AP World Period 3 Vocabulary Flashcards

9020548272	Trans -Saharan Trade	Trade of goods through the Sahara dessert Goods: Salt, gold, animal hides, slaves Important points: Timbuktu, Goa,Djenne	0
9020548273	Islam	Monotheistic religion created in the 7th century by Arabic merchant, Muhammed	1
9020548274	Caliphate	A regional state unified by Islam	2
9020548275	Crusades	A series of Christian vs Muslim military campaigns for the "holy land"	3
9020548276	Dar-al-Islam	territory of Islam	4
9020548277	Byzantine Empire	Eastern Roman empire extending to the Eastern Mediterranean and Southwest Asia	5
9020548278	Sinification	Chinese-ification of Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia	6
9020548279	Mongols	nomadic invaders that conquered Eurasia with force and diplomacy	7
9020548280	Black Death	Plague that killed 1/3 of European population	8
9020548281	Maya	MesoAmerican civilization that had pyramids, large cities, a written system, and complex society	9
9020548282	Coerced labor	slavery, serfdom, corvee (government-recquired labor on public works projects), and indentured servitude	10
9020548283	Feudalism	Agricultural workers serving landowners or lords (knights and samurai)	11
9020548284	Zheng He	Ming explorer that crossed the Indian Ocean	12
9020548285	Silk	highly-priced luxury commodity mainly exported from China	13
9020548286	Chinese Inventions	gunpowder, compass, paper, astrolabe	14
9020548287	Tang Dynasty	(618-907 CE) The Chinese dynasty that was much like the Han, who used Confucianism. This dynasty had the equal-field system, a bureaucracy based on merit, and a Confucian education system.	15
9020548288	Song Dynasty	(960 - 1279 AD); started by Tai Zu; by 1000, a million people were living there; started feet binding; had a magnetic compass, navy, traded with india and persia (brought pepper and cotton), first to have paper money, explosive gun powder	16
9020548289	Central Asia	A region that includes the republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan	17
9020548290	Indian Ocean trade	trade between Arab, Persian, Turkish, Indian, African, Chinese, and Europe merchants	18
9020548291	Ming Dynasty	Succeeded Mongol Yuan dynasty in China in 1368; lasted until 1644; initially mounted huge trade expeditions to southern Asia and elsewhere, but later concentrated efforts on internal development within China.	19
9020548292	Grand Canal	an inland waterway 1000 miles long in eastern China	20
9020548293	Pax Mongolica	Mongol peace from mid-1200's through mid-1300's imposed stability and law and order across Eurasia. Guaranteed safe passage for trade caravans, travelers, and missionaries from one end of empire to other.	21
9020548294	Vikings	A nomadic group that conquered ex: Normans	22
9020548295	Syncretism	A blending of two or more religious traditions	23
9020548296	Marco Polo	Italian explorer and author who made numerous trips to China and returned to Europe to write of his journeys, responsible for much of the knowledge exchanged between Europe and China during this time period.	24
9020548297	Ibn Battuta	(1304-1369) Morrocan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan. His writings gave a glimpse into the world of that time period.	25
9020548298	Mansa Musa	Emperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and established trade routes to the Middle East.	26
9020548299	The Renaissance	(1350-1600) bagan in Italy. Rebirth of learning, science, art, music, literature, and culture. Rediscovery of Ancient Greece and Rome	27
9020548300	Secular	Non-religious	28
9020548301	Missionary	A person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others	29
9020548302	Charlemagne	768-843; reunited western Europe for the first time since the Roman Empire.	30
9020548303	Justinian	6th century Byzantine emperor; failed to reconquer the western portions of the empire; rebuilt Constatinople; codified Roman law	31
9020548304	hajj	A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims	32
9020548305	Zakat	part of 4th Pillar, charitable giving of 2.5% of your net worth to community treasury	33
9020548306	jihad	A holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal	34
9020548309	Baghdad	Abbasid capital	35
9020548311	Chinampas	Aztec floating gardens	36