UNIT 1-2 AP WORLD Flashcards
Actively seeking converts to universalizing faith.
Proselytize
Made Buddhism Strong ( Unit 2 )
Sinhala
Organization that carried empires policies.
Bureaucracy
Demonstration of merit on exams which led to government positions.
Meritocracy
Extended exams to lower economic classes, and increased government positions which led to China’s surplus wealth dwindling.
Song Taizu
30,000 miles internal waterway
Grand Canal
UNiversal rice that came from Vietnam. It could be grown in Winter and Summer.
Champa Rice
Where rural areas made more products than they could sell.
Proto-Industrialization
Education in Confucian philosophy
Scholar Gentry
Bind Women’s foot
Foot binding
Theravada, Mahaya, and Tibetan Buddhism shaped Asia.
Types of buddhism that shaped Asia.
Focused on Ethical + Social philosophy compared to Religious belief
Neo-Confucianism
Abbasid -> Caliph -> ( ranking down) Ruler
Chief Sunni
Islamic Scholar that studied astronomy/ led trigonometry to be a separate subject.
Nasiral Daniel- Tusi
Was a poet that led to sulfis and grasp truths that cannot be understood by learning,
A’ishah al- Ba’unniyyah
Mystics of the Islamic faith, who believed they could become closer with Allah by personal experiences.
Sulfis
Bantu+ Arabic =
Swahili
First Muslim dynasty (Sunni Muslims)
Ummayyads
Muslims that ruled the Abbasid Caliphate
(750-1258)
Abbasids
Eastern Rome Empire
Byzantine Empire
One of the biggest learning centers for Islamic people, (HAD THE LARGEST LIBRARY)
Cordoba
The city/ empire that had the House of Wisdom
Baghdad (city) / Abbasid empire
Scholarship center of learning, in SPAIN.
Al-Andalus
Tax on non-Muslims (1.3)
Jizya
Hanihara and Bukka went from Delhi sultanate to extend rule in Southern India. They were previously Islamic but reconverted to Hinduism, their birth religion.
Vijayanagara Empire
Muslim kingdom that ruled parts of India
Dehli Sultanate
descendants from Mongols. Delhi’s sultanate was conquered by them.
Mughals
ruled by a RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL leader. (Caliph) of absolute authority,
Caliphate
Headed by the Sultan, and is a more secular type of government.
Sultanate
Doing affairs without religious influence
Secularism
Traditional teaching led to the importance of emotion in Spiritual life. Didn’t discriminate against low-caste women.
The Bhakti Movement.
A Hindu Mystic poet, think of Mr. Mira.
Mira Bai.
Victory Tower of the Muslims/ Islamic Influence. It towers over a mosque on top of a Hindu temple.
Qutab Minar
A Mississippian society was known for building large mounds to demonstrate status.
CAHOKIA
Women’s family status determined Social Standing.
Matrilineal Society
Clay Houses, Cliff houses, that were multi-storied + Sandstone.
Chaco + Mesa Verde
Tithes to the King! Giving something to the ruler such as money, silk, agriculture, etc.
Tribute
When religious leaders rule.
Theocracy
He led small tribes to a full-fledged state. (4 provinces with its own separate government and bureaucratic system.
Pachacuti
People of the Sun.
Incas
an Irrigation system that captures and redirects rain/ saves water in droughts.
Waru Waru
Massive Roadway system
Carpa Nan
Mandatory public service between ages 15-60
Mit’a system or Milta system
Had a centralized governmnet around a city states .Women could rule when male heirs were not left. Wars were common among city states and one city state would often dominate + wars for tribute.
Mayans
Had a powerful king + Tribute system. Reigious systems were central and they displayed human scarfices for political power display. Men married multiple women to pay off tribute of cloth.
Aztecs
Pachacuti united city states to full fledged state , Apac, maintained conquered lands. Split into 4 provinces with own separate government.
