AP World History Key Concepts

These flashcards cover key concepts from AP World History, focusing on important events, figures, and societal structures.

The Neolithic Revolution occurred around __ BCE and led to early civilizations.

8,000

In 622, __ migrated from Mecca to Medina, starting the Islamic empire.

Muhammed

The capital of the Abbasid caliphate, __, was invaded by the Mongols in 1258.

Baghdad

The __ of Heaven in China requires leaders to treat their subjects well.

Mandate

Filial Piety in Chinese culture refers to __ relationships honoring one's ancestors.

unequal

__ is the youngest of the Abrahamic religions, having started after Judaism and Christianity.

Christianity

The __ was a center of Islamic scholarship located in Baghdad.

House of Wisdom

The __ Reformation challenged Catholicism and made Christianity more accessible.

Protestant

The __ 's goal is a moral or just society defined by Islam.

Umma

The __ was the first Asian power to defeat a European power in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905.

Japan

__ was the slavery system that bound serfs to the land and ended after the Bubonic plague.

Serfdom

The __ Empire fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453.

Byzantine

In 1492, the Spanish Empire sponsored __’s voyage that reached the Americas.

Christopher Columbus

The __ was a powerful kingdom in West Africa that participated in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

Dahomey

During the Enlightenment, __ advocated for women's rights in 'Vindication of the Rights of Women.'

Mary Wollstonecraft

The __ Revolution began in Great Britain around 1750, leading to the rise of technology and industry.

Industrial

The __ of Man and Citizen established natural rights during the French Revolution.

Declaration

The __ was the major uprising in Peru against the Spaniards.

Tupac Amaru

The __ involved the transfer of biological items between the Americas, Africa, and Europe.

Columbian Exchange

The __ system created a raced-based hierarchy in Spanish colonial America.

Casta

The __ was created in 1949 as a military alliance among Western countries.

NATO

The __ Crisis was a confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in 1962 over nuclear missiles in Cuba.

Cuban Missile