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AP World Unit 4
Unit 4 Study guide
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nomadic Peoples | Pastoralists who kept herds of animals |
| Tools | Instruments made out of animals bones |
| Yurts | Large tents |
| Kuniss | An alcoholic drink from animal products |
| Nobles | Charismatic leaders aquire |
| Shamans | Religious specialists who possessed supernatural powers |
| Saljuqs | A Turkish ruling clan |
| Khan | Nomadic leaders organized vast confederations of peoples under this "ruler" |
| Sultan | The Saljuq leader; "Chieftain" |
| Muhmud of Ghazni | Lead the Turkish Ghaznavids of Afghanistan in raids on lucrative sites in northern India. |
| Temujin | Unified the Mongols. Also known as Chinggis Khan |
| Qanat | Delicate Irrigation systems in Mongolia |
| Buddhism, Nestorian Christianity, or Manichaeism | Many Turks converted to these from a solid belief in Shamans |
| Khubliai Khan | Grandson of Chinggis Khan founder of the Yuan dynasty |
| Yuan dynasty | (1279-1368) After Kubliai Khan eliminated resistance, he unified China under his rule. |
| Kamikaze | A storm in 1281 that destroyed 4,500 Mongol vessels carrying 100,000 |
| Golden Horde | A group of Mongols who overran Russia (1237-1241) and ran exploratory expeditions into Poland, Hungary and East Germany |
| The Illkhanate or Persia | Hulegu toppled the Abbasid empire and established the Ilkhanate in Persa |
| Mehmed the Conqueror | Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Captured Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire |
| Tamerlane | Ruled in Persia After the Ming Dynasty had control over China |
| Lamaist School of Buddhism | A branch of Buddhism that had a place for magic and supernatural powers therefore resembling the old Shamanism |
| Bubonic Plague | A contagious and potentially fatal disease that spread through entire continents and wiping out populations |
| Kingdom of Kongo | An African kingdom in West Africa, had centralized ruling |
| The Kingdom of Ghana | Became the dominant center for trade in ivory slaves |
| Stateless Society and Segmentrary Society | One form of social organization widely prevalent in Africa |
| Sundiata | Built the Mali Empire in the 13th centry after the collapse of the kingdom |
| Hijra | Certain steps and process someone needs to enter the Kingdom |
| Byzantine Empire | Collapsed after Anatolia was taken by the news she can tab |
| Otto of Saxony | Emporor in 962 |
| Nobleman Hugh Capet | King of France; His descendants would be the Capetian kings who centralized pwoer and authority over france |
| The Crusades | Normand: expansion of kingdoms led to cultural and religious conflicts whic resulted in a large-scale exchange of ideas, technologies, and goods |
| Toltecs | Brought Mexico under unified rule after the fall of the Teotihuacan |
| Mexica | Central Mexico; overthrew neighporing societies and formed the Aztec Empire in the 15th century |
| Chucuito | Ruled the highlands in the 12th century |
| Chimu | Ruled the lowlands in the 10th century |
| Incan Empire | 15th century papulation 1.1 million; a central government was built at the Aztec capital cuzco |
| Marco Polo | Travelled from Venice to China and back, encouraging European interaction with China |
| Seven Year's war | Caused by expansion of trade which resulted in cultural conflicts |
| Protestant Reformation | Eliminate Europe's unity under the Roman Catholic church |
| The Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution | Led to developments in psychology, physiology and redefined human physiology and astronomy and physics |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | Divided South America between the portugese and Spanish |
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