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AP World History Vocab 2 #3 Flashcards

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136643340Age GradeAn age group which children were placed in Bantu societies of early sub-Saharan Africa0
136643341AustronesianA branch of languages originating in Oceania1
136643342Bantu-Speaking PeoplesName given to a group of sub-Saharan African peoples whose migrations altered the society of sub-Saharan Africa2
136643343Black DeathThe European name for the outbreak of bubonic plague that spread across Asia, Europe, and North Africa in the 14 century3
136643344CaravelA small, easily steerable ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in there explorations4
136643345GriotsStorytellers of sub-Saharan Africa who carried on oral traditions and historians5
136643346KamiJapanese nature spirits revered in the Shinto religion6
136643347KhanA Mongol ruler7
136643348Lateen SailA triangular sail attached to a short mast8
136643349Malay SailorsSoutheast Asian sailors who traveled the Indian Ocean9
136643350MaoriA member of a Polynesian group that settled New Zealand about 800 C.E10
136643351MetropolitanOf or constituting a large city or urbanized area, including adjacent suburbs or towns11
136643352Middle KingdomTerm applied to the rich agricultural lands of the Yangtze river under the Zhou dynasty12
136643353Ming DynastyThe ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuna Dynasty13
136643354Mongol Peace (Pax Mongolica)The period from about 1250 to1350 in which the Mongols ensured safety of Eurasian trade and travel14
136755949PerspectiveAn artistic technique commonly used in Renaissance painting that gave a 3D appearance to works of art15
136755950RenaissanceThe revival if learning in Europe beginning about th e 1300 and continuing to about 160016
136755951Stateless SocietyA society that is based on the authority of kinship groups rather than on a central government17
136755952Steppe DiplomacyThe skill of political survival and dominance in the world of steppe nomads; it involved the knowledge of tribal and clan structure and often used assassination to achieve its goals18
136755953SyncretismA blend of 2 or more cultures or cultural traditions19
136755954Yuan DynastyThe Mongol led dynasty if China from 1271 to 138620
136755955DhowArab sailing vessels with triangular or lateen sails; strongly influenced European ship design21
136755956JinshiThe title granted to those students who passed the most difficult Chinese examination on all of Chinese literature22
136755957MawaliNon-Arab converts to Islam23
136755958Dhimmi"people of the book"; applies as an inclusive term to Jews, Christians, and later Zoroastrians and even Hindu's and Buddhist, who lived in Islamic territory24
136755959QuinoaA species of goosefoot grown as a crop primarily for its edible seeds25

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