AP World History Modern Vocabulary

Flashcards covering key vocabulary from an AP World History Modern speed review lecture.

What technology did the song dynasty popularize?

Champa rice (1200-1450, unit 1)

Neo-Confucianism

A philosophy that combined Confucianism with Buddhist and Daoist ideas. (1200-1450, unit 1)

Civil Service Exam

A system of selecting government officials based on merit and knowledge of Confucian texts. (1200-1450, unit 1)

Champa Rice

Fast-ripening rice that increased food production in East Asia. (unit 1 1200-1450)

Dar al Islam

dominating type of islam in unit 1 1200-1450

Sultanates

Islamic kingdoms established by the Turks after the fall of the Abbasid Caliphate. (unit 1, 1200-1450)

Sufism

A mystical branch of Islam that attracted many converts.

Inca

An empire in the Americas that centralized power through its road system and Mita labor system.

Mita System

A labor system used by the Inca, requiring mandatory public service.

Aztecs

An empire in the Americas that centralized power through its human sacrifice system.

Chinampas

Artificial islands created by the Aztecs for agriculture on lakes.

Mali

An African kingdom known for the Trans-Saharan trade.

Great Zimbabwe

An African kingdom known for its trade along the Swahili Coast.

Feudalism

A decentralized system of government in Europe during the period 1200-1450.

Serfs

Agricultural laborers bound under the feudal system to work on their lord's estate.

Manors

Large self-sufficient land holdings worked on by serfs.

Silk Road

A network of trade routes connecting East and West.

Kashgar and Samarkand

Trading cities along the Silk Road.

Banking houses and Flying Cash

Economic innovations that facilitated trade along the Silk Road.

Indian Ocean Trade

A maritime trade route connecting various regions around the Indian Ocean.

Diaspora

Communities of people living outside their homeland.

Zheng He

A famous Chinese admiral who made voyages along the Indian Ocean trade route.

Monsoon Winds

Seasonal winds that affected trade in the Indian Ocean.

Trans-Saharan Trade

A trade route connecting Dar al-Islam to Sub-Saharan Africa.

Ibn Battuta

A famous traveler who documented his journeys throughout Dar al-Islam.

Mongol Empire

An empire established by the Mongols, divided into Khanates.

Manchus

Dynasty that invaded China and established the Qing Empire.

Qing Dynasty

The final Chinese dynasty that maintained the traditions of Neo-Confucianism and the civil service exam.

Queue Haircut

A mandatory hairstyle imposed by the Manchus as a sign of loyalty.

Banner System

A system used by the Manchus to centralize power.

Ottomans

A powerful empire that took Constantinople in 1453 and renamed it Istanbul.

Devshirme

A system used by the Ottomans to build their army, bureaucracy, and intellectual class.

Janissaries

Elite soldiers in the Ottoman army, recruited through the Devshirme system.

Tax Farming

Selling the right to collect taxes to the highest bidder.

Mughals

An Islamic empire ruling over a Hindu majority in India.

Akbar the Great

A Mughal ruler known for his religious toleration.

Taj Mahal

A famous architectural monument built by the Mughals, known for monumental architecture.

Safavids

A Shia empire located between the Ottoman and Mughal empires.

Protestant Reformation

A conflict in the 1500s when Martin Luther challenged the Catholic Church, leading to major changes in state building.

Sikhism

A new religion that emerged based on teachings from Guru Nanak and combining aspects of Hinduism and Islam.

School of Navigation

A school built by Prince Henry to teach navigators how to navigate.

Trading Post Empire

Term for Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch and English empires not taking over huge chunks of land but establishing small trading posts to move goods in and out.

Columbian Exchange

A very important exchange, it includes all of the plants and animals that cross the ocean for the first time.

Tokugawa Aesu and Shogunate Shut Down

An act in which the Tokugawa shogunate shut down the whole Shogunate to foreigners.

Casta System

A system that attempted to build a hierarchy where Africans, Americans and Europeans were living together in the new world.

Louis the Sixteenth

The King of France which the French hate.

Bolivar

Man who led multiple revolutions against the Spain.

Nationalism

A important idea that a nation, a group of people with shared beliefs, should run the state or the government.

Steam Engine

James Watt improved this with his creation to make a movable power source that could power anything, machines, boats, trains.

Social Darwinism

Empires gave these for the reasons of massively expanding their empire, that are based on racist policies or religious civilizing missions.

Imperial Empires

The big empires focused on throughout Unit 6, The Americans, the British, the Japanese, the Russians, and the French.

Settler Colonies

When Britain sends a small amount of people to settle there, and forcibly remove the native or replace the indigenous culture with the British one.

Sepoy Mutiny

The switch from the private East India Company to the government rule of the British Raj happened during this event.

Berlin Conference

Took place in Africa, with a conference that was also held in Berlin. Determining the future of Africa for centuries.

Century of Humiliation

A period in China due to wars, and rebellions. Unit six is not China's favorite because of this.

NATO

The American side formed this group.

Warsaw Pact

The Soviet side formed this group.

United Nations

Guaranteed states the right to self determination, and there are two ways to do this, nonviolence, and violence.

From what time period is unit 1-2?

1200 to 1450

From what time period is unit 3-4?

1450 to 1750

from what time period is unit 5-6?

1750 to 1900

from what period is unit 7-9?

1900 to present