AP World history review Flashcards

12054497580	Muslim mystics who were responsible for the spread of Islam to southeastern Asia.	sufis	0
12054503235	The Islamic dynasty that succeeded the Umayyads as caliphs in 750 C.E.	Abbasid	1
12054509086	Built in 7th century during the Sui dynasty and meant to link the northern and southern parts of China.	Grand Canal	2
12054514125	Capital of the Abbasid dynasty.	Baghdad	3
12054518724	The Chinese dynasty that succeeded the Sui in 618 C.E.	Tang	4
12054525526	African societies organized around kinship or other forms of obligation and lacking the concentration of political power and authority associated with states.	Stateless societies	5
12054529598	The extensive grassland belt at the southern edge of the Sahara; a point of exchange between the forests of the south and northern Africa.	Sahel	6
12054529599	The most famous of the overland trading routes established by pastoral nomads connecting the European; Indian and Chinese civilizations.	Silk Roads	7
12054539577	The four regional Mongolian kingdoms that arose following the death of Chinggis Khan.	Khanates	8
12054545810	The holy book containing Allah's revelations to Muhammad.	Quran	9
12054550322	The most revered religious shrine in pre-Islamic Arabia which was later incorporated as an important shrine in Islam.	Kaba	10
12054550323	The sect of Islam that backed the Umayyads.	Sunnis	11
12054556545	An attempt to remake the Japanese monarch into an absolute Chinese-style emperor; including attempts to create a professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army.	Taika Reforms	12
12054556546	A heavy plow introduced in northern Europe during the Middle Ages; it permitted deeper cultivation of heavier soils.	Mold board	13
12054567961	A special merchant class in Aztec society that specialized in long-distance trade in luxury items.	Pochteca	14
12054567962	A group of clans centered at Cuzco that were able to create an empire incorporating various Andean cultures.	Inca	15
12054574343	Chinese ships equipped that were the dominant force in the Asian seas east of the Malayan peninsula.	Junks	16
12054574344	Eastern Roman emperor from 525-565 C.E. who issued the most famous compilation of Roman law.	Justinian	17
12054585866	In feudalistic societies, members of the military elite who received land or benefice from a lord in return for military service and loyalty.	Vassals	18
12054585867	The Incan practice of descent whereby all titles and political power went to the successor, but wealth and land remained in the hands of the male descendants for support of the cult of the dead Inca's mummy.	Split inheritance	19
12054592729	Great Charter issued by King John in 1215; confirmed feudal rights against monarchical claims.	Magna Carta	20
12054602583	Turkic people who advanced from strongholds in Asia Minor during the 1350s; conquered large parts of the Balkans and captured Constantinople in 1453.	Ottomans	21
12054616063	A series of military adventures initially launched by western Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslims; later used for other purposes such as commercial wars and extermination of heresy.	crusades	22
12054652326	Elected Khan of the Mongol tribes in 1206, he was responsible for conquest of the northern kingdoms of China and territories as far west as the Abbasid regions.	Chingghis Khan	23
12054652327	The eastern half of the Roman Empire following the collapse of the western half of the old empire.	Byzantine Empire	24
12054660381	Clans in Aztec society, later expanded to include residential groups that distributed land and provided labor and warriors.	Calpulli	25
12054672749	The Tang empress who supported the Buddhist establishment and tried to elevate Buddhism to a state religion.	Empress Wu	26
12054699229	Name of the plague that struck Europe in the 14th century; it significantly reduced Europe's population and greatly affected the social structure.	Black Death	27
12054699230	Mounted troops of Japanese warrior leaders who were loyal to their local lords and not the emperor.	Samuri	28
12054705381	Arabic traveler who described African and Asian societies and cultures in his travel records.	Ibn Batuta	29
12063231018	A revival of ancient Confucian teachings; the emphasis on tradition and hostillity to foreign systems made Chinese rulers and bureaucrats less receptive to outside ideas and influences.	Neo-Confucianism	30
12063235804	The supreme God in Islam.	Allah	31
12063239506	Chinese Muslim admiral who commanded a series of Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and Red Sea trade expeditions between 1405 and 1435.	Zheng he	32
12063244789	The royal house of the Franks after the 8th century until their replacement in the 10th century.	Carolingians	33
12063248537	The dynasty that succeeded the Han in China.	Sui	34
12063253100	The system of aquatic agriculture used by the Aztecs.	Chinampas	35
12063253101	Mughal ruler who attempted to create a new religion to bind the Muslim and Hindu populations of India.	akbar	36
12063260590	The political and theological division of Islam that were followers of Ali.	Shiites	37
12063260591	A system that described economic relations between landlords and their peasant laborers during the Middle Ages.	Manoralism	38
12063271301	Pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca to worship at the Ka'ba.	Hajj	39