AP World Vocab Units 1-4

Question 1

Ulama

Answer 1

learned scholars and teachers

Question 2

Madrassas

Answer 2

religious orders (Islam)

Question 3

The hajj

Answer 3

pilgrimage to Mecca

Question 4

Baghdad

Answer 4

Abbasid capital

Question 5

House of Wisdom

Answer 5

academic center for research and translation (a madrassa)

Question 6

Jenne-jeno

Answer 6

A well-known urban cluster that was located at a crucial point on the Niger River

Question 7

Camel Caravans

Answer 7

caravans moved by camels that made desert crossing much easier and would link the interior of west africa w/ the North. Carrying goods

Question 8

Monsoon winds

Answer 8

Wind currents that blew east during the summer & west during the winter (aided ships)

Question 9

Srivijaya

Answer 9

Indonesia; a Malay kingdom that dominated a critical point of the Indian ocean trade (670 to 1025), had many rich resources

Question 10

Borobudur

Answer 10

Buddhist monument that was abandoned and then found by British (in Srivijaya)

Question 11

Angkor Wat

Answer 11

A hindu temple that was the largest structure in the pre-modern world; Angkor = Cambodia

Question 12

Swahili language

Answer 12

widely spoken tongue in East Africa currently, but was written in Arabic script

Question 13

Great Zimbabwe

Answer 13

A powerful state that was extremely wealthy in gold, cattle, resources, labor

Question 14

Neo-Confucianism

Answer 14

a revival of Confucianism thinking that also included Buddhism and Daoism

Question 15

Censorate

Answer 15

a surveillance over the government that would check the potential of the public officials

Question 16

Hangzhou (Song capital)

Answer 16

a city that had specialized markets, restaurants, inns, and agencies. It was a widely attractive city and had a population of over a million people.

Question 17

Foot binding

Answer 17

a practice directed women for beauty standards and symbolized frailty. it was very painful, would break bones, but was also seen as a rite of passage

Question 18

“middle kingdom”

Answer 18

China: center of the world due to its cross-country commerce

Question 19

Sufis

Answer 19

religious orders (Islam)

Question 20

kowtow

Answer 20

a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission