AP World Period 3 Flashcards

14837636613	Trans -Saharan Trade	Trade of goods through the Sahara dessert Goods: Salt, gold, animal hides, slaves Important points: Timbuktu, Goa,Djenne	0
14837636614	Islam	Monotheistic religion created in the 7th century by Arabic merchant, Muhammed	1
14837636615	Caliphate	A regional state unified by Islam	2
14837636616	Crusades	A series of Christian vs Muslim military campaigns for the "holy land"	3
14837636617	Dar-al-Islam	territory of Islam-controlled gov.	4
14837636618	Byzantine Empire	Eastern Roman empire extending to the Eastern Mediterranean and Southwest Asia	5
14837636620	Mongols	nomadic invaders that conquered Eurasia with force and diplomacy	6
14837636622	Maya	MesoAmerican civilization that had pyramids, large cities, a written system, and complex society	7
14837636623	Coerced labor	slavery, serfdom, corvee (government-recquired labor on public works projects), and indentured servitude	8
14837636624	Feudalism	Agricultural workers serving landowners or lords (knights and samurai)	9
14837636625	Zheng He	Ming explorer that crossed the Indian Ocean	10
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14837636627	Chinese Inventions	gunpowder, compass, paper, astrolabe	12
14837636631	Indian Ocean trade	trade between Arab, Persian, Turkish, Indian, African, Chinese, and Europe merchants	13
14837636633	Grand Canal	an inland waterway 1000 miles long in eastern China	14
14837636645	hajj	A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims	15
14837636652	Chinampas	Aztec floating gardens	16
14837636655	Khanates	Four regional Mongol kingdoms that arose following the death of Chinggis Khan.	17
14837787620	Astrolabe	An instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the position of the stars and planets	18
14837880764	gentry	A general term for a class of prosperous families, sometimes including but often ranked below the rural aristocrats.	19
14837881902	nomadic pastoralism	a form of pastoralism in which the whole social group (men, women, children) and their animals move in search of pasture	20
14837882840	Ulama	Muslim religious scholars. From the ninth century onward, the primary interpreters of Islamic law and the social core of Muslim urban societies. (p. 238)	21
14837885581	sultan	Muslim ruler	22
14837886404	Sufi	The branch of Islam that believes in a more mystical connection with Allah.	23
14837890510	Southernization	Developments that were first made in Southern Asia and then spread to other places through trade and conquest	24
14837892362	Serfs/Peasants	Workers who were tied to the land on which they lived	25
14837894687	nomadic pastoralism	a form of pastoralism in which the whole social group (men, women, children) and their animals move in search of pasture	26
14837896314	Neo-Confucianism	term that describes the resurgence of Confucianism and the influence of Confucian scholars during the T'ang Dynasty; a unification of Daoist or Buddhist metaphysics with Confucian pragmatism	27
14837900781	Little Ice Age	A century-long period of cool climate that began in the 1590s. Its ill effects on agriculture in northern Europe were notable.	28
14837901528	Kow Tow	to kneel, touch the head to the ground in expression of deep respect worship or submission	29
14837913531	Griot	A West African storyteller	30
14837914542	Great Schism	the official split between the Roman Catholic and Byzantine churches that occurred in 1054	31
14837922527	Free peasant agriculture	a type of peasant agriculture where free pesants can sell whatever they grow, but were not protected by land owners.	32
14837923746	Entrepot	Big commercial center for importing and exporting commodities.	33
14837925005	Daimyo	A Japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai	34
14837926411	craft production	the process of handcrafting products or services for individual customers	35
14837929539	Bushido v. Chivalry	Bushido is a code of honor for the samurai and Chivalry is a code of honor for the knights	36
14837931426	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.	37
14837932957	Polynesian Migrations	Movement of peoples in the Pacific which populated many islands; spread knowledge of agriculture	38
14837934041	Bantu Migration	The movement of the Bantu peoples southward throughout Africa, spreading their language and culture, from around 500 b.c. to around A.D 1000 SWAHILI	39
14837936599	Inca road system	system of runners; good for communication, trade, and moving troops	40
14837938275	compass	an instrument containing a magnetized pointer that shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it.	41
14837939536	Caravans	groups of traveling merchants	42