AP World History - Chapter 12 Flashcards
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| 3463162367 | Black Death | Name later given to the massive plague pandemic that swept through Eurasia beginning in 1331; it is usually regarded as an outbreak of bubonic plague. | 0 | |
| 3463162368 | Chinggis Khan | Title meaning "universal ruler" that was given to the Mongol leader Temujin in 1206 after he united the Mongols. (pron. CHENG-iz KAHN) | 1 | |
| 3463162375 | Khubilai Khan | Grandson of Chinggis Khan who ruled China from 1271 to 1294. (pron. KOO-bihlie KAHN) | 2 | |
| 3463162376 | Kipchak Khanate | Name given to Russia by the Mongols after they conquered it and incorporated it into the Mongol Empire in the mid-thirteenth century; known to Russians as the "Khanate of the Golden Horde." (pron. KIP-chak KAHN-ate) | 3 | |
| 3463162377 | Masai | Nomadic cattle-keeping people of what is now Kenya and Tanzania. (pron. mah-SIGH) | 4 | |
| 3463162378 | Modun | Great ruler of the Xiongnu Empire (r.210-174B.C.E.) who created a centralized and hierarchical political system.(pron. moe-DOON) | 5 | |
| 3463162379 | the Mongol world war | Term used to describe half a century of military campaigns, massive killing, and empire building pursued by Chinggis Khan and his successors in Eurasia after 1209. | 6 | |
| 3463162380 | pastoralism | Way of life in which people depend on the herding of domesticated animals for their food. | 7 | |
| 3463162381 | Temujin | Birth name of the Mongol leader better known as Chinggis Khan (1162-1227). (pron. TEM-uh-jin) | 8 | |
| 3463162382 | Turks | Turkic speakers from Central Asia, originally nomads, who spread westward into the Near East and into India; they created a series of nomadic empires between 552 and 965 C.E. but had a more lasting impact on world history when they became dominant in the Islamic heartland and founded a series of states and empires there. | 9 | |
| 3463162383 | Xiongnu | People of the Mongolian steppe lands north of China who formed a large-scale nomadic empire in the third and second centuries B.C.E. (pron. SHE-OONG-noo) | 10 | |
| 3463162384 | Yuan dynasty | Mongol dynasty that ruled China from 1271 to 1368; its name means "great beginnings." (pron. yu-wen) | 11 | |
| 3463202611 | Almoravid empire | Islamic empire. Morocco and southern Spain. Berber Gvt. Dominated west african gold trade. Fought successfully against Christian forces. Capital at Marrakesh | 12 | |
| 3463211560 | Hulegu | First il-Kahn of Persia. Conquests led to fall of Abbasid caliphate. Rule of Persia characterized with slaughter of pop. And damage to agriculture. | 13 |