Incas
He was familiar with Islamic law from Morocco
Shariah
7 states with no central authority.
Hausa Kingdoms
Storytellers in Africa
Griots
Network of trade routes across the Sahara desert.
Trans-saharan-Trade
Enslaved East Africans
Zanj
Sold Ivory, Gold, to muslim traders.
GHANA
Powerful trading society , SUNDIATA used his faith to spread.
MALI
Built Buildings called the zimbabwe, became most powerful.
ZIMBABWE
Christianity spread east coast of mediterranean sea of south egypt and Ethiopia (11 churches)
ETHIOPIA
Exchange of land for loyalty
Feudalism
Unwritten rules of honor, bravery, and courtesy
Chivalry
Crops rotated throughout three fields.
Three-Field System
First to develop real Bureaucracy
KIng Phillip II
Body of advisors for king from three estates.
Estates General
Religious controversy between religious leaders . Putting offices for the bishops rather than the pope.
Lay investiture
Descendents of Vikings
Normans
Lands
Fiefs
Estates
Manors
Peasants (another term)
Serfs
Document issued by nobles that forced the king to sign due to high tax rates. More rights
Magna Carta
Secluded christians that pray, but still contributed to the economy.
Monasitcisim
Series of Religious European Military expeditions/ campaigns. (1st was a success, 4th did not reach the holy land.)
Crusades
Eldest son had inherited the estate
Primogeniture
Described Customs of Mongols and made europe interested in Asia.
Marco Polo
Were moneylenders, Blamed for Lia, and discriminated.
Jews
Revival of Greek and Roman literature +civic virtues.
Renissance
Criticized corrupt religious leaders.
Dante Alighien
Plague that was spread by conquests and trade around the 1200-1450s
Bubonic Plague
Road that was used for trade across China, Mongolia, and Europe.
Silk Road.
King of trade, came from mongolia and were great with Horses and bloodthristy.
Mongols
Places/houses where traders would rest
Cavernersai
Good silk road stops
Kashgar and samarkand
European banks developed during the Middle Ages to aid trade.
Banking horses
Capital of Jin Empire that was conquered by Genghis Khan
Zhonghou
The conqueror who conquered the Jin empire, who named himself the universal ruler in China.
Genghis Khan
Golden Horde was created by a Grandson of Genghis Khan
Batu
Il-Khanate and conquered Islamic Abbasid Caliphates
Hulegu Khan
Established the Yuan Dynasty and was one of the Grandsons of Genghis Khan.
Kublai Khan
A society that overthrew the Yuan Dynasty which led to the Ming Dynasty.
White Lotus Society
A meeting held in 1206 for Genghis khan becoming ruler
Kultrai
Kingdoms by Khans
Khanates
Chinese Muslim Admiral that led 800 ships
Zheng He
CIty known for SPICES from southern India, trade made it very rich.
Calicut
Winds that were seasonal that traders used to maneuver by time blocks. (ACROSS THE INDIAN OCEAN TRADE)
Monsoon winds
Lateen sails, Stern Rudder, and Junk
Innovations from China
Forced fees on ships that crossed their territorial waters.
Melacca
Dominant Seafarers
Muslim persians and Arabs.
Center of Islamic Learning in MALI
Timbuktu
MALI currency
Cowrie shells, Gold, and cotton.
He led more fame to Mali and Mecca deepened his devotion to Islam
Mansa Musa
Also Songhay became richer than Mali.
Buddhism+ Daoist Principles =
Chan Buddhism
Centre of Culture in China
Hangzhou
Present day TURKEY
. (Bubonic plague and Crusades.)
Constantinople
Muslim scholar in Spain, North Africa, and Mali
Ibn Battuta
14 kids and made the first english autobiography
Margery Kempe
Indonesians were known for exporting:
Bananas
Overgrazing
Zimbabwe
Deforestation+ Soil erosion
Mayans
Who wasn’t affected by the bubonic plague like crazy?
South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.