Vocab Flashcards

98426440	Foot Binding	painful process of wrapping chinese girls feet to make them very small	0
98426441	Aztec Empire	a Native American civilization that possessed advanced mathematical, astronomical, and engineering technology; its capital, Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City), was larger than any contemporary European city; conquered by Cortes in 1520	1
98426442	Inca Empire	Largest Empire ever built in South America; territory extended 2,500 miles from north to south and embraced almost all of modern Peru, most of Ecuador, much of Bolivia, and parts of Chile and Argentina; maintained effective control from the early 15th century until the coming of Europeans in the early 16th century. As the most powerful people of Andean America, the Inca dominated Andean society until the coming of Europeans; spoke Quechua language.	2
98426443	Sufi	A Muslim who seeks to achieve direct contact with God through mystical means	3
98426444	Sunni	one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam	4
98426445	Bubonic Plague	A bacterial disease of fleas that can be transmitted by flea bites to rodents and humans; humans in late stages of the illness can spread the bacteria by coughing. High mortality rate and hard to contain. Disastrous. (280)	5
98426446	Caliph	successor to Muhammad as political and religious leader of the Muslims	6
98426447	Crusades	a series of military expeditions by Christian Europe to regain the Holy Land from the Muslims	7
98426448	Dar al-Islam	areas where Muslims are in the majority	8
98426449	Empress Wu	Only women emporer of china powerful and cruel along with talented and intellegent	9
98426450	Feudalism	system in which poor people are legally bound to work for wealthy landowners	10
98426451	Five Pillars of Islam	Confession of faith, pray 5 times daily, fast during Ramadan, Hajj, Zakat	11
98426452	Genghis Kahn	A Mongol clan leader whose name was Temujin, and who sought to unify the Mongols under his rule by defeating his rivals one by one.	12
98426453	Mayan Empire	a civ. living in a collection of city states existing in the Yucatan peninsula, united by trade but individually ruled by a king for each city state who was a holy figure. A theocratic monarchy.	13
98426454	Pax Mongolica	Era of relative peace and stability created by the Mongol Empire	14
100191391	Indian Ocean trade	Large amounts of rade happened in this body of water between Arab, Persian, Turkish, Indian, African, Chinese, and Europe merchants. Particularly in the postclassical period 9600-1450)	15
100191392	Monsoon System	The weather system that affected the sea trade routes in the Indian Ocean. Summer winds blew from the southwest. Winter winds blew from the northeast.	16
100191393	Muhammad	the Arab prophet who founded Islam (570-632)	17
100191394	Neo-confucianism	term that describesthe resurgence of confusianism and the influence of confucian scholars during the Tang dynasty	18
100191395	Quipu	an arrangement of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information.	19
100191396	Sharia Law	The system of Islamic law, sometimes called Qu'ranic law. Unlike most Western systems of law that are based on legal precedence, Sharia is based on varying degrees of interpretation of the Qu'ran.	20
100191397	Shintoism	a religion based in Japan, marked by worship of nature and reverence for ancestors	21
100191398	Shogun	the head of the military government of Japan in the era of the samurai	22
100191399	Sinification	Extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions; typical of Korea and Japan, less typical of Vietnam.	23
100191400	Sufi	a Muslim who represents the mystical dimension of Islam	24
100191401	Sunni	one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam	25
100191402	Trans-Sharan Trade	trade across the Sahara desert between Mediterranean countries and sub-Saharan Africa	26
100191403	Ulama	Muslim religious scholars. From the ninth century onward, the primary interpreters of Islamic law and the social core of Muslim urban societies. (p. 238)	27
100191404	Zheng He	An imperial eunuch and Muslim, entrusted by the Ming emperor Yongle with a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean, from Southeast Asia to Africa. (pp. 355, 422)	28
100191405	Orthodox	in agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things	29
100191406	Patriarch	the male head of family or tribe	30
100191407	Pilgrims	English settlers who sought religious freedom in the Americas	31
100191408	Primogeniture	right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son	32
100191409	Roman Catholic	The Christian religion of Europe that formed from Christianity's schism between the remains of the western and eastern Roman Empire . The Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy	33
100191410	Schism	division	34
