AP World History Unit 2 Flashcards

3951616797	Black Death	A deadly plague that started in China. It spread all across Europe in the mid 14th century killing millions of people.	0
3951625555	Feudalism	A political and social system that was created during the Middle Ages in which workers and tenants had a mutual respect for one another.	1
3951625556	Fiefs	pieces of land given to workers	2
3951629302	Guilds	A groups of merchants who worked together to protect their practices	3
3951631238	Silk Road	Linked the Eurasian land mass through trade	4
3951642346	Trans-Saharan Trade	Connected West Africa to the middle east	5
3951645047	Indian Ocean Trade	Linked China, Southeast Asia, India, and East Africa.	6
3951647345	Florence	A central Italian city that was known for its banking	7
3951649604	Crusades	A series of holy wars from which was caused by the want of the holy land	8
3951658153	Genghis Khan	The great leader of the Mongols that help unite and expand their empire	9
3951660887	Tang dynasty was heavily influenced by the spread of	Buddhism	10
3951662439	The song dynasty was known for its rapid growth in	economics	11
3951663100	Neoconfucianism	The rise of Confucianism during the T'ang Dynasty	12
3951667437	Mecca	The holy city of Islam	13
3951667438	Muhammad	Founder of Islam	14
3951672543	Basil II	Strong and great leader of Byzantine empire who annexed Bulgaria and many other states	15
3951677834	Charlemagne	Crowned by the Pope as the head of the Holy Roman Empire	16
3951678938	Shinto	Japanese religion based off of nature	17
3951683539	Mongol Rule of Russia	Captured it, but Russia functioned normally. It became a tributary state	18
3951685242	Pax Mongolia	An era when the Mongol empire was at the largest and it was at peace	19