World Civ Quiz Flashcards
A system of government in which most of all of the people elect representatives and in some cases decide on important issues themselves
Democracy
Debt dependence was a big way for farmers to become chieftains. They claimed to be kings. They had a glyphic script of some 800 images.
Mayan
This dynasty was characterized by great intellectual achievements, including the rise of Confucianism and Taoism and the writing of the oldest known Chinese literature.
Zhou dynasty
A convenient shorthand term for the vast multiplicity of religious practices derived from the Vedic, brahmanic, upanshishadic, and later traditions in India and those places influenced by Indian culture
Hinduism
a village in Pakistan: site of successive cities of the Indus valley civilization. The city disappears and inhabitants return to the agricultural village life.
Harappa
the three wars waged by Rome against Carthage, 264–241, 218–201, and 149–146 b.c., resulting in the destruction of Carthage and the annexation of its territory by Rome.
Punic wars
a war between Athens and Sparta, 431–404 b.c., that resulted in the transfer of hegemony in Greece from Athens to Sparta.
Peloponnesian war
c380–289 b.c, Chinese philosopher. Believed that people were fundamentally good and that individuals must continually work to understand and refine this goodness in order to avoid being led astray by negative influences
Mencius
Believed that individuals were self involved creatures with little interest in society as a whole
Xunzi
An unpromising candidate for an empire but had several powerful advantages over the other states, such as being located on the fringe of the Zhou world. Meaning it was free to expand its economic base by promising land to peasant cultivators
Qin
A title bestowed on Octavian which historians usually date as the beginning of the Roman Empire. He limited imperial expansion in the north to France and Germany.
Augustus
Orthodox Christian doctrine declaring the divinity of Jesus Christ
Nicene creed
Reorganization of the legal system based on the codification of the huge body of roman law from the initial twelve tablets in republican Rome.
Justinian code
Attribute their origin to Zoroaster. The main oral text is Avesta, a body of liturgical tests which the magi used in the religious ceremonies. They believe In a savior or messiah and apocalypse A monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia
Zoroastrianism
a religion, originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and parts of southeast Asia, holding that life is full of suffering caused by desire and that the way to end this suffering is through enlightenment that enables one to halt the endless sequence of births and deaths to which one is otherwise subject.
Buddhism
