AP World Vocab Units 1 and 2

Review for exam vocab

Confucianism

Chinese belief system that promoted the Five Relationships and filial piety

Mandate of Heaven

Emperor gets power from the gods

Bureaucracy

government officials who assist in governing

civil service exam

test which needed to work in any high ranking bureaucratic position in china, based on confucian teachings

champa rice

came from vietnam: grows twice a season; huge increase in population in the Song Dynasty

money economies

used coins and flying cash or paper currency to promote trade

Sufis

Islamic missionaries; syncretism with local cultures beliefs with islam-successful at converting people; did whirling dances; Sunni or Shi’a

New intellectual innovations in Muslim empire

Math- algebra arabic numerals, quadratic equations, trig

Science- surgical centers/hospitals, pharmacy, physics

transfer of ideas to muslim empires

Medical advances built upon indian and greek doctors

House of Wisdom

Library/school that translated many of the most signifigant medical or science books in the world- destroyed by mongols in 1258

Mansa Musa

Leader of Mali empire; spread islam through his hajj; build mosques and libraries in his capital

Mit’a System

forced labor in Inca empires citizens had mandatory public service for a few months a year to build roads and buildings

Self-sufficient

Characteristics of manorialism; everything people needed was on the manor

Serfdom

Form of coerced labor; peasants were bound to the land in exchange for protection

caravanserai

rest stops along the silk road; camels can go about 100 miles before needed water and rest; it was a place to sleep get water and supplies

Luxury goods

products bought by wealthy; examples such as steel or iron, porcelain, textiles

Mongols in china

Yuan dynasty; moved scholars down and merchants up; banned intermarriage; kept most of the chinese government structure

mongols in russia

decentralized; local princes in charge; Mongols rule from afar

exchange of innovations during mongol rule

Pax mongolia: peace of mongols; from china to europe-gunpowder astrolabe; compass; paper making

swahili coast- east africa

Blend of arabic and bantu culture and language. Large diasporic community of arabic and persian merchants; city states that traded interior products on the coast

sultanate of malacca

strategic region connecting the indian ocean to south china sea; local leaders/rulers muslim with a very diverse population

Zheng He

Chinese Muslim admiral and explorer; sent by the ming emporer to re-establish tributary states

Ibn Battuta

Muslim explorer in the 1300s and used indian ocean and trans-saharan routes to travel the muslim world

camel saddels and caravans

helped increase trade along the trans saharan trade route

bubonic plague/ black death

Had been around for 1000 years; in 1300’s killed approximately 60% Europeans and 50% in china

Tributary states

regions around china that send money in order not to be invaded

Incan Government

Split into four provinces- each had its own governor, emperor was god-like. Stored food for times of famine