AP World History Vocab 3.1 Flashcards
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| 11600951009 | Silk Roads | A system of ancient caravan routes across Central Asia, along which traders carried silk and other trade goods. | 0 | |
| 11600963593 | Mississippi River Valley | In Eastern Woodlands; was an agricultural society; grew "3 sisters" crops (squash, beans, and corn); were mound builders | 1 | |
| 11600968397 | Astrolabe | An instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the position of the stars and planets | 2 | |
| 11601025310 | Credit | An arrangement to receive cash, goods, or services now and pay for them in the future. | 3 | |
| 11601052482 | Byzantine Empire | (330-1453) The eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived after the fall of the Western Empire at the end of the 5th century C.E. Its capital was Constantinople, named after the Emperor Constantine. | 4 | |
| 11601055240 | Conqueror | Takes over a place by using military force. | 5 | |
| 11601093781 | Linguistic | having to do with the structure of language | 6 | |
| 11601132716 | Longship | The name of the Viking boat. | 7 | |
| 11601165330 | Bantu | The people who spread throughout Africa spreading agriculture, language, and iron. | 8 | |
| 11601171256 | Mali | Empire created by indigenous Muslims in western Sudan of West Africa from the thirteenth to fifteenth century. It was famous for its role in the trans-Saharan gold trade. | 9 | |
| 11601174510 | Sultan | Military and political leader with absolute authority over a Muslim country | 10 | |
| 11601210074 | Sufi | A Muslim who seeks to achieve direct contact with God through mystical means | 11 | |
| 11601253218 | Diffusion | The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time | 12 | |
| 11601257214 | Epidemic | A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease. | 13 | |
| 11601281013 | Marco Polo | Venetian merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade. | 14 | |
| 11601286285 | Ibn Battuta | (b. 1304) Arab traveler who described African societies and cultures in his travel records. | 15 | |
| 11601471340 | Xuangzang | 7th century Chinese monk who made a famous trip to India to collect Buddhist texts | 16 |