AP World History Final Exam Review: People (Part 2) Flashcards
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177232169 | Czar Ivan III | Grand duke of Moscow. He completed the unification of Russian lands, and his reign marks the beginning of Muscovite Russia. | 0 | |
177232170 | Genghis Khan | Known for his military leadership and great cruelty. He conquered vast portions of northern China and southwestern Asia. | 1 | |
177232171 | Marco Polo | Venetian merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade. | 2 | |
177232172 | Ibn Battuta | Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan. | 3 | |
177232173 | Sundiata Kieta | He founded Mali and created a strong government. He built wealth off of Mali because of trade of salt and gold. | 4 | |
177232174 | Mansa Musa | King of the Mali empire in West Africa, fabulous pilgrimage to Mecca and promotion of unity and prosperity within Mali | 5 | |
177232175 | Pope Gregory VII | Reformed a lot and determined to challenge secular authority. He caused a lot of conflict and was admired by many and hated by many. He banned lay investiture, which angered Henry IV | 6 | |
177232176 | King Henry IV | Germany leader, conflict with Pope Gregory VII, believed rulers had right to appoint high-ranking clerics, especially bishops, as their vassals | 7 | |
177232177 | Machiavelli | Wrote The Prince and examined the imperfect conduct of human beings. He was concerned with what was politically effective, not morally right. "the ends justify the means." | 8 | |
177232178 | Leonardo da Vinci | One of the most famous Artist and Scienctist of the remassiance, Italian, writer and inventor. | 9 |