AP World History Vocab Flashcards

3170811739	Bushido	Bushidō, literally meaning "the way of the warrior", is a Japanese word for the way of the samurai life, loosely analogous to the concept of chivalry. "Bushido" is a modern term rather than a historical one. The "way" itself originates from the samurai moral values, most commonly stressing some combination of frugality, loyalty, martial arts mastery, and honor unto death	0
3170842216	Chivalry	the combination of qualities expected of an ideal knight, esp courage, honour, justice, and a readiness to help the weak	1
3170931808	christendom	the Christian world	2
3170941012	civil service exam system/examination system	system of competitive examinations for recruiting officials that linked state and society and dominated education	3
3170954959	crusades	any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.	4
3170959765	dar al-islam	is the area of the world under the rule of Islam	5
3170994247	entrepot	commercial center where goods are received for distribution, transshipment, or repackaging.	6
3170999777	feudalism	a political system based on reciprocal relationships	7
3171058241	fiefs	a fee or feud held of a feudal lord; a tenure of land subject to feudal obligations	8
3171062398	gentry	an upper or ruling class; aristocracy	9
3171072673	grand canal in china	longest canal or artificial river in the world and a famous tourist destination	10
3171081493	guilds	an organization of persons with related interests, goals, etc., especially one formed for mutual aid or protection	11
3171094656	hajj	the pilgrimage to Mecca, which every adult Muslim is supposed to make at least once in his or her lifetime: the fifth of the Pillars of Islam.	12
3171100005	kow tow	kneel and touch the ground with the forehead in worship or submission as part of Chinese custom	13
3171105692	manorialism	its principles and practices in the Middle Ages.	14
3171113410	serfs	person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another	15
3171138454	sharia	law, seen as deriving from the Koran	16
3171144904	southernization	came from the observation that "Southern" values and beliefs had become more central to political success, reaching an apogee in the 1990s, with a Democratic president and vice-president from the South and Congressional leaders in both parties being from the South	17
3171175577	sufi	member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect	18