Unit 2 Study Guide – AP World History: 2013-2014
These terms, concepts, and dates are meant to guide you in your preparation for the exam. Use them to gather all necessary details from your lecture notes and the readings. In addition to mere definitions for the terms below, you should consider the connections between different terms and events and how they figure into some of the larger themes and narratives that we have examined in class together.
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· 750-336 BCE: Era of Greek city-states
· 553-330 BCE: Persian Achaemenid Empire
· 509 BCE: Founding of Roman Republic
· 500-221 BCE: Chinese age of warring-states
· 490-479 BCE: Greco-Persian Wars
· 479-429 BCE: Golden Age of Athens
· 431-404 BCE: Peloponnesian War
· 336-323 BCE: Reign of Alexander the Great
· 321-185 BCE: India’s Mauryan dynasty empire
· 221-206 BCE: China’s Qin dynasty empire
· 206 BCE – 220 CE: China’s Han dynasty empire
· 200 BCE – 200 CE: High point of Roman Empire
· 1st century BCE: Transition from republic to empire in Rome
· 184 CE: Yellow Turban revolt in China
· 220 CE: Collapse of the Chinese Han dynasty
· 320-550 CE: India’s Gupta dynasty empire
· 5th Century CE: Collapse of western Roman Empire
TERMS & CONCEPTS
· Understand the basic beliefs, practices, and spread of the following religions:
o Christianity
o Judaism
o Buddhism
o Confucianism
o Hinduism
o Taoism
o Zoroastrianism
o Greek philosophy
· Monotheism
· Diasporic communities (Judaism)
· Caste system
· Impact of Mauryan Emperor Ashoka
· Use of missionaries by various religions
· Filial Piety (Confucianism)
· Impact & importance of monastic life (Buddhism & Christianity)
· Rise & fall, SPICE characteristics of the Persian Empire
· Rise & fall, SPICE characteristics of the Qin Empire
· Rise & fall, SPICE characteristics of the Han Empire
· Rise & fall, SPICE characteristics of the Mauryan & Guptan Empires
· Greek city-states & colonies
· Rise & fall, SPICE characteristics of the Hellenistic Empire
· Rise & fall, SPICE characteristics of the Roman Empire
· Use of centralized governments & elaborate systems & bureaucracies
· Collapse of empires: causes & effects
· Importance and location of Eurasian Silk Roads
· Importance and location of Trans-Saharan caravan routes
· Importance and location of Indian Ocean sea lanes
· Importance and location of Mediterranean sea lanes
· Innovations in maritime technologies (lateen sail, etc)
· Monsoon winds – location & importance
· Transformations of religions as they spread (Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism)