AP World Vocab

Buddhism

Elimination of desire and suffering is a core concept of this religion

Split Inheritance

The Incas practiced this unique system in which the chosen successor inherited all titles, but the deceased ruler kept their acquired lands

Baghdad House of Wisdom

During the Abbasid Dynasty, this placed served as a center of culture and intellectual study

Chinampas

The Aztecs were able to support a large population by growing food on these floating beds of earth.

Sundiata Keita

This legendary lion king founded the Mali empire in the early 1200s

Ibn Battuta

Much early history of North Africa, the Middle East, and the Iberian Peninsula came from this Muslim traveler and historian.

Zheng He

This Muslim Chinese eunuch led massive naval expeditions during the Ming Dynasty.

Three-Field System

This agricultural practice in medieval Euoprea increased yields by rotating crops and leaving certain areas unused.

Khanates

The vast Mongol empire was divided into four regions called these.

Shogunates

In feudal Japan, these military hereditary families held real political power despite an acknowledged emperor.

Middle Passage

This was the brutal sea journey African slaves endured across the Atlantic to the Americas.

Sufism

This mystic branch of Islam was influential spreading the religion into South and Southeast Asia

Devshirme

The ottomans practiced this “policy”, requiring young, male Christian tributes who would be converted into janissaries and government officials.

Magna Carta

This great document limited the King’s power, but really only benefited the upper classes.

Sudan

This African region included the kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai

Sharia Law

This is an Islamic system of law that includes strict religious practices found in the Quran.

Quipu

The Incas used this knotted system for counting to facilitate trade

The Dutch East India Company

This super-company, with the initials VOC, held a monopoly over the spice trade for nearly 200 years

Mercantalism

This economic system argued a countries wealth relies on greater exports than imports of goods.

Casta System

This was the New World system that organised society based on race and family lineage.

Encomienda System

This Spanish Colonial system rewarded conquerors with non-Christan laborers form the indigenous population

Yuan Dynasty

This short lived dynasty that was ruled by the outsider, Kublai Khan

Viceroy / Viceroyalty

This was the title appointed to someone who governed overseas territories on behalf of a monarch