AP World History Chapter 12 Flashcards

11818769064	Paleolithic persistence	continuation of the previous paleolithic way of life (hunting and gathering). this allowed ppl to live survive off any land unsuitable for agriculture.	0
11818769065	Igbo	a group based in West Africa, fully agricultural, patrilineal descent	1
11818769066	Iroquois	native American people of North America, created a confederacy of tribes called the Great Law of Peace, fully agricultural, and matrilineal	2
11818769067	Timur	Turkic warrior, led the attempt to restore the Mongol Empire	3
11818769068	Fulbe	pastoral people of West Africa, adopted Islam, became part of Islamic Empire, was major part of Islamic Movement	4
11818769069	Ming dynasty China	was greatly disrupted by the Mongol Empire and bubonic plague, helped China recover, wanted to eliminate traces of foreign rule, promoted Confucianism and patriarchy	5
11818769070	Zheng He	Hui court eunuch, effective military leader, changed religion. Helped sea routes become more peaceful. During Ming Dynasty era.	6
11818769071	European Renaissance	revival of Greco-Roman traditions, merchants were wealthiest class, elite wealthy males, less focused on religion	7
11818769072	Ottoman Empire	originated in present day Turkey. Primary purpose was to gain land and spread Islam.	8
11818769073	seizure of Constantinople	the final demise of Christian Byzantium and allowed Ottoman rulers to see themselves as successors to the Roman Empire (1453)	9
11818769074	Safavid Empire	Shi'ite muslim dynasty that ruled in Persia between the 16th and 18th centuries	10
11818769075	Songhay Empire	1460-1591, by the Niger River. Became a major center of Islamic learning and commerce	11
11818769076	Mughal Empire	creation of an Islamic Turkic group, undertook a remarkable effort to blend many Hindu groups and a variety of Muslims into an effective partnership	12
11818769077	Malacca	a springboard for the spread of Islam through the region. The Islam of this city demonstrated blending with local and Hindu/Buddhist traditions, while the city itself, like many port towns, had a reputation for "rough behavior."	13
11818769078	Aztec Empire	a loosely structured, unstable conquest state. They practiced human sacrifice and demanded tribute from conquered cities and subjects	14
11818769079	Inca Empire	bureaucratic empire topped with an absolute ruler regarded as divine. Instead of regular tribute, they demanded it in the form of mita, or labor.	15
11818769080	Timbuktu	City on the Niger River in the modern country of Mali. It was founded by the Tuareg as a seasonal camp sometime after 1000. As part of the Mali empire, Timbuktu became a major major terminus of the trans-Saharan trade and a center of Islamic learning.	16