AP World History: China 2 Flashcards
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| 7802085814 | Yuan Empire | Empire created in China and Siberia by Khubilai Khan | 0 | |
| 7802085815 | Bubonic Plague | A bacterial disease of fleas that can be transmitted by flea bites to rodents and humans; humans in late stages of the illness can spread the bacteria by coughing. | 1 | |
| 7802085816 | Beijing | China's northern capital, first used as an imperial capital in 906 and now the capital of the People's Republic of China | 2 | |
| 7802085817 | Il-Khan | A "secondary" or "peripheral" khan based in Persia. Was founded by Hülegü. | 3 | |
| 7802085818 | Ming Empire | Empire based in China that Zhu Yuanzhang establishes after the overthrow of the Yuan Empire. | 4 | |
| 7802085819 | Zheng He | An imperial eunuch and Muslim, entrusted by the Ming emperor Yongle with a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean, from Southeast Asia to Africa | 5 | |
| 7802085820 | Manchu | Federation of Northeast Asian peoples who founded the Qing Empire | 6 | |
| 7802085821 | Qing Empire | Empire established in China by Manchus who overthrew the Ming Empire in 1644. | 7 | |
| 7802085822 | Kangxi | Qing emperor (r. 1662-1722). He oversaw the greatest expansion of the Qing Empire. | 8 |