AP World History - Chapter 14 Flashcards

15080206382	Ibn Battuta	Moroccan 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.	0
15080206383	Tropics	Equatorial region between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer, generally characterized by warm of hot temperatures year round.	1
15080206384	Monsoon	Seasonal winds in the Indian Ocean caused by the differences in temperature between the rapidly heating and cooling landmasses of Asia and Africa and the slowly changing ocean waters.	2
15080206385	Delhi Sultanate	Centralized Indian empire of varying extent, created by Muslim invaders.	3
15080206386	Mali	Empire created by indigenous Muslims in western Sudan of West Africa from the 13-15th centuries. It was famous for its role in the trans-Saharan gold trade.	4
15080206387	Mansa Kankan Musa	Ruler of Mali (1312-1337). His pilgrimage through Egypt to Mecca in 1324-1325 established the empire's reputation for wealth in the Mediterranean world.	5
15080206388	Gujarat	Region of western India famous for trade and manufacturing; the inhabitants are called Gujaratis.	6
15080206389	Dhows	Characteristic cargo and passenger ships of the Arabian sea.	7
15080206390	Swahili Coast	East African shores of the Indian Ocean between the Horn of Africa and the Zambezi River; from the Arabic sawahil, meaning "shores".	8
15080206391	Great Zimbabwe	City, now in ruins, whose many stone structures were built between about 1250-1450, when it was a trading center and the capital of a large state.	9
15080206392	Aden	Port city in the modern South Arabian country of Yemen. It has been a major trading center in the Indian Ocean since ancient times.	10
15080206393	Malacca	Port city in the modern Southeast Asian country of Malaysia, founded about 1400 as a trading center on the Strait of Malacca.	11
15080206394	Urdu	A Persian influenced literary form of Hindu, written in Arabic characters and used as a literary language since the 1300's.	12
15080206395	Timbukto	City on the Niger River in the modern city of Mali. It was founded by the Tuareg as a seasonal camp sometime after 1000. Became a major terminus of the trans-Saharan trade and a center of Islamic learning.	13
15080206396	Altepetl	An ethnic state in ancient Mesoamerica, the common political building block of that region.	14
15080206397	Calpolli	A group of up to a hundred families that served as a social building block of an altepetl in ancient Mesoamerica.	15
15080206398	Tenhchtitlan	Capital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Mexico was constructed of its ruins.	16
15080206399	Aztecs	Also known as Mexica, they created a powerful empire in Central Mexico (1325-1521 C.E.) They forced defeated peoples to provide goods and labor as a tax.	17
15080206400	Tribute System	A system in which defeated peoples were forced to pay taxes in the form of goods and labor. This was an important component of Aztec/Inca economies.	18
15080206401	Inca	Largest and most powerful Andean empire. Controlled the pacific coast of South America from Ecuador to Chile from its capital of Cuzco.	19
15080206402	Khipus	System of knotted colored cords used by preliterate Andean peoples to transmit information.	20
15080206403	Like other governments in the tropics, the Delhi Sultanate:	introduced extensive new water-control systems that were developed through public works projects.	21
15080206404	Which of the following describes how Mali became a Muslim Kingdom?	Invasion by Arab armies.	22
15080206405	While Mali depended on agriculture and caravan trade for its economic base, it also:	received extensive tribute payments that made up most of its wealth.	23
15080206406	As sultan, Raziya is remembered for:	being a female sultan.	24
15080206407	At its height, the Delhi Sultanate controlled:	all of India and much of modern Pakistan and Bangladesh, but not Sri Lanka.	25
15080206408	The 14th century collapse of the Mongol Empire:	stimulated expansion of trade in the Indian Ocean.	26
15080206409	The largest and most seaworthy ship in the Indian Ocean trade before 1500 was the:	Chinese Junk.	27
15080206410	Archaeology reveals that by 1200, Indian Ocean trade from China had reached:	the southern Swahili Coast.	28
15080206411	In southern Africa, the largest trade city of the 14th century was:	Great Zimbabwe.	29
15080206412	In 14th century India, the status of a woman was:	largely determined by the status of her male master.	30
15080206413	In relating with neighboring societies, the Aztecs:	assimilated conquered peoples.	31
15080206414	Unlike cultures in Mesoamerica, the Inca:	Had no aristocracy.	32