AP World History Unit 1: Global Tapestry

Fill-in-the-blank practice flashcards covering AP World History Unit 1 key terms, historical concepts, dynasties, empires, and cultural developments.

The __________ was a Chinese golden age dynasty (960 - 1279 CE) known for paper money, gunpowder, and the magnetic compass.

Song Dynasty

__________ is a Chinese philosophy stressing a moral code of conduct to maintain an orderly society and stable government.

Confucianism

In Confucian thought, __________ refers to the virtue of love and respect for one's parents and ancestors.

Filial Piety

__________ developed as a Confucian response to Buddhism, combining elements of both traditions while remaining fundamentally Confucian in belief.

Neo-Confucianism

Practiced mainly in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, and Cambodia, __________ Buddhism is the older, more conservative branch holding close to the original teachings of the Buddha.

Theravada

Meaning 'Great Vehicle,' __________ Buddhism spread to China, Japan, and Central Asia and focuses on reverence for Buddha and Bodhisattvas.

Mahayana

__________ Buddhism incorporates non-Buddhist Indian elements and preexisting shamanism, teaching that nirvana can be achieved in a single lifetime.

Tibetan

Originating in India and sent to Song Dynasty China as tribute from Vietnam, __________ is a quick-maturing crop allowing two harvests in one growing season.

Champa Rice

The __________ is an 1,100-mile waterway connecting the Yellow and Yangzi Rivers that was completed during the Sui Dynasty.

Grand Canal

The Chinese credit instrument known as __________ allowed merchants to redeem credit vouchers, reducing the risk of robbery.

Flying Money

The __________ Empire was a Turkic empire ruled by sultans in Persia and modern-day Iraq during the 11th and 12th centuries.

Seljuk

The __________ Sultanate was an Egyptian political unit that defeated the Mongols and Ayyubids, but fell to the Ottomans after failing to adapt to firearms.

Mamluk

Centered in Delhi from 1206-1520, the __________ Sultanate was the first Islamic government established in northern India.

Delhi

Ruling from 750 to 1258 CE, the __________ Caliphate focused on administration over conquest and allowed all Muslims to participate in its bureaucracy.

Abbasid

Located in Baghdad, the __________ was a major center of learning that translated and preserved Greek, Roman, and Indian texts into Arabic.

House of Wisdom

The __________ Movement was a popular development in Hinduism advocating intense devotion toward a particular deity.

Bhakti

An Islamic mystical tradition, __________ seeks a personal union with God through intuition, divine love, and ascetic practices.

Sufism

__________ is a political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands belonging to their king in exchange for loyalty, military service, and protection.

Feudalism

Under feudalism, a __________ is a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom they owe allegiance.

Vassal

An agricultural laborer legally bound under the feudal system to work on a lord's estate is called a __________.

Serf

Representing the economic side of feudalism, __________ was an economic system built around self-sufficient farming estates shared by lords and peasants.

Manorialism

Flourishing between 1250 and 1350 C.E., __________ was a powerful interior African state built on the gold trade to the East African coast.

Great Zimbabwe

Located near present-day St. Louis, Missouri, __________ was the dominant center of a Mississippi valley mound-building culture from about 900 to 1250 C.E.

Cahokia

__________ were classical states in Southern Mexico and Central America featuring monumental architecture, written language, a calendar system, and mathematics.

Maya city-states

Invented during the Song Dynasty, __________ involved carving text into wooden blocks to rapidly print and distribute texts.

Woodblock printing

In China, power held by individuals selected based on ability via the Civil Service Exam represents a __________ system.

Meritocracy

The blending of opposing religious ideas, practices, or cultures into a new tradition is known as __________.

Syncretism

__________ Buddhism (also called Chen in China) is a Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism emphasizing meditation and intuition.

Zen

__________ was a 16th-century Sufi master born in Damascus who composed more works in Arabic than almost any woman prior to the twentieth century.

Aishah al-Ba'uniyyah

Persian mathematician and cosmologist __________ (1201-1274) created planetary models that helped inspire the Copernican model of the solar system.

Nasir al-Din Tusi

Characterized by the ideas of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, __________ was preserved by Arab scholars after the collapse of the Roman Empire.

Greek Philosophy

In Inca society, the __________ System was an economic system where citizens paid taxes with their labor and production.

Mita

Constructed along lake shores by the Mexica/Aztecs, __________ were floating gardens created to increase agricultural output.

Chinampas

Used in the Inca Empire, __________ Agriculture involved building hillside terraces to control water distribution and improve crop yields.

Waru Waru

The __________ system was a rotational agricultural method in medieval Europe where one field grew grain, one grew legumes, and one lay fallow.

three-field

Spanning 1096-1270 AD, the __________ were a series of holy wars by European Christians aiming to reclaim the Holy Land from Muslim rule.

Crusades

Meaning 'rebirth,' the __________ began in Florence, Italy, and revived interest in classical Greek and Roman learning across Europe.

Renaissance

In 1054, the __________ split medieval Christianity into Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic branches.

Great Schism

Any labor system involving force, such as chattel slavery, serfdom, or indentured labor, is defined as __________ labor.

coercive

Previously known as Axum, __________ was a highland Christian kingdom in eastern Africa governed by King Lalaibela's dynasty.

Ethiopia

A __________ was land granted by a feudal lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and military service.

Fief

Members of religious communities who meditated and studied Buddha's teachings were known as __________, and their tax exemption often strained Chinese finances.

Buddhist Monks