AP World History Vocab Flashcards

3501646062	Jihad	Islamic holy war	0
3501648690	Ka'aba	A black stone or meteorite that became the most revered shrine in Arabia before the introduction of Islam; situated in Mecca, it later was incorporated in the Islamic faith	1
3501657513	Syncretism	A blend of two or more cultures or cultural traditions	2
3501658468	Austronesian	A branch of languages originating in Oceania	3
3501659923	Hidith	A collection of the sayings and deeds of Muhammad	4
3501667242	Feudalism	Political, economic, and social system based on the relationship between lord and vassal in order to provide protection	5
3501670658	Parliament	A representative assembly, most notably in England	6
3501673781	Kowtow	A ritualistic bow practiced in the Chinese Court	7
3501676952	Caravels	A small, easily steerable ship used by the Portuguese and spanish in their explorations	8
3501681539	Stateless Society	A society that is based on the authority of kinship groups rather than on a central government	9
3501684002	Quipus	A system of knotted cords of different sizes and colors used by the Incas for keeping records	10
3501686266	Manorialism	A system of self-sufficient estates that arose in medieval Europe	11
3501690835	Zakat	A tax, compromising percentages of personal income of every kind, levied as almsgiving for the relief of the poor: the third of the Pillars of Islam	12
3501704353	People of the Book	A term applied by islamic governments to Muslims, Christians, and Jews in reference to the fact that all three religions had a holy book	13
3501721791	Minaret	A tower attached to a mosque from which Muslims are called to worship	14
3501723843	Lateen Sails	A triangular sail attached to a short mast	15
3501726168	Age Grade	Age groups into which children were placed in Bantu Societies of early sub-Saharan Africa; Children within the age grade were given responsibilities and privileges suitable for their age and in this manner ere prepared for adult responsibilities	16
3501740714	Abacus	An ancient Chinese counting device that used rods on which were mounted movable counters	17
3501743718	Tea Ceremony	An ancient Shinto ritual still preformed in traditional Japanese capital of Kyoto	18
3501746726	Quechua	An Andean society also known as the Inca	19
3501751595	Perspective	An artistic technique commonly used in Renaissance painting that gave a three dimensional appearance to works of art.	20
3501758858	Mosque	The house of worship of followers of Islam	21
3501765633	Seppuku	The Japanese practice of ritual suicide	22
3501768030	Samurai	The military class of feudal Japan	23
3501769012	Anasazi	The name given to the pueblo dwelling natives in the South-west North American continent	24
3501773172	Mexica	The name given to themselves by the Aztec people	25
3501775681	Tribute	The payment of a tax in the form of goods and labor by subject peoples	26
3501778668	Mongol Peace	The period from about 1250 to 1350 in which the mongols ensured the safety of Eurasian trade and travel	27
3501782935	Middle Ages	The period of European history traditionally given as 500-1500	28
3501786920	Excommunication	Practice of the Roman Catholic and other Christian churches of prohibiting participation in the sacraments to those who do not comply with the church teachings or practices	29
3501791373	Renaissance	The revival of learning in Europe beginning about 1300 and continuing to about 1600	30
3501794734	Shogunate	The rule of the shoguns	31
3501796550	Inca	the ruler of the Quechua people of the west coast of South America; the term is also applied to the Quechua people as a whole	32
3501799581	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 assassinations to accomplish its goals	33
3501812239	Shinto	The traditional Japanese religion based on veneration of ancestors and spirits of nature	34
3501819623	Mississippians	The various American tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and the southeastern U.S.	35
3501829419	Gempei Wars	Wars in Japan that pitted the samurai against the peasants	36
3501845001	Investiture	Authority claimed by monarchs to appoint church officials	37
3501846930	Shariah	The body of law that governs Muslim society	38
3501848619	Sunni	The branch of Islam that believes that the Muslim community should select its leaders	39
3501855953	Shi'ite	The branch of Islam that holds that the leader of islam must be a descendant of Muhammad's family	40
3501868572	Caliph	The chief Muslim political and religious leader	41
3501878500	Scholar Gentry	the chinese class of well-educated men from whom many bureaucrats were chosen	42
3502487911	Bushido	The code of honor of the samurai in Japan	43