Whap AP Test

Question 1

5 major religions

Answer 1

Christianity
Judaism
Buddhism
Hinduism
Islam

Question 2

Founding Man of Judaism

Answer 2

Abraham

Question 3

Who is Buddha

Answer 3

Siddhartha Gautama

Question 4

Alexander the Great

Answer 4

Alexander the Great, the ancient Macedonian ruler, is known as one of the greatest military strategists in history. Through his repeated conquests, he built the largest empire in the ancient world, and is remembered as brilliant, charismatic and ruthless.

Question 5

Animism

Answer 5

animism, belief in innumerable spiritual beings concerned with human affairs and capable of helping or harming human interests.

Question 6

Aristotle

Answer 6

A collection of his greatest achievements includes the creation of formal logic and the development of literary criticism and theory. He is also known for the great achievement of ethics and politics

Question 7

Ashoka

Answer 7

Ashoka was the third emperor of the Mauryan dynasty,credited with remaking the Mauyran Dynasty from a war machine into a society of tolerance and nonviolence, based on Buddhism.

Question 8

Augustus Caesar

Answer 8

Rome’s most successful leaders who led the transformation of Rome from a republic to an empire. During his reign, Augustus restored peace and prosperity to the Roman state and changed nearly every aspect of Roman life.

Question 9

Bronze metallurgy

Answer 9

An advancement of metalworking by Mesopotamian metalworkers in order to create stronger tools and weapons (400 B.C.E)

Question 10

Iron metallurgy

Answer 10

A further advancement of metalworking by creating stronger tools using Iron.

Question 11

Buddha

Answer 11

(564 BC or 5th/6th century) First to reach enlightenment was a religious teacher.

Question 12

Caste system

Answer 12

How a society ranks its civilians

Question 13

Confucius

Answer 13

(551 BCE) Confucius is known asthe first teacher in China who wanted to make education broadly available and who was instrumental in establishing the art of teaching as a vocation. He also established ethical, moral, and social standards that formed the basis of a way of life known as Confucianism.

Question 14

Four Noble truths

Answer 14

Buddhism: They are the truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, and the truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering.

Question 15

Hammurabi’s Code

Answer 15

1780 BC: The Hammurabi code of laws, a collection of 282 rules, established standards for commercial interactions and set fines and punishments to meet the requirements of justice. Hammurabi’s Code was carved onto a massive, finger-shaped black stone stele (pillar) :An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.”

Question 16

Han Wudi

Answer 16

He was emperor of China from 141 bc to 87 bc, the longest reign of the Han dynasty. Wudi made Confucianism the official state doctrine of China. Under Wudi’s reign, the Chinese state also took new steps to promote scholarship and to develop the civil services.

Question 17

Hellenism

Answer 17

a body of humanistic and classical ideals associated with ancient Greece and including reason, the pursuit of knowledge and the arts, moderation, civic responsibility, and bodily development.

Question 18

Hunter-gathers or foragers

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hunter-gatherer, also called forager, any person who depends primarily on wild foods for subsistence. Until about 12,000 to 11,000 years ago, when agriculture and animal domestication emerged in southwest Asia and in Mesoamerica, all peoples were hunter-gatherers.

Question 19

Jesus of Nazareth

Answer 19

Foundation of Christianity Born born c. 6–4 bce, Bethlehem—died c. 30 ce,

Question 20

Legalism

Answer 20

during the turbulent Warring States era (475–221 bce) The founder of the Legalistic school was Hsün Tzu or Hsün-tzu. The most important principle in his thinking was that humans are inherently evil and inclined toward criminal and selfish behavior. Rule by an iron fist.

Question 21

Mandate of heaven

Answer 21

originated during the Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BCE).Heaven’s command’) is a Chinese political philosophy that was used in ancient and imperial China to legitimize the rule of the King or Emperor of China.established the idea that a ruler must be just to keep the approval of the gods.

Question 22

Neolithic Revolution

Answer 22

10000 BC – 2200 BC The Neolithic Revolution, or the (First) Agricultural Revolution, was the wide-scale transition of many human cultures during the Neolithic period from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture and settlement, making an increasingly large population possible.

Question 23

Pastoralism

Answer 23

9000–7000 BC
The earliest forms of pastoralism developed in Southwest Asia, where sheep, goat, and cattle were first domesticated.Pastoralism is a form of animal husbandry where domesticated animals are released onto large vegetated outdoor lands for grazing, historically by nomadic people who moved around with their herds

Question 24

Pax Romana

Answer 24

literally means “Roman peace,” refers to the time period from 27 B.C.E. to 180 C.E. in the Roman Empire. This 200-year period saw unprecedented peace and economic prosperity throughout the Empire, which spanned from England in the north to Morocco in the south and Iraq in the east.

Question 25

Qin Shi Huangdi

Answer 25

(259 BC) China's First Emperor, Qin Shi Huang.Famed for his army of terracotta warriors built to protect him for eternity, the Emperor is also one of the most controversial figures in history.

Question 26

Scholar-gentry

Answer 26

Scholar-gentry class: A term used to describe members of China's landowning families, reflecting their wealth from the land and the privilege that they derived as government officials.

Question 27

Silk Roads

Answer 27

The Silk Road is neither an actual road nor a single route. The term instead refers to a network of routes used by traders for more than 1,500 years, from when the Han dynasty of China opened trade in 130 B.C.E. until 1453 C.E., when the Ottoman Empire closed off trade with the West.