General AP World Vocab

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proto-industrialization

made goods at home that will sell in the markets, pre-factory

-laid foundation for industrial revolution

-labor specialization

-capitalist policies

-china produced more goods that being consumed during Song

Taiping Rebellion

bad economy and foreign pressure in Quing led to rebellion against gov’t, rebellion failed.

Boxer rebellion

anti-foregein uprising in china, against spheres of influence and imperialism.

ancestor veneration

requires honoring the deceased to intervene on your behalf in the spiritual world

tibetan

syncretic combination of local shamanism and Buddhism

Mahayana

most widely practiced form of Buddhism, people helped each other

Chan/Zen

syncretic combination of Buddhism and Daoism

Theravada

Older, more conservative form of Buddhism, kept to themselves, monasteries

bureaucracy

non-elected officials that carry out policies and run gov

-china

-abassid caliphate

-ottomans

-modern gov

eunuch

individual trusted enough to work closely with the emperor and his family

meritocracy

system of gov where people are given jobs based off of how good they are at those jobs

-china (civil service exam)

seljuk turks

conquer muslim empires, the major ones

great dying

indigenous populations in the americas die due to introduction of new diseases from the Columbian Exchange

marxism

karl marx, communism, critiques capitalism

Napoleon wars

conquering new lands for France, got rid of HRE

congress of Vienna

redraw map of Europe and balance power after Napoleon

Karakoram

mongol capital under Genghis khan

crusades

enacted by pope to reclaim holy land from jews and muslims, failed

tanzimat reforms

legal, political, and social reforms of ottoman empires to modernize state and catch up with Europe, gave way to young turks that overthrew gov and turkification

devshirme system

young christian boys in ottoman empire trained to be important and educated to islam

janissaries

paid soldiers with elite status in Ottoman Empire

millet system

non-muslims to govern their own affairs, taxation

-showed religious tolerance in Ottoman Empire

divine faith

blend beliefs to be one, diverse empire, Mughals

zamindars

land owners that collected taxes in Mughal empire

twelver

branch of shi’a islam

huguenots

French protestants, calvinism

boyars

nobles

cossacks

steppe soldiers

justice of the peace

uphold laws in England

30 years war

protestants vs catholics in HRE

Henry the navigator

protugal, goal to find new trade routes to asia, launched age of exploration

council of Trent

meeting for catholics to address issues caused by rise of protestantism

meiji restoration

Japan modernizing and westernizing policy after isolation ended

cultural revolution

mao zedong officially switches china to a communist country, 1966

chinampas

floating gardens

quipu

form of language for Inca

waru waru

canals built between rows of farming

Bhakti movement

hindu response to growing islam presence, devotion to 1 hindu god