AP World vocab 7 & 9

Annona

Roman gov. Distribution of grain to public, also used as a political tool for emperor

Centuration

Roman’s system of dividing land into grids for development

Clients

Poor Romans, who depend on wealthy patrons, loyalty for aid

Colosseum

Roman Rena for gladiator fights and entertainment

Gladiator

Professional fighter who fought in front of an audience for their entertainment

Hellenism

Roman admiration for Greek culture (religion, Philosophy, system of education)

Imperial cult

Worship of Roman emperor as gods

Lanista

Trainer and manager of gladiators

Latifundia

Large Roman farms worked on by enslaved people

Legion

Basic unit of Roman army (500 soldiers)

Manumission

Freeing a person from slavery, either by slaveholders will or purchasing freedom

Paterfamilias

Patriarch of Roman family, authority over the rest of family

Patron

Wealthy Roman’s who would help clients,

Publicani

provincial collectors that bid on the right to collect taxes

vestal virgins

Roman priestesses who protect the sacred life

Bantu migrations

Movement of bond to speaking groups traveling south from west and central Africa spreading their language, farming techniques, and iron tools.

Berbers

The name used by Carthaginians, Greeks, and Romans to describe the native people of Maghrib

Biome

A community of vegetation and wildlife used to a specific climate

Cataract

A section of a river where calm water is interrupted by waterfalls, shallow waters, or large boulders

Deffufa

A large an ancient mud brick building unique to Nubian civilization likely used for religious purpose

kentake

A title meaning queen mother, given to powerful female leaders in an ancient neurotic Kush

Maghreb

The western half of North Africa, including most of present, Morocco Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya

Nubia

The Egyptian named expensive area south of the first cataract extended into sub-Saharan Africa, including the kingdom of Kush

Sahel

A strip of semi dry grassland that runs east to west working as a transitional zone between the Sahara North and the rainforest south

Savannah

A grassy plane with scattered trees found north/south of the tropical African rainforest