Ap world unit 1

Civil service exam

Test over Confucian principles

Mandate of Heaven

Belief that god has given his favor to a specific family that now has the right to rule

Filial piety

Virtue of respect for one’s parents, elders, and ancestors, and those higher in society 

Champs rice 

Fast growing drought resistant crop

Grand canal 

Canal system that connected southern and northern parts of china together 

Foot binding

Custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls

Song economy

Based on trading and proto-industrialization (products made at home)

Maluks

Ethnic Turks from Central Asia who were slaves that served as soldiers

Seljuks 

Central Asians who created Islamic empire in the Middle East (leaders called sultans) 

Ottomans

One of the longest lasting empires in world history who controlled the Middle East

Delhi sultanate

Islamic empire in India

House of wisdom

Islamic cultural and academic centers (like a library)

European feudalism

System where kings gave land to nobles in return for their loyalty and service

Manorial system 

The actual practice of feudalism in a specific area 

Serfs/serfdom

Low level of feudalism (workers were tied to the land)