Unit 2 Vocab #3 Flashcards
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| 131244684 | Age Grade | An age group into which children were placed in Bantu societies of early sub-Saharan Africa; children within the age grade were given responsibilities and privileges suitable for their age and in this manner were prepared for adult responsibilities | 0 | |
| 131244685 | Austronesian | A branch of languages originating in Oceania | 1 | |
| 131244686 | Bantu-Speaking Peoples | Name given to a group of sub-Saharan African peoples whose migrations altered the society of sub-Saharan Africa | 2 | |
| 131244687 | Black Death | The European name for the outbreak of bubonic plague that spread across Asia, Europe, and North Africa in the fourteenth century | 3 | |
| 131244688 | Caravel | A small, easily steerable ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in their explorations | 4 | |
| 131244689 | Griots | Storytellers of sub-Saharan Africa who carried on oral traditions and historians | 5 | |
| 131244690 | Kami | Japanese nature spirits revered in the Shinto religion | 6 | |
| 131244691 | Khan | A Mongol ruler | 7 | |
| 131244692 | Lateen Sail | A triangular sail attached to a short mast | 8 | |
| 131244693 | Malay Sailors | Southeast Asian sailors who traveled the Indian Ocean; by 500 C.E., they had colonized Madagascar, introducing the cultivation of the banana | 9 | |
| 131244694 | Maori | A member of a Polynesian group that settled New Zealand about 800 C.E. | 10 | |
| 131244695 | Metropolitan | Of or constituting a large city or urbanized area, including adjacent suburbs and towns | 11 | |
| 131244696 | Middle Kingdom | Term applied to the rich agricultural lands of the Yangtze River valley under the Zhou dynasty | 12 | |
| 131244697 | Ming Dynasty | The ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty; the Ming dynasty was the last dynasty in China led by ethnic Hans. | 13 | |
| 131244698 | Mongol Peace (Pax Mongolica) | The period from about 1250 to 1350 in which the Mongols ensured the safety of Eurasian trade and travel | 14 | |
| 131244699 | Perspective | An artistic technique commonly used in Renaissance painting that gave a three-dimensional appearance to works of art | 15 | |
| 131244700 | Renaissance | The revival of learning in Europe beginning about 1300 and continuing to about 1600 | 16 | |
| 131244701 | Stateless Society | A society that is based on the authority of kinship groups rather than on a central goverment | 17 | |
| 131244702 | Steppe Diplomacy | The skill of political survival and dominance in the world of steppe nomads; it involved the knowledge of tribal and clan structure and often used assassinations to accomplish its goals | 18 | |
| 131244703 | Syncretism | A blend of two or more cultures or cultural traditions | 19 | |
| 131244704 | Yuan Dynasty | The Mongol led dynasty of China from 1271 to 1368 | 20 | |
| 131244705 | Dhow | Arab sailing vessels with triangular or lateen sails; strongly influenced European ship design | 21 | |
| 131244706 | Jinshi | Title granted to students who passed the most difficult Chinese examination on all of Chinese literature; became immediate dignitaries and eligible for high office | 22 | |
| 131244707 | Mawali | Non-Arab converts to Islam | 23 | |
| 131244708 | Dhimmi | Literally "people of the book"; applied as inclusive term to Jews and Christians in Islamic territories; later extended to Zoroastrians and even Hindus & Buddhists | 24 | |
| 131244709 | Quinoa | A species of goosefoot grown as a crop primarily for its edible seeds. Although it is technically not a grain it is treaded as such because of its baking characteristics | 25 |