AP Unit 2.2 ET Cards Flashcards
Mandate of Heaven
The Middle Kingdom
Dynastic Cycle
Warring States Period
Emperor Qin Shihuangdi
Launched military campain to unite the seprate city states into one.
Great Wall of China
Terracotta Soldiers
Han Dynasty
Bureaucracy, Civil Service
Chinese inventions/inventions
Wang Mang
Trung and Trac
Yellow Turban Rebelion
Silk Roads
A trading route in China that expanded the empire through a bigger economy.
Veneration of Ancestors
Secular vs. Sacred/Spiritual
Confusinism
Legalism
Daoism
Filial Piety
Scholar-Gentry Elite
Confucianism Education
Ren and Li
Confucianism Patriarchy
Civil Service Exams (Confusinism)
Confucian Officials
The Analects
Confucianism & Women
Ban Zhao (Confusinist Writter)
Yin and Yang
Daoism & Women
Hierarchy in Chinese Society
Hinduism
Hindu Texts: Vedas and Upanishads
Laws of Manu
Brahman - The World Soul
The name of the oneness of the universe
Atman - Individual Human Soul
Samsara
Moksha
Karma
Dhrama
Hindu Gods: Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu (Krishna - avatar)
Caste System
A rigid social class system in Hinduism
Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra
Dalits - Untouchables
The citizens at the bottom of the caste system.
“Ritual Purity” in Indian Practice
Epic Poems: Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita
Hindu Temples
Buddhism
Main ideas and reasons for it’s spread
Buddhism developed in India, and is based on many of the core concepts of Hinduism. Buddhists believe in an endless cycle of reincarnation, or samsara, which is similar to beliefs of Hinduism. However, Buddhists do not believe that deities are responsible for the phenomenon. In addition, the Caste System is rejected by Buddhists who believe instead that one is reincarnated until they can achieve nirvana, also known as spiritual enlightenment.
Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha)
Nirvana
Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path
The Middle Way
Emperor Ashoka
Mauryan Empire
Nalanda - Buddhist University
Stupas
Mounds for worshiping Buddha
Theravada vs. Mahayana Buddhism
Bodhisattvas
Buddhism and Women
Jainism