AP World History Vocab 2 #3 Flashcards
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| 136643340 | Age Grade | An age group which children were placed in Bantu societies of early sub-Saharan Africa | 0 | |
| 136643341 | Austronesian | A branch of languages originating in Oceania | 1 | |
| 136643342 | Bantu-Speaking Peoples | Name given to a group of sub-Saharan African peoples whose migrations altered the society of sub-Saharan Africa | 2 | |
| 136643343 | Black Death | The European name for the outbreak of bubonic plague that spread across Asia, Europe, and North Africa in the 14 century | 3 | |
| 136643344 | Caravel | A small, easily steerable ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in there explorations | 4 | |
| 136643345 | Griots | Storytellers of sub-Saharan Africa who carried on oral traditions and historians | 5 | |
| 136643346 | Kami | Japanese nature spirits revered in the Shinto religion | 6 | |
| 136643347 | Khan | A Mongol ruler | 7 | |
| 136643348 | Lateen Sail | A triangular sail attached to a short mast | 8 | |
| 136643349 | Malay Sailors | Southeast Asian sailors who traveled the Indian Ocean | 9 | |
| 136643350 | Maori | A member of a Polynesian group that settled New Zealand about 800 C.E | 10 | |
| 136643351 | Metropolitan | Of or constituting a large city or urbanized area, including adjacent suburbs or towns | 11 | |
| 136643352 | Middle Kingdom | Term applied to the rich agricultural lands of the Yangtze river under the Zhou dynasty | 12 | |
| 136643353 | Ming Dynasty | The ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuna Dynasty | 13 | |
| 136643354 | Mongol Peace (Pax Mongolica) | The period from about 1250 to1350 in which the Mongols ensured safety of Eurasian trade and travel | 14 | |
| 136755949 | Perspective | An artistic technique commonly used in Renaissance painting that gave a 3D appearance to works of art | 15 | |
| 136755950 | Renaissance | The revival if learning in Europe beginning about th e 1300 and continuing to about 1600 | 16 | |
| 136755951 | Stateless Society | A society that is based on the authority of kinship groups rather than on a central government | 17 | |
| 136755952 | 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 assassination to achieve its goals | 18 | |
| 136755953 | Syncretism | A blend of 2 or more cultures or cultural traditions | 19 | |
| 136755954 | Yuan Dynasty | The Mongol led dynasty if China from 1271 to 1386 | 20 | |
| 136755955 | Dhow | Arab sailing vessels with triangular or lateen sails; strongly influenced European ship design | 21 | |
| 136755956 | Jinshi | The title granted to those students who passed the most difficult Chinese examination on all of Chinese literature | 22 | |
| 136755957 | Mawali | Non-Arab converts to Islam | 23 | |
| 136755958 | Dhimmi | "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 territory | 24 | |
| 136755959 | Quinoa | A species of goosefoot grown as a crop primarily for its edible seeds | 25 |