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AP wolrd civ
AP world civ unit two notes
Question | Answer |
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science is a big deal for who? | islamic empire |
mediterainia consisted of? | western europe, Byzantine empire, Islamic empire. |
Ghana means? | land of gold |
chines junks are? | huge boats |
egpyt allowed the muslims to? | worship freely. |
Reason for holy land crusades? | convert non believers, crush christian movement church deemed herectical, protect against forginers. |
what was the largest single empire in human empire? (Land empire) | Mongol empire |
Meritocracy? | Leaders chosen for ability. |
What was the mongols stratagy when takeing over a village? | they promised to spare inhabitiants, but if they disagreed then they would be slautered. (Total distruction) |
What were some of the better technologys used? | used paper currency and had a postal system. |
Segrigation btween? | mongols and chines. |
Pax mongolica? | notion of peacefulness an exxaggeration, allowed exchange for goods, ideas, culture. Biggest impact- conduit for cultural exchange. |
what was their no need for art/science. | they were illiterate. |
gun powder used for? | millitary. |
chines invented? | Block printing. |
Trade aided by? | better boats and roads, monetary systems, lines of creditm axxiuunting- record keeping, money management key. |
Five duties "Pillars" | Faith Prayer, Fasting, Alms, Hajj. |
Umayyads? | Arabic became ofical language. |
infanticide? | Is forbidden in islamic world. |
Ethipoia and egypt were what religion? | Coptic Christianity. |
Holy land was were? | Jerusalem. |
Islamic means? | "One who submitts" |
Who believed everyone was equal befor allah? | Muslims |
Ancient Greek, Romans, and persians? prserves? | western culture. |
What was the offical language of umayyads? | arabic. |
Muslims eduacation? | free eduacation in muslim schools. |
How were women in islam threated? | treated with more respect, dignity, infanticide forbidden. |
WHat wwere the struglles of the abassids? | to large to govern, high taxes made leaders less and less popular. |
why did the Abassids fail? | regular civil wars and internal struggles. (Sunnie ans shyi'ite conflicts) |
Trade was aided by? | better boats and roads, monetary systems, lines of credit, record keeping. |
Arab traders helped? | spread islamic faith, and exspanded knowledge of africa. |
chines junks were? | huge boats they used to explore the east african coast. |
Greatest Mali king? | mansa musa. |
when Mansa musa went to mecca what did he bring with him. | lots of gold. |
Meritocracy means. | you are ranked by how well you do you job, it was a mongol thing then later on it became a chines thing. |
Why were they motivated by meritocracy? | because they wanted to move up in ranks. |
WHat were the mongol flanking maneuvers? | when two armys are fighting the other army comes up from behind them. |
Mongol religion was not? | no place among great faiths |
Sui Kingdom also called? | sway |
allegarcy/ aristocracy is | when a few rich people controll everything. |
Tang exspanded? | territory to tibet, part of korea. |
Song always had? | conflict with northern neighbors. |
The civil service exam originaly started in? | the han dynasty. |
scholar gentry is? | old smart people |
Chinas millitary got? | gun powder. |
China famous for what form of prinitng | block printing. |
What did high taxation lead to? | pesant revolts. |
exstensive road networks binded | the empire together, |
Most significant thing about the tang? | poetry |
Most significant thing about song? | block printing |
First empress of china? | Wu Zhao |
Batu was? | code of honor |
Women In China? | Foot binding, beauty and femininity key. |
Marriages in china benefit? | groom |
Mahayana emphasis on? | peaceful, quiet existence, life apart from worldy values. |
Neo- Confucian came from? | confucious. |
Neo Confucian was a mixture of? | confucianism and daoism. |
Neighboring people of china were tributary states and were forced to? | prostate themselves (bow w/ head on ground) |
Code of Bushido? | fedelity virility-fearlessness truthfulness/ sincerity Simplicity |
Samurai's protected? | the emperor. |
Chines people had decorative gardens that had | rock gardens, bonzi trees. |
women had more atonomy which means? | they had more independence/reply on self. |
Many people in europe left urban for? | rural protection |
Middle ages from? | 500-1500 |
Dark ages from? | 500-1000 |
manorialism/feudalism? | european social economic political system. |
"great clearing"? | working together to cut down forest. |
Byzantine empire was? | eastern roam, constantinople and istanbull. |
renewed ecomnoic growth because? | rise of towns use of money rather than barter labor shortage due to plauge |
High middles ages renewed economic | intellectual vigor and tendency toward cebtralized political authority. |
Gun powder and connos made what obsolet? | castels |
how long did a surf have to stay off land befor considered free? | one year and a day |
Staus is defined how? | by birth |
Peasant rights? | tied to land, not quite slaves but not entirely free either |
Role of women in europe? | home maker child care, weak and subordinate, service in community, trade and craft guuilds. |
Norman invasion occured in what year? | 1066 |
1215 nobles wanted control of what? | tax polices of king john |
Who was forced to sign the magna carta | king john |
House of lords | clergy nobility |
Delayed unification of germany and italy til? | 19th century |
Hudred year was between who and who won? | england and france. France won |
High middle ages increased? | urbanization |
Knights were similar to? | samurais. |
in contract to bushido chivalry was? | two sides contract between and vassal and a lord. |
Western roams destroys all? | icons |
Christianity spilt to? | Roman catholic and Christian orthodoxy |
How many sacraments r their? | seven |
Women in aztec, times? | if they died in child birth similar to dieing in battle talent for weaving honored. politicaly subordinate. could inherit property |
Women in inca? | domestic servants. |
Mayas were? | pyramid builders. |
How did the mayans believe humans were made? | from corn |
How did the mayans work their famr? | they used slaves because they didnt have large animals. |
Maya grew? | cotton, maze, mostly known for cotton textiles. |
aztecs farmed? | maize and beans. |
aztecs eastablished? | tribute empire. |
How was the bubonic plauage spread. | infested rats eatting off mongol grain feedsacks, mites on fur. |
Bantu is? | a language and people |
Bantu people r located were? | sub saharan |
Black death was? | bubonic plauage. |
cities grew because? | as the poplulation grew people needed to spread out. |
Pilgrimages? | constantly move for religious perpous. |