AP World History Vocabulary Quiz 2 Flashcards

14952123944	filial piety	In Confucian thought, one of the virtues to be cultivated, a love and respect for one's parents and ancestors and superiors.	0
14952129640	Syncretism	A blending of two or more cultural traditions (languages, religions, music, etc.)	1
14952146498	Champa Rice	a quick-maturing, drought resistant rice originally from Vietnam, that was introduced to China and increased their population	2
14952164896	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.	3
14952167861	Flying Money	In China, the earliest form of paper money	4
14952183547	Neo-Confucianism	A philosophy that emerged in Song-dynasty China; it combined Confucian thinking with Buddhist and Daoist beliefs	5
14952200860	Grand Canal	A canal linking northern and southern China which helped increase trade	6
14952209522	Empress Wu	the only woman to rule China in her own name, expanded the empire and supported Buddhism during the Tang Dynasty.	7
14952228048	legalism	Chinese philosophy that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled by a tough leader with harsh laws	8
14952233055	Mandate of Heaven	Chinese belief that emperors were given the right to rule from a divine power	9
14952258620	Zen Buddhism	Known as Chan Buddhism in China; stressed meditation and the appreciation of natural and artistic beauty	10
14952295614	kowtow	a former Chinese custom of bowing down and touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission	11
14952300711	tribute system	payment made by one nation to another in acknowledgment of submission	12
14952319055	Ashoka	a ruler of the Mauryan Empire who converted to Buddhism and believed in religious tolerance	13
14952323015	civil service exam	in China, a test given to qualify candidates for positions in the government	14
14952364851	Muhammad	Founder of Islam	15
14952364852	Caliphate	Islamic empire ruled by those believed to be the successors to the Prophet Muhammad.	16
14958700493	Dar al-Islam	an Arabic term that means the "house of Islam" and that refers to lands under Islamic rule	17
15118988237	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.	18
15118991993	Tenochtitlan	Capital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Its population was about 150,000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed on its ruins.	19
15118995242	Swahili city-states	city states that dominated Indian Ocean trade along the east African coast	20
15119004572	labor tax	system of paying taxes through physical labor such as repairing roads or building bridges, rather than paying with money	21