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Congo, South Africa

Andean Region

Peru, Columbia, Ecuador, Bolivia

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North America

2

Mesoamerica

3

Latin America

4

Sub-Saharan Africa

5

Western Europe

6

Eastern Europe

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Middle East

8

Central Asia

9

South Asia

10

East Asia

11

Southeast Asia

12

Oceania

The 2 sects/schools of Buddhism

“Theravada” and “Mahayana”

Why Confucianism isn’t a religion

It doesn’t address gods or the spiritual world

What were the answers to the disorder China faced during the “Spring-Autumn” period and “The warring states period”

Legalism, Confucianism, Daoism

Buddhism and Hinduism similarities

• The idea that ordinary life is an illusion

• the concepts of karma and rebirth

• the goal of overcoming the incessant demands of the ego

• the practice of meditation

• the hope for a final release from the cycle of rebirth

Differences between Buddhism and Hinduism

• Buddhism rejects religious authority of Brahmans and use of rituals, Buddhism based individual spiritual development

• Buddhism rejects Hinduism’s caste system, all people can find nirvana at any level

Describe the evolution of Christianity

—originated in the Middle East, in the roman province of Judeas

—founded by Jesus, a Jew and carpenter who claimed that he was the Messiah and the son of God.

—after his death “Christians” formed a religion around Jesus’ teachings

—After many years of persecution from different emperors, the Emperor Constantine becomes a supporter of Christianity and stops the persecution

—Christians build churches to organize their religion

—Emperor Theodosius 1 makes Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire

Characteristics of Greek intellectual/philosophical traditions

• emphasis on human logic and “reason”: establishing facts and verifying facts, using intellect, determine truth, falsehoods

• Question current wisdom

• Disregard roles of gods, search for non-religious explanations for the world and how it functions