100191411	Serfs	rural laborers, or peasants, who were not allowed to move away from the land on which they worked; peasants	35
100191412	Theocracy	government run by religious leaders; priests	36
100191413	Trans-continental	extending across a continent	37
100191414	Tribute System	A system in which defeated peoples were forced to pay a tax in the form of goods and labor. This forced transfer of food, cloth, and other goods subsidized the development of large cities. An important component of the Aztec and Inca economies. (p. 307)	38
100191415	Urbanization	the dramatic rise in the number of cities and the changes in lifestyle that result	39
100191416	Vassals	members of the military elite who received land or a benefice from a lord in return for military service and loyalty	40
100191417	Marco Polo	Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324)	41
100191418	Songhay	Sucessor of Mali; dominated middle reaches of the Niger valley; capital at Gao	42
100191419	Aristocracy	the most powerful members of a society	43
100191420	Bureaucracy	A large, complex organization composed of appointed officials	44
100191421	Chivalry	courtesy towards women	45
100191422	Civil Service	the group of people whose job it is to carry out the work of the government	46
100191423	Credit	a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage	47
100191424	Cultural Diffusion	The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another	48
100191425	Dowry	money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage	49
100191426	Decentralization	Degree to which decision-making authority is given to lower levels in an organization's hierarchy.	50
100191427	Eastern Orthodox	this Christian religion broke away from the Roman church when it would not accept the authority of the Pope as the head of the church	51
100191428	Fiefs	pieces of land, instead of money given to knights for their military service	52
100191429	Garrisons	A place where a group of soldiers is stationed for defensive purposes	53
100191430	Gothic	extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths	54
100191431	Hajj	pilgrimage to Mecca	55
100191432	Heresy	the crime of holding a belief that goes against established doctrine	56
100191433	Heretic	someone who goes against accepted religious beliefs	57
100191434	Hijab	a headscarf worn by Muslim women	58
100191435	Illegitimate	the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents	59
100191436	Infrastructure	the basic structure or features of a system or organization	60
100191437	Inquisition	a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)	61
100614302	Islam	A monotheistic religion that developed in Arabia in 7th century, means "submission to the will of Allah"	62
100614303	Literate	a person who can read and write	63
100614304	Matriarch	a female head of a family or tribe	64
100614305	Matrilineal	based on a woman's family line	65
100614306	Medievil	middle ages	66
100614307	Meritocracy	the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth	67
100614308	Middle Ages	the years between ancient and modern times	68
100614309	Migration	the movement of persons from one country or locality to another	69
100614310	Monetary System	trading money for a good	70
100614311	Mosque	A Muslim house of worship	71
100614312	Nation-State	A country	72
100614313	Byzantium	a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395	73
100614314	Franks	group of Germanic people who rose to prominence under the leadership of King Clovis	74
100614315	Hanseatic League	a group of Northern German cities and towns that worked together to promote and protect trade	75
100614316	Hundred Years War	Series of campaigns over control of the throne of France, involving English and French royal families and French noble families.	76
100614317	Magna Carta	A legal document written by English lords in 1215 that stated certain rights and limited the power of the King	77
100614318	Mansa Musa	greatest leader of Mali, expanded borders, maintained peace and order/religious freedom and tolerance, hajj to Mecca and converted to Islam, built Timbuktu	78
100614319	Sacking of Constantinople	During the Fourth Crusade (1202-1204), in April 1204, the Crusaders of Western Europe invaded and conquered the Eastern Orthodox city of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. This is seen as one of the final acts in the Great Schism between the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church.	79
100614320	Silk Road	an ancient trade route between China and Europe	80
100614321	Timbuktu	This city was located at the crossroads of major trade routes near Niger River	81
100614322	Tenochitilan	capital city of the Aztecs	82
100614323	William the Conqueror	duke of Normandy who led the Norman invasion of England and became the first Norman to be King of England	83