Ap World Evidence

Foot Binding

Attractive practice in ancient china where women would be confined to their household

Silk Road

Trading route that spanned from China to Europe

Indian ocean trade

Maritime trading network connecting Europe, Africa, South Asia, and China

Diasporic communities

Merchant communities that introduced their own cultures into other areas

Inca Roads

Efficient highway route

Dar al-Islam

"House of Islam" where Muslims can practice freely. Islamic law served as basis for Muslim caliphates.

Filial Piety

Confucian ideal of respect to one's parents, ancestors, ruler, etc.

Bhakti Movement

First social movement of Hinduism that sought to provide an egaltarian union with the divine.

Feudalism

Medieval governing system, people allowed to live on land in exchange for labor and taxes.

Serfdom

Servants are bound to land, labor in exchange for protection. Inseparable with feudalism.

Marco Polo

Italian explorer who wrote about his travels to Central Asia and China.

Bubonic Plague

Disease that spread along silk road, and killed 1/3 of europes population

Mercantilsm

Economic system where government controlled economics

Ivan The Terrible

first czar of Russia, known for cruelty and being constantly at war. heavily expanded and consolidated

Ming Dynasty

Chinese dynasty that shaped Chinese culture. saw developments in luxury goods and oversaw a huge population boom. after mongols

Qing Dynasty

the last imperial dynasty of China which was overthrown by revolutionaries; was ruled by the Manchu people

Manchu Empire

Took control of Qing, resisted assimilation

Ottoman Empire

Nomadic turkish gunpowder empire, founded by osman. conquered constantiople and renamed instanbul

95 Theses

Arguments written by Martin Luther against the Catholic church

Atlantic Slave Trade

the buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americas

Cash Crop

crop grown for sale, rather than for food

Joint-Stock Companies

a company whose stock is owned jointly by the merchants.

East India Company

British joint-stock company that grew to be a state within India; it possessed its own armed forces and held a monopoly

Pueblo Rebellion

1680. A rebellion of the Pueblo Native Americans in New Mexico against the Spanish. They drove out the Spanish only to be taken over 12 years later.

Montesquieu

Enlightment thinker who believed in seperation of powers, made a framework for democracies

4 Main Revolutions

American Revolution, French Revolution, Haitian Revolution, Latin American Revolution

A Vindication of the Rights of Women

Mary Wollstonecraft argued for feminist rights, caused by enlightment

Social Darwinism

Social theory that Europe used to justify cruel colonization

Spheres of influence

a country or area in which another country has power to affect developments although it has no formal authority.

Karl Marx

Wrote the Communist nifesto, father of communism and Marxism

Convict Labor

Response to overcrowded prisons, criminals would be practically used as slaves for labor

Chinese Exclusion Act

1882 that prohibited Chinese immigration into America