AP World History Chapter 3 and 4 Flashcards

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Where did Charlemagne campained?

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Italy

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Why did Charlemange campaine in Italy?

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Attending religious services conducted by Pope Leo III

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When did Charlemagne campain in Italy while attending religious services?

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Christmas Day

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During the services, what did the pope proclaim Charlemagne to be?

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Emperor

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What was Medieval society lacking politically?

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absence of an effective central authority such as an emperor

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What did people do to try and combat this issue of absence of an effective central authority?

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Local notables or lords mobilized small private armies composed of armed supporters and mercenaries

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What did Historians once believe about the term feudalism?

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Historians once routinely used the term feudalism to characterize the political and social order of medieval Europe

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How did Vikings make their way up to Constantinople?

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By following the Russian rivers to the Black Sea

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How many times did the Vikings raid the Constantinople?

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At least 3 times during the 9th and 10th cennturies

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How was Justinian alike to the Constantine?

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He lavished resources on the imperial capital

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What was Justinian most notable construction project?

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The church of Hagla Sophia

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What does Hagla Sophia mean?

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Holy Wisdom

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What structure was Hagla Sophia?

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A dome structure

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What was Hagla Sophia’s magnificent structure later turned into?

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A mosque by the Ottoman conquers

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What was Hagla Sophia ranked as?

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One of the worlds most important examples of Christian architecture

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What did Justinian order a systematic review of?

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Roman law

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What did Justinian issue after the review of the Roman Law?

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After Justinian ordered the review of the Roman law, he ordered the Corpus iuris civillis.

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What does Corpus iuris civillis. mean?

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Body of the Civil Law

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What did the Corpus iuris civillis win over?

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After being introduces, it immediately won recognition as the definitive codification of Roman law.

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What did Constantine initiate the policy of?

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Caesaropapsim

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What did Caesaropapsim allow?

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The emperor not only ruled as secular lord, but also played an active and prominet role in eccleslastical affairs

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What are eccleslastical affairs?

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Religious things

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Who was the Germanic general?

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Odoacer

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What did the Germanic general; Odoacer, do in the year 476 C.E.?

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Deposed the last of the western Roman emperors

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What did the Bzyantion had the potential to do?
Control the Bosporus
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What was the Bosporus?
A strait of water leading from the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and beyond to the Dardanelles, the Aegean Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea
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In 1054, what did happend to the relationship between the patriarch and the pope?
They both mutually excommunicated each other; each refusing to recongnize the other's church as properly Christain
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What does The Schism refer to?
A split from the church, and the establishment of rival churches
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Who was the Charlemange?
Ruler of the European Carolingian Empire from 748-814 C.E.
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What are Lords?
Nobles who held land, owned a manor, or paided support to the monarch in exchange for power
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What did the caste system help with?
The caste system helped maintain order in the absence of strong central government
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What did the caste system provided guidance in?
Provided guidance on individuals roles in society and their relationships with others.
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What is the caste system ranks?
1.Bhramin 2.Kshatryia 3.Vaishya 4.Sudra 5.Untouchables
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What are the Bhramin?
The highest ranks, priests and academics
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What are the Kshatryia?
Warriors and Kings
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What are the Vaishya?
Merchants and Landowners
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What are the Sudra?
Commoners,Peasants, Servants
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What are the Untouchables?
Outcast-Out of Caste, Street sweepers, Latrine cleaners
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What was the first kingdom in the deep south?
Chola Kingdom
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Where did the Chola Kingdom rule?
Coromandel coast
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How long did Chola Kingdom rule the Coromandel coast?
For more than 4 centuries; 850-1267 C.E.
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What were Chola rulers less interested in?
Less interested in building a powerful state
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What were the Chola rulers interested more in?
Realizing profits that come from their domination of trade in the Indian Ocean basin
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What is a basin?
A natural depression on the earth's surface, typically containing water
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What did public life revolve around in the Chola Kingdom?
Public life revolved around Hindi temples
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What did the Hindu temples serve as in the Chola Kingdom?
The temples served as economic and social centers.
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What did the Hindu temples organize in the Chola Kingdom?
Organized agricultural activities because southern India revolved around agriculture and irrigation
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What system became established in south India in post classical times?
The caste system became securely established in South India
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What are White Huns also known as?
Hephthalites
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What are the Turkic-Mongol people known as?
Mughals
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What did the White Huns do?
Disrupted the Gupta administration
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Where did the Mughals extend the authory and empire?
Across most of the subcontinent
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How long did the Mughals have control across the most of the subcontinent?
From the end of the Gupta dynasty until the end of the 16th century
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After the fall of the Gupta dynasty, how was India political state?
India remained politically divided
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Who where the Vijaynagar Kingdom ruled by?
2 brothers, Harshara and Bukka
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To what religons did Harshara and Bukka convert to?
Islam to their orginal Hindu faith
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What did Harshara and Bukka establish themselves as?
Independent rulers
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What were Harshara and Bukka before they converted back to Hindusim?
Islamic
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When did Harshara and Bukka rennounce their faith and convert back to Islam?
1336
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What does Vijaynagaer mean?
City of Victory
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By the early 13 century, what had the Delhi Sultanate conquer?
They had conquered most of the Hindu Kingdoms in northen India
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What is the Delhi Sultante?
Principal Muslim sultanate in north India from the 13th to the 16th century
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Where was the Delhi Sultanate capital?
Delhi
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Why was establishing the Delhi Sultanate captial as Delhi a good move?
Because it was a strategic site controlling access from the Punjab to the Ganges valley
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What did the Delhi Sultanate rule (at least in name)?
Northen India
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How long did the Delhi Sultanate rule (at least in name)?
1206-1526
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Who was Mahmud of Ghazni?
He was the leader/sultan of Ghazna (998-1030), originally comprising what are now Afghanistan and northeastern Iran but, though his conquests, eventually including northwestern India and more of Iran (a leader of a Turkic-Iranian state in Afghanistan)
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What caught Mahmud of Ghazni's attenion?
He soon turned his attention to the rich land in the south
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What was Mahmud of Ghazni not interested in?
Conquering and ruling India
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What did Mahmud of Ghazni find interest in?
Plundering in the wealth stored in its many well-endowed temples.
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What year did Muhmud of Ghazni destroy the great Somnath Hindu Temple?
1025
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Why did Muhmud of Ghazni destroy the great Somnath Hindu Temple?
He was discriminatory against Hindu and Buddhist faiths
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What faith was Muhmud of Ghazni?
Muslim
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What was the dominate state in southen India?
The Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagar
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What was the second state that dominated much of southern India?
Vijayanagar Kingdom
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From what time period did The Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagar most dominate?
From the mid-14 century -1565
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How did The Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagar/ Vijayanagar fall?
Fell to an alliance of Muslim kingdoms
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What was the Caste system?
A system of social distiction that emerged in South Asia late in the secound millennium B.C.E, which divides the population into a series of "classes" or vamas
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What was the Chola Kingdom?
Southern Indian Hindu kingdom (850-1267), a tightly centralized state that dominated sea trade
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What is Hinduism?
Main religion of India, a combination of Dravidian and Aryan concepts; Hinduism's goal is to reach spiritual purity and union with the great world spirit; its important concepts include dharma, karma, and samsara