AP Unit 2.2 ET Cards Flashcards
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Mandate of Heaven
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The Middle Kingdom
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Dynastic Cycle
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Warring States Period
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Emperor Qin Shihuangdi
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Launched military campain to unite the seprate city states into one.
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Great Wall of China
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Terracotta Soldiers
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Han Dynasty
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Bureaucracy, Civil Service
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Chinese inventions/inventions
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Wang Mang
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Trung and Trac
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Yellow Turban Rebelion
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Silk Roads
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A trading route in China that expanded the empire through a bigger economy.
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Veneration of Ancestors
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Secular vs. Sacred/Spiritual
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Confusinism
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Legalism
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Daoism
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Filial Piety
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Scholar-Gentry Elite
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Confucianism Education
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Ren and Li
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Confucianism Patriarchy
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Civil Service Exams (Confusinism)
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Confucian Officials
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The Analects
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Confucianism & Women
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Ban Zhao (Confusinist Writter)
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Yin and Yang
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Daoism & Women
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Hierarchy in Chinese Society
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Hinduism
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Hindu Texts: Vedas and Upanishads
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Laws of Manu
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Brahman - The World Soul
The name of the oneness of the universe
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Atman - Individual Human Soul
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Samsara
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Moksha
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Karma
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Dhrama
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Hindu Gods: Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu (Krishna - avatar)
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Caste System
A rigid social class system in Hinduism
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Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra
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Dalits - Untouchables
The citizens at the bottom of the caste system.
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"Ritual Purity" in Indian Practice
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Epic Poems: Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita
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Hindu Temples
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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.
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Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha)
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Nirvana
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Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path
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The Middle Way
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Emperor Ashoka
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Mauryan Empire
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Nalanda - Buddhist University
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Stupas
Mounds for worshiping Buddha
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Theravada vs. Mahayana Buddhism
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Bodhisattvas
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Buddhism and Women
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Jainism
