AP World History Unit 2 Vocab Flashcards

8392549680	Arabs	People who come from the Saudi Arabian Peninsula, generally Muslims	0
8392552496	Centralized Government	When one big government runs the whole country, instead of a bunch of local governments.	1
8392554277	Chivalry	Honor code followed by European knights; Doing things that honor your family, your wife, and your country	2
8392558378	Commodity	A good that people want	3
8392560798	Continuity	When things stay the same	4
8392562674	Conversion	Changing from one religion to another	5
8392585396	Currency	The form that money takes, usually metal coins or paper	6
8392589599	Decentralized government	When there are lots of little governments scattered around a country and no one big, strong government	7
8392592828	Elites	The wealthy, well-educated, most powerful people of society	8
8392599748	Feudalism	A system that started in the middle ages where a king gives land to a noble who hires knights to protect and serfs to work the land	9
8392602662	Inhabitant	Someone or something that lives in a certain area	10
8392604921	Manorialism	System of setting up big areas where peasants work land for free in exchange for living on the manor	11
8392607248	Manor	A gigantic home surrounded by fields	12
8392925127	Monastery	Community of monks who have dedicated their lives to prayer and service	13
8392935342	Noble	A person who has been given land by monarchs in the feudal system	14
8392945013	Peasant	A person near the bottom of a social hierarchy; typically a poor farmer	15
8392955599	Serf	the name given to a peasant in the feudal system	16
8392968548	schism	the divide between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches in Christianity	17
8392982131	Sunni	A sect of Islam who believes that any worthy Muslim can become a caliph	18
8393004989	Shi'a (Shiite)	A sect of Islam that believes the caliph must be a blood descendant of Muhammad	19
8393021006	Sufi	A sect of Islam whose main focus is on mysticism and serving others	20
8393027294	mosque	a house of worship for Muslims	21
8393033577	Hagia Sophia	massive Christian cathedral built by Justinian in Constantinople; later converted to a mosque by the Ottomans	22
8393043298	Hajj	Pilgrimage taken by Muslims to Mecca	23
8393049832	Muhammad	Founder of Islam	24
8393053262	Caliph	Title given to the leader of Islam; acts as both a political and religious leader	25
8393064380	Bubonic Plague	Disease spread from East Asia to Europe along the Silk Road; transmitted by rats and fleas	26
8393082675	Justinian	emperor of the Byzantine empire	27
8393085483	Cyril	Greek missionary who converted Russia to Christianity; created the Slavic alphabet	28
8393094412	Bushido	code of honor followed by samurai	29
8393102254	daimyo	title given to a warlord in feudal Japan	30
8393106256	shogun	name for the supreme warlord in Japan who held the real power in government	31
8393113198	samurai	a warrior in Japan who served the daimyo in exchange for land	32
8393122999	Ibn Battuta	Muslim merchant from West Africa who left a detailed record of his travels	33
8393127258	Dar al-Islam	The world of Islam	34
8393131151	Quran	holy book of Islam	35
8393135661	footbinding	a practice in China done by women meant to show subservience to men	36
8393140160	Grand Canal	connected northern and southern China and promoted trade between the regions	37
8393155136	Crusade	holy war between Muslims and Christians over the holy land surrounding Jerusalem	38
8393162393	Pope Urban II	the person responsible for the first crusade	39
8393169215	Chinampas	floating farms used by the Aztecs to grow corn on Lake Texcoco	40
8393174994	Quipu	writing system using strings and knots created by the Inca	41
8393185053	Silk Road	major trade network that connected China, India, and Byzantium	42
8393193638	Trans-Saharan Trade	network that connected West Africa with North Africa; the main products exchanged were gold and salt	43
8393206523	neo-Confucianism	blend of Buddhism and Confucianism created during the Tang and Song dynasties of China	44
8393226114	Pax Mongolia	era of Mongol rule when there was relatively little war in Asia and trade flourished	45
8393231264	Genghis Khan	leader of the Mongols	46
8393244338	Syncretism	The process of different cultures and beliefs blending together	47
8393255168	Pope	leader of the Catholic church	48
8393263637	Bantu	people who spread language, farming, and iron tools to sub-Saharan Africa	49