AP World History: Modern Unit 1

What type of place did Catholics use for learning and preserving knowledge

monastaries

What were the central Catholic churches in each town called

cathedrals

Europe was “————”

decentralized

What system had relationships between lords and vassals. Exchange of protection and land for work.

Feudal system

What were peasants called who worked the land owned by nobles

serfs

What system organized agricultural production and labor

manorial system

Mayan civilization was divided into “——— - ———-”

city states

What empire was centered in Tenochtitlan

Mexica (Aztecs)

What was the largest pre-Columbian empire in the Americas

Inca Empire

What movement make Hinduism more accessible

Bhakti Movement

What is the mystical dimension of Islam

Sufism

What was the unified Islamic state that fragmented before the Turkics

Abbasid Caliphate

What learning and translation center was in Abbasid Baghdad

The House of Wisdom

What kind of industrialization did the Confucian Song Dynasty have

proto-industrialization

What was the merit-based test used for hiring new bureaucrats into the Chinese government

the civil service exam

What led to the MASSIVE population growth during the Song Dynasty

champa rice

What code did Samurai follow

Bushido Code

What is the Confucian name for respecting parents and the elderly

filial piety