Key Concepts 2.1 -2.3 Deardorf APWH

  1. What are the dates and the theme of the AP time period associated with the key concept “The Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural Traditions”?
    • 600 BCE-600CE
    • Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies
  2. The codification of the ________ scriptures further associated Judaism with monotheism.
    Hebrew Scriptures
  3. The Hebrew scriptures influenced the cultural and legal traditions of what area?
    Mesopotamia
  4. The conquering of vairous Jewish states at different points in time.
    These conquests contributed to th growth of the communities around the Mediterranean and Middle east.
  5. Sanskrit scriptures formed the basis of the __________ religions, which later became known as __________.
    Vedic, Hinduism
  6. What core beliefs did Buddhism preach?  What scriptures were they recorded in?
    • Core beliefs preached were desire, suffering and the search for enligthenment.
    • Recorded in sutras.
  7. Buddhism was, in part, a reaction to ____________.
    Vedic beliefs and rituals
  8. Emperor _______________ of _____________ supported the spread of Buddhism.  Buddhism was also spread through ___________________________.
    Ashoka of Maurya through the efforts of missionaries, merchants and schools to teach the core beliefs.
  9. The philosophical belief system of ___________ came out of China.
    Confucianism
  10. Confucianism’s main goal was:
    Promote social harmony by outlining proper rituals and social relationships
  11. What are the core beliefs of Daoism?
    Balance between humans and nature assuming that the Chinese political system would be indirectly altered
  12. What role did Daoism play in the development of Chinese culture?
    It influenced the development through medical theories/practices, pottery, metallurgy and architecture
  13. Christianity drew on which religious tradition?
    Judaism
  14. Initially, Christianity rejected _______________ influences.
    Roman and Hellenistic
  15. Christianity initially spread through ____________, and later through the support of ____________________.
    Missionaries/ merchants and later through the support of the Emperor Constatine of Rome.
  16. What are the cored ideas of Greco-Roman philosophy/science?
    Logic, empirical observations, the nature of political power and hierarchy
  17. What role did belief systems play in social systems?
    Gender roles, Buddism and Christianity encouraged monastic life, Confucianism emphasized filial piety
  18. What belief systems continued alongside the codified, written belief systems?  Why did these persist outside of core civilizations?
    Shamanism, animism and ancestor veneration. They persisted because of their dayily reliance on the natural world.
  19. Which major art forms were influenced by belief systems?  Which important examples are provided in the Key Concept outline?
    Literature, drama, architecture and sculpture. Examples include: Greek plays and Indian epics.
  20. What are the dates and the theme of the AP time period associated with the key concept “The Development of States and Empires”?
    Organization and reorganization of Human Societies- 600BCE-600CE
  21. The number and size ofkey states and empires grew dramatically by:
    Imposing political unity on areas where previously there had been competing states
  22. What are the 6 key states/empires and their locations?
    • SW Asia: Persian Empires
    • East Asia: Quin and Han Empires
    • South Asia: Maurya and Gupta Empires
    • Mediterranean region: Phoenicia/colonies, Greek city-states/colonies, Hellenistic and Roman Empires
    • Mesoamerica; Teotihuacan, Maya city states
    • Andean South American: Moche
  23. Empires in SW Asia
    Persian: Achaemenid, Parthian, Sassanid
  24. Empires in east Asia
    Quin and Han empires
  25. South Asia
    Maurya and Gupta empires
  26. Empires in the Mediterranean region
    Phoenicia/colonies, Greek city-states/colonies, Hellenistic and Roman
  27. Empires in Mesoamerica
    Teotihuacan, Maya city-states
  28. Empires in Andean South American
    Moche
  29. What did the rulers of empires create to organize their subjects?
    New techniques of imperical admin based on success of earlier political forms:
  30. Two important elements of imperial administrations are:
    • Centralized governmetnts
    • Elaborate legal systems and bureaucracies
  31. What regions hosted the most famous administrative institutions?
    • China
    • Persia
    • Rome
    • South Asia
  32. Name 4 ways in which imperial governments projected military power over large areas.
    • Diplomacy
    • Developing supply lines
    • Building fortification, defensive walls and roads
    • Drawing new groups of military officers adn soldiers from the local populations of conquered people
  33. What function did cities play in Afro-Eurasia and the Americas?
    Centers of trade , public performances of religious rituals, political admins for states and empires
  34. Name 2 important early imperial cities.
    Rome, Teotihuacan
  35. What did the social structures of early empires display?  What groups were typically included?
    Displayed hierarchies including cultivators, laborers, slaves, artisans, merchants, elites or caste groupsl
  36. How did imperial societies maintain food production?
    They relied on peasent communities and slavery
  37. An important reason to produce surplus in imperial societies was: 
    Rewards for the loyal and in case of famines
  38. ___________ continued to shape gender and family relations in imperial societies.
    Patriarchy
  39. What specific empires created difficulties they could not manage? 
    Roman, Han, Persian, Mauryan and Gupta
  40. What types of difficulties did Empires create that often led to their collapse/decline/transformation?
    • Environmental damage (deforestation, soil erosion)
    • Social and economic difficulties (concentration of wealth on elites)
    • External problems (invasion)
  41. How did empire create environmental issues and what did these issues lead to?
    Deforestation and soil erosion
  42. What sorts of external problems did empires face?
    • Invasion:
    • 1. Romans and eastern neighbors
    • 2. Gupta and white Huns
  43. What are 2 important examples of empires’ external problem?
    • Rome's eastern neighbors
    • Gupta and the white huns
  44. What are the dates and the theme of the AP time period associated with the key concept “Emergence of Transregional Networks of Communication and Exchange”?
    Organization and Reorganization of  Human societies- 600BCE-600Ce
  45. What factors shaped the features of early trade routes in the eastern hemisphere?
    • Climate
    • Location
    • Trade goods
    • Ethnicity of people involved
  46. What are the 4 most significant trade routes of the period between 600BCE and 600CE?
    • Eurasian Silk Roads
    • Trans-Saharan caravan routes
    • Indian Ocean sea lines
    • Mediterranean Sea lanes
  47. What new technologies facilitated long-distance communication and exchange between 600BCE and 600CE?
    • Animal domestication tools: Yokes, saddles, stirrups, (Horses, oxen, llamas, camels)
    • Maritime Tech: Monsoon wind info, lateen sail, dow ships
  48. What factors stimulated early exchanges along maritime routes from East Africa to East Asia?
    • Advanced knowledge of monsoon winds
    • Lateen sails and dow ships
  49. What are the various forms of exchanges that took place between 600BCE and 600CE?
    • People
    • Technology
    • Religious/cultural beliefs
    • Food crops
    • Domesticated animals
    • Dieases
  50. What crops spread from South Asia to the Middle East?
    Rice and cotten
  51. What changes did the spread of crops encourage?
    Farming and irrigation techniques
  52. What religious and cultural traditions were transformed as they spread?
    • Christianity
    • Hinduism
    • Buddhism
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ECCammi
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Key Concepts 2.1 -2.3 Deardorf APWH
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Key concepts from Deardorf APWH 2.1-2.3
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