Pre AP World Unit 9 Review (For Test 6)

Mita System

Incan system of compulsory government service for the constructions of roads, bridges and other public works that benefit the community

Syncretism

A mixing of belief

Patriarchy

Male dominated society and government

Swahili Coast (cities such as Mogadishu, Sofala, Mombasa, and Zanzibar)

States in East Africa that engaged in long distance trade across the Indian Ocean

Angkor Watt

temple complex in the Khmer Empire

Monsoon winds

Indian Ocean trade was dependent on which environmental factor?

Delhi Sultanate

South Asian political entity where the government was comprised of Muslims exerting power over the majority population of Hindus

Merchant activity

The high concentration of Muslim population in Southeast Asia and Indonesia are the result of which economic process?

Anasazi Civilization

developed in the Southwest around the Colorado and Rio Grande Rivers.

Pueblos

adobe and stone buildings built by the Anasazi

Diasporic Communities

Areas in cities in Indonesia where groups of believers of universalizing religions such as Isam congregated

Orejones

Elite Incas - "big ears"

Chinampas

"Floating gardens" built by the Aztecs to increase farmland

Aztecs

(1300-1521) developed into a powerful mesoamerican empire

Khipu

system of knotted cords and beads was used for counting

The Inca

(1200-1533) became a powerful South American empire

Cahokia

developed around the waters of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.

Dhow ships, lateen sails, moveable rudders, compass, astrolab

Technological achievements that facilitated trade in the Indian Ocean

Political/Social/Economic Developments/Achievements in Mesoamerica

Rise of Aztecs; theocracy; military domination of the region; polytheistic religion; gods resemble animals found in the natural environment; human sacrifice using obsidian knives; codexes chronicling life; high population supported by agricultural techniques including chinampas and advanced irrigation

Political/Social/Economic Developments/Achievements in South America

Rise of the Inca; theocracy; "Inca" emperor as center of society; patriarchal; intentional bodily mutilation to denote elites; mit'a system as a political obligation of the people; Llamas as beast of burden; magnificent temple of the Sun at Cusco

Political/Social/Economic Developments/Achievements in Indonesia/Southeast Asia

Small trading states along the Straits of Malacca; diasporic Muslim and Hindu communities; participation in Indian Ocean trade

Political/Social/Economic Developments/Achievements in Eastern Africa (Including Great Zimbabwe)

Swahili trading kingdoms; trade of ivory and slaves from within Africa in exchange for spices, silks and porcelain from Asia; influenced by earlier Bantu pastoral peoples

Political/Social/Economic Developments/Achievements in South Asia

Establishment of the Delhi Sultanates; crossroads of Silk Road and Indian Ocean trade; religious syncretism (Sikhism and din il ihali)

The Renaissance

Rebirth of classical Greek and Roman learning beginning in Italy

Humanism

The Renaissance idea that human beings are capable of great things and possess great potential

Secularism

Worldly concerns

Da Vinci

"Renaissance man" responsible for achievements in art and technology (Mona Lisa; technological sketches)

Michelangelo

"Renaissance man" responsible for for great works of sculpture and fresco including the Pieta and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Niccolo Machiavelli

Writer of "The Prince" - a political treatise that states that political leaders should not try to act morally in bringing order to their kingdoms ("the ends justify the means")

The Protestant Reformation

Began after Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Church at Wittenberg; argued against the abuses and corruption of the Popes and Catholic Church (sales of Indulgences) ideas popularized by the moveable type printing press invented by Johannes Gutenberg; Catholic Counter Reformation in response affirmed belief in 7 sacraments but outlawed the sales of indulgences