Chapter 7 + 8 AP World History Vocab Study Guide Flashcards

7739815393	American Web	Term used to describe a network of trade that linked parts of pre-Columbian Americas The web provided a means of exchange for luxury goods and ideas over large areas.	0
7739839933	Angkor Wat	Largest religious structure in the premodern world, construction on the temple started in the early 1100s C.E. Built to express the Hindu understanding of the cosmos.	1
7740021393	Black Death	The name given to a massive epidemic that swept over Eurasia in the fourteenth century.	2
7740040033	Borobudor	The largest Buddhist monument ever built, ten-level monument with an elaborate caring program, est. ninth century.	3
7740087597	Ghana, Mali, Songhay	Important states that developed in western and central Sudan in the period 500-1600 C.E.	4
7740239695	Great Zimbabwe	A powerful state in Africa, it participated in the trading of gold. It flourished between 1250 and 1350 C.E.	5
7740335936	Indian Ocean Trading Network	The worlds largest sea-based trading/exchange before 1500 C.E.	6
7740343108	Thorfinn Karlsfeni	A wealthy merchant with a Norwegian Viking background, tried to establish a colony on the coast of what is now known as Canada.	7
7740353933	Pochteca	Aztecs that were professional merchants.	8
7740367025	Sand Roads	Term to describe routes of the trans-Sahara trade in Africa.	9
7740375974	Silk Roads	Trade routes on land connecting Eurasia.	10
7740381473	Swahili Civilization	A Malay kingdom that dominated the Straits of Malacca between 670 and 1025 C.E. Noted for the creation of native/Indian hybrid culture.	11
7740397701	Tran-Saharan Slave Trade	Small-scale trade that developed in the twelfth century. It exported West African slaves and household servants when they had raids.	12
7740406852	Xiongnu	Major nomadic confederacy that was established in 200 B.C.E. and eventually reached from Manchuria to Central Asia.	13
7740418564	Hangul	A phoenetic alphabet developed in Korea in the fifteenth century.	14
7740429988	Chu Nom	A variation of Chinese writing developed in Vietnam that became the basis for an independent national literature "southern script."	15
7740443398	Bushido	The "way of the warrior," referring to the military virtues of the Japanese samurai, including bravery, loyalty, and an emphasis on death over surrender.	16
7740458367	Hangzhou	China's capital during the Song dynasty, with a population of more than a million people.	17
7740466256	Economic Revolution	A major economic quickening that took place in China under the Song dynasty marked by rapid population growth urbanization, economic specialization, the development of an immense network of internal waterway and a great increase in industrial production and innovation.	18
7740488949	Tribute System	Chinese method of dealing with foreign lands and peoples that assumed that subordination of all non-Chinese authorities and required the payment of tribute-products of value from their countries - to the Chinese emperor (although the Chinese gifts given in return were often much more valuable).	19
7740510337	Tang Dynasty	Ruling dynasty of China from 628 to 907; noted for it openness to foreign cultural influences.	20
7740520331	Song Dynasty	Ruling dynasty of Chinese from 960-1279, notes from its rapid economic development.	21
7740527090	Sui Dynasty	Ruling dynasty of China (581-618) that effectively reunited the country after several centuries of political fragmentation.	22