AP World Periods 1 and 2 Terms

A seasonal wind

Macedonian king who led an army Eastward and conquered land from Greece to India.

The social division in Hindu society that fell in rank below the caste system

In the Hindu tradition, the good or evil deeds done by a person

a craftsman

A document that made Christianity one of the religions allowed in the Roman Empire

A Greek city-state

The head of the Roman Catholic Church.

A government ruled by God or by church leaders

A system of picture writing used in Egypt

the exile of an ethnic or racial group from their homeland

In China, respect for one’s parents and other elders.

Holy Book of Hinduism

a system of writing originating in Mesopotamia

The belief that spirits inhabit the features of nature

Dry grassland.

The codification of Roman law during the republic

A nomadic group, believed to be from Central Asia, who invaded into Europe near the end of Rome

a member of the social class of priests in Aryan society

Mesopotamian Temples

The practice of herding.

Buddhist holy men

In Buddhism, a state of perfect peace that is the goal of reincarnation

The "will of the gods" that granted a ruler the right to rule

God of the monotheistic religion of Judaism

The moral law of the Hebrews.

The Hindu word for caste

Main God in Hinduism

the period of prosperity and stability throughout the Roman Empire in the first two centuries

In Hindu belief, the spirit's liberation from the cycle of reincarnation

Complicated system of subcastes in the Hindu caste system.

Move from hunting and gathering to farming.

the transmission of ideas and products from one culture to another

Rebirth; a belief of both Buddhism and Hinduism

The era in which Greek culture blended with Persian and other Eastern influences

a political system in which the people rule

Hindu­ism of a widow throwing herself on the burning funeral pyre of her husband.

agreement; in the Judeo-Christian heritage, an agreement between God and humankind

Persian religion based on the teaching of the 6th century BCE prophet Zarathustra;

a series of rulers from the same family

collection of teachings and sayings made by Confucius

also known as the Neolithic revolution

A term for hunting and gathering

a class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, especially the hereditary nobility

Referring to a social system in which descent and inheritance are traced through the mother

Caravan routes and sea lanes between China and the Middle East.

The first five books of the Jewish scripture.

Animal bones or shells used by the Chinese priests to receive messages from the gods.

Pertaining to a social system in which the father is the head of the family

In ancient Chinese belief, the opposing forces that bring balance to nature and life.