AP World History Unit 3: 600-1400 Flashcards

11794911992	Neoconfucianism	A philosophy that emerged in Song-dynasty China	0
11794932522	Dar al-Islam	Scholars use this term to define countries where Islam is the ruling religion	1
11794943203	Interregional	Relating to or occuring in different regions	2
11794951582	Monetization	Coining of crrancy or the printing of banknotes	3
11794970005	Astrolabe	An instrument formerly used to make astronomical measurments; used in finding the alitudes of celestial bodies and calculating laditude	4
11795002581	Bubonic Plague	Disease brought to Europe in the 14th century by the Mongols	5
11795010094	Reconstituted	Built up again from parts	6
11795016105	Berbers	Indigenous people of western North Africa (pre-Arab)	7
11795045243	Diffusion	The spreading of something more widly	8
11795054497	Caravan	A group of people, especially traders or pilgrims, traveling together across a desert in Asia or North Africa.	9
11795063203	Credit	Add an amount of money to an account	10
11797473663	Maritime	connected with the sea; seafaring and navy	11
11797482733	Commerce	The activity of buying and selling of goods, typically on a larger scale	12
11797490542	Labor Taxes	Taxes imposed on employers or employees (usually taken out of a workers salary or pay)	13
11797605706	Coerced Labor	Labor achieved through use of force or threats	14
11797614719	Guilds	Medieval association of merchants or craftsmen, usually with considerable power	15
11797627116	Textiles	A type of cloth or woven fabric	16
11797633073	Islam	The Muslim faith, Muhammad is the prophet of Allah	17
11797641181	Bantu	A group of languages in Central and South America, such as Swahili	18
11797648729	Luxury Goods	Goods that are not necessary or essential, MADE	19
11797658452	Bulk Goods	Can be stored or transported in large quainties, such as gold or iron	20
11797667615	Serfs	An agricultural laborer bound on the bottom of the feudal pyramid	21
11797682454	The Crusades	A series of Holy Wars that were largely unsuccessful	22
11797693383	Admiral Zheng He	Chinese explorer who traveled 1405-1433 across Asia and East Africa	23
11797711026	Foot Binding	Chinese practice of compressing a girl's feet to keep them small	24
11797725653	Labor Organization	a union that supports public policies designed to increase basic human rights	25
11797742898	Continuities	A consistent existence or operation of something for a period of time	26
11797753184	Urban Revival	Programs of land redevelopment after a period of urban decay	27
11797760824	Arabic	Culture of the Arab world, the language	28
11797766762	Islamic	Relating to Islam	29
11797774444	Muslim	Relating to a follower of Islam or their religion	30
11797779676	Caliphates	Rule of a caliph or chief Muslim religious and civil ruler	31
11797789417	Feudalism (European)	Majority were serfs on the bottom, then vassals, then nobles, then the king, and then eventually the Pope	32
11797812028	Feudalism (Japanese)	Majority were peasants, then the Daimyo or Samurai, then the Shogun, then the Emperor	33
11797824872	Mongol Khanates	Yuan Dynasty (Genghis and Kublai Khan) and the Golden Horde (Mamai)	34
11797834541	Legitimacy	The belief that a rule, institution, or leader has the right to govern	35
11797846990	Grand Canal of China	Longest and oldest canal in the world, built in the Sui Dynasty so transport was easier	36
11797859005	Tributary System	From the Han and Mongol times; admitting defeat and paying taxes but keeping independence	37
11797869568	Byzantine Empire	Eastern Roman Empire; fell to the Ottoman Empire, Constantinople	38
11797878131	Sui Dynasty	Unified China after warring states, built the Grand Canal	39
11797884311	Tang Dynasty	(618-907) Considered the Golden Age of China, poetry and painting flourished	40
11797898193	Song Dynasty	(960-1280) Followed Tang, many notable inventions, neo confucianism	41
11797916173	Abbasid	3rd Islamic Caliphates, founded by Abbas Ibn Abdul-Muttalib, Golden Age of Islamic culture	42
11797932917	Ibn Battuta	(1325-1354) Moroccan Muslim scholar and traveler, covered most of North and West Africa, Southern and Eastern Europe, and most of Asia	43