Ap World History Chapter 12 Flashcards

7307791586	(to) barter	exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money.	0
7307791587	globalization	The processes by which people, institutions, and nations are brought into unified networks of interaction around the globe.	1
7307791588	World Trade Org.	only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations.	2
7307791589	free market economy	An economic system in which the means of production are largely privately owned and there is little or no government control over the markets.	3
7307791590	supply and demand	In economics, the relationship between the amount of a commodity that producers are able and willing to sell(supply) and the quantity that customers can afford and wish to buy (demand).	4
7307791591	trade diasporas	Refers to the network of international traders who relate to one another through bonds of their trade.	5
7307791592	Andes Mountains	The world's longest mountain chain, stretching along the west coast of South America.	6
7307791593	Leif Eriksson	Viking explorer who reached Newfoundland about the year 1000.	7
7307791594	quipu	an ancient Inca device for recording information, consisting of variously colored threads knotted in different ways.	8
7307791595	Yucatán	the Mexican state known for its Gulf of Mexico beaches and Mayan ruins.	9
7307791596	Tenochtitlán	a Mexica city-state on an island in Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico	10
7307791597	Pochteca	professional, long-distance traveling merchants in the Aztec Empire.	11
7307791598	sahel	ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition in Africa between the Sahara to the north and the Sudanian Savanna to the south	12
7307791599	Ghana	a nation on West Africa's Gulf of Guinea known for its diverse wildlife, old forts and secluded beaches.	13
7307791600	Mali	a landlocked country in West Africa.	14
7307791601	Songhay	successor state to Mali; dominated middle reaches of the Niger valley; capital at Gao.	15
7307817541	Mansa Musa	the tenth Mansa or emperor of the wealthy West African Mali Empire.	16
7319411979	Great Zimbabwe	largest and most remarkable of the developing towns during the 11th century.	17
7319412152	swahili	african language	18
7319416014	abbasid caliphate	(750-1258) third of the Islamic caliphates to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad.	19
7319419378	sultanate of delhi	Major Turkic Muslim state established in northern India in 1206	20
7319419379	hajj	pilgrimage to mecca that all muslims are required to make in their lifetime (if able).	21
7319425049	lateen	a triangular sail on a long yard at an angle of 45° to the mast.	22
7319423433	monsoon	blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain , or from the northeast between October and April	23
7319426691	littoral	relating to or situated on the shore of the sea or a lake.	24
7319429896	cairo genizah	Hebrew for a repository of old papers	25
7319432831	sassanian persia	A west Asian empire during the 4th-8th centuries	26
7319432832	teak	tropical hardwood tree species	27
7319434436	borobudor	9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia	28
7319397107	Axum	modern ethiopia and eritrea	29
7347682476	Angkor Wat	A great Hindu temple built in the twelfth century.	30
7347682477	One Thousand and One Nights	Tales of the seven voyages of Sinbad the sailor. Written during the Abbasid Empire.	31
7347682478	Song Dynasty	Chinese dynasty from 960 to 1279; known for its artistic achievements	32
7347682479	Ming Dynasty	A Chinese dynasty that ruled from 1368 to 1644	33
7347682480	Tang Dynasty	Chinese dynasty from 618 to 907	34
7347682481	Abbasid Empire	Second Islamic Empire. Descendants of Muhammad's family.	35
7347682482	Emperor Yung-lo	Ming emperor from 1402-24.	36
7347682483	Admiral Zheng He	Chinese explorer from 1405-33	37
7347682484	Mongols	Nomadic tribe that invaded China during the 1200s	38
7347682485	Marco Polo	Italian explorer who wrote about his travels to Central Asia and China.	39
7347682486	Kublai Khan	(1215-1294) Grandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China.	40
7347682487	Diamond Sutra	A Sanskrit tale transmitted along silk routes and translated into Chinese in the fifth century.	41
7347682488	Transhumance	The practice of shifting residence and livestock between mountains and valleys according to the season of the year, or more generally a pattern of seasonal migration.	42
7378122352	Pax Monolica	The Mongolian peace	43
7378122353	Ibn Battuta	Arab traveler who described African societies and cultures in his travel records (1304-c. 1368)	44
7378122354	Yurts	A portable dwelling used by the nomadic peoples of Central Asia.	45
7378122355	The travels	Tales of Marco polo's travels	46
7378122356	Francis wood	Writer of "did Marco Polo go to the China?"	47
7378122357	Did Marco Polo go to the China?	A book written by Francis Wood going against The travels.	48
7378122358	Chinggis Khan/ Temugin	Born in 1162 into one of the more powerful and more militant mongol tribes.	49
7378122359	Karakorum	Capital of Mongol Empire under Chinggis Khan.	50
7378122360	Kamikaze	Divine winds.	51
7378122361	Battle of Ain Jalut	Battle between the sultan in Cairo and mongols near Nazareth. Cairo won. (1260)	52
7378122362	Khanates	Four regional Mongol kingdoms that arose following the death of Chinggis Khan.	53
7378122363	II- Khan Empire	established as a khanate that formed the southwestern sector of the Mongol Empir	54
7378122364	Yuan Dynasty	Dynasty established by the successors of Chinggis in china from 1276-1368	55
7378122365	Chagatai Khante	Mongol and later Turkicized khanate that comprised the lands ruled by Chagatai Khan	56