AP World History Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Hunter-gatherer - Answer a member of a nomadic group whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods. Neolithic Revolution - Answer the shift from hunting of animals and gathering of food to the keeping of animals and the growing of food on a regular basis around 8,000 BC Pastoralism - Answer A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter. Urbanization - Answer the s...

How did Europe come in contact with inventions and advancements from other areas of the world? - Answer Trade routes helped them with the new advancementsAnd their new ideas of boats helped them travel What can you infer about a mosque being in west Africa - Answer It shows that Islam spread around the world to places such as west Africa. This happened because of trade routes What were the main things traded out of the Mali Empire - Answer Gold, salt, ivory, and more How broad was...

What are the five Confucian relationships? - Answer Ruler-subject; father-son; elder brother- younger brother; husband-wife; friends-friends What is Filial Piety? - Answer Respect for your elders Elaborate on ancestor worship in Confucianism. - Answer Families held rituals in honor of the dead who had passed into the spiritual world What is a dynasty? - Answer A family of kings What is the scholar-gentry class? - Answer This class is formed of the Shi's marriage to landown...

Why is Champa Rice significant - Answer rice was able to grow quicker which made it easier to feed all of China burreaucracy - Answer a complicated system of administrative agencies and officials; the officials themselves Mandate of Heaven (China) - Answer the divine gift of rule given to the emperor by god to maintain balance between heaven and earth Where is China close too? - Answer tributary statues, South China sea, canal networks, silk trade route What did China tra...

Periodization -Answer - form of historical understanding, designed as a historiological tool for making the past understandable by dividing it into components Mandate of Heaven -Answer - the Zhou created this - the idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at the time and that the ruler had the blessing of the gods - used this to justify their overthrow of the Shang The Warring States Period -Answer - from 5th century Bc to the unification of China by the Qin ...

Theravada Buddhism -Answer Portrayed buddha as an immensely wise teacher and model, but certainly not divine. The gods were never completely denied but played little role in achieving enlightenment. Mahayana Buddhism -Answer Developed in the early centuries of the common era and offered greater accessibility, a spiritual path available to a much wider range of people. Enlightenment could occur within a single lifetime. Emphasized compassion and the ability to feel sorrows of others as i...

Allah - Answer - Arabic word for God - He is the one and only God, Allah. - He is the Creator & God of all Jews, Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, and Muslims. Muhammad - Answer - Born in Makkah in 570 C.E. - Known to be the prophet of God and his teachings were spread all over Dar Al Islam. - Received first message in 610 C.E. and message continued for 23 years. - Message was received from God through the Angel Gabriel. The Qur'an (Koran) - Answer - The Holy Book of Islam whic...

In classical Athens, a. the growth of democracy was accompanied by the simultaneous growth of slavery on a massive scale. b. a slave who was freed by his or her master became a citizen of the city-state. c. slavery was criticized by the greatest of the Greek philosophers including Aristotle, and was ultimately outlawed in society as a whole. d. through time slavery became associated with race and especially blackness. - Answer A The agricultural civilizations of West Africa were characte...

Explain the various factors that led to the growth of the Silk Road trade networks in the time period - Answer Improved transportation technologies and commercial practices led to an increased volume of trade, and expanded the geographical range of existing and newly active trade networks. What luxury goods were often traded along the Silk Roads? - Answer silk and cotton textiles, porcelain, spices, slaves, precious metals/gems What transportation technologies facilitated trade alon...

Knight - Answer A man who received honor and land in exchange for serving a lord as a protector Vassal - Answer A lord who was granted land in exchange for service and loyalty to a greater lord Feudal Contract - Answer Agreement between a lord and a vassal on what each owes the other Fief - Answer An estate granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for service and loyalty Chivalry - Answer Code of conduct for knights during the Middle Ages Castles - Answer Fortified co...