AP World History: Chapter 11 Vocabulary Flashcards

8094282909	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
8094286591	Chinggis Khan	Title meaning "universal ruler" that was given to the Mongol leader Temujin in 1206 after he united the Mongols.	1
8094307343	"fictive kinship"	A common form of tribal bonding in nomadic societies in which allies are designated and treated as blood relatives.	2
8094316018	Ghazan Khan	Il-khan (subordinate khan) of Persia who ruled from 1295 to 1304; he is noted for his efforts to repair the Mongol damage to Persia.	3
8094320911	Hulegu Khan	Grandson of Chinggis Khan (ca. 1217-1265) who became the first il-khan (subordinate khan) of Persia.	4
8094321641	Karakorum	Capital of the Mongol Empire.	5
8094325936	Khagan	Supreme ruler of a Turkic nomadic confederation.	6
8094326633	Khanbalik	The "city of the khan," founded as a new capital city for the Mongols after their conquest of China; now the city of Beijing.	7
8094330045	Kublilai Khan	Grandson of Chinggis Khan who ruled China from 1271 to 1294.	8
8094332976	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."	9
8094337028	Masai	Nomadic cattle-keeping people of what is now Kenya and Tanzania.	10
8094337938	Modun	Great ruler of the Xiongnu Empire (r.210-174B.C.E.) who created a centralized and hierarchical political system.	11
8094340698	Pastorialism	The way of life in which people depend on the herding of domesticated animals for their food.	12
8094343312	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.	13
8094344484	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.	14
8094347035	Yuan Dynasty	Mongol dynasty that ruled China from 1271 to 1368; its name means "great beginnings.	15