AP WORLD UNIT 3 (big ass test) – Flashcards
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Which of the following was an agricultural village society in the fifteenth century?
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Iroquois
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Which of the following West African people resisted the development of kingship and state building in their region?
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Igbo
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The capital of Timur's expansive empire was
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Samarkand
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Which of the following was an agricultural village society in the fifteenth century?
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Igbo
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Australian
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Firestick farming
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Why is Timur important to world history?
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Timur was a great conqueror who devastated much of Asia in the period around 1400.
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Periodic military conflict between the Ottoman and Safavid empires was driven by territorial disputes and
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religious differences.
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The Hundred Years' War between England and France (1337-1453) was comparable to which conflict in Ming China during the fifteenth century?
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None of these; Ming China was internally unified, unlike Europe.
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Safavid Empire
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Persia
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Songhay Empire
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west africa (non turkic) urban elies
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Timur was in
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Russia, peria, and india
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Which of the following was a distinguishing feature of the Safavid Empire?
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It imposed a Shia version of Islam as the official religion of the state.
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Which of the following is a difference between the cultural revivals in China and Western Europe during the fifteenth century?
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China drew less on Islamic artistic traditions compared to their Western European counterparts.
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Which of the following statements reflects the Christian experience of the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?
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Substantial populations of Christians in the Balkans were subjects of the Ottoman Empire.
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Which of the following was a distinguishing feature of the Mughal Empire?
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It ruled over a largely non-Muslim population made up mostly of Hindus.
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Which of the following was a distinguishing feature of the Songhay Empire?
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It was a substantial Islamic state on the African frontier of an expanding Islamic world.
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Mughal Empire
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india
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Which of the following was a pastoralist society in the fifteenth century?
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Fulbe
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The Fulbe shaped the history of Islam in West Africa through
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a series of religiously based uprisings that greatly expanded its practice.
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Which Islamic state of the fifteenth century was noted for its attempts to bring unity to the Islamic world and to serve as the "strong sword of Islam" by protecting the mainstream Sunni faith?
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Ottoman Empire
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Who were the primary collectors of tribute in Russia for the Mongol Golden Horde?
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Moscow
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Who was the Mongol ruler of Persia who first converted to Islam?
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Ghazan
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What was the name of the wholly new city built by the Mongols to be their capital in China?
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Khanbalik
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Which forces turned back the Mongols at Ain Jalut in Palestine in 1260 C.E.?
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Egyptians
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Who was the supreme sky god of the Mongols?
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Tengri
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The sacking of Bagdad in 1258 C.E. put an end to which caliphate?
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Abbasid
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In which period did pastoralists make their most significant impact on the course of world history?
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During the third-wave civilizations between 500 and 1500 C.E.
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Where was Marrakesh, the capital of the Berber Almoravid Empire, located?
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Moroccro
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Which of the following statements best describes pastoral Turks?
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They created a number of empires based on fragile alliances of various tribes.
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Which of the following statements is a true comparison of the Mongol conquests of China and Persia?
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The takeover of Persia was far more abrupt than the extended process of conquest in China.
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The first Mongol khan to rule all of China, this man originally planned to turn northern China into pastureland before deciding on a policy of accommodation with the Chinese.
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Khubilai Khan
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What was the capital of the Mongol Empire?
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Karakorum
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Manichaeanism
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religion combo
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What was the Almoravid Empire?
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North African state created by Berber pastoralists
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In Ethiopian tradition, who was the founding monarch of the kingdom?
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The son of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
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Srivijaya
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A state based on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, between the seventh and eleventh centuries C.E. It amassed wealth and power by a combination of selective adaptation of Indian technologies and concepts, and control of trade routes.
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borobudur
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The largest Buddhist monument ever built. It is a mountainous ten-level monument with an elaborate carving program probably built in the ninth century C.E. by the Sailendras rulers of central Java; it is an outstanding example of cultural exchange and syncretism.
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Angkor wat
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At their capital, Angkor, Khmer rulers built extensive city-and-temple complexes. Ankor Wat is one of the world's greatest architectural achievements. The complex, which covers nearly a square mile, was built as a symbolic mountain dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu. The Khmer also used it as an observatory.
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Great zimbabwe
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in southeastern Africa the Shona people established this city which grew into an empire built on the gold trade. By 1450, this city was mysteriously abandoned.
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Hangzhou
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Capital of later Song dynasty; located near East China Sea; permitted overseas trading; population exceeded 1 million.
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silla dynasty
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The dynasty in Korea that rallied to prevent Chinese domination in the seventh century CE.
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hangul
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Korean phonetic alphabet
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chu nom
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a style of writing adapted from China to Vietnam. It became the basis for the development of an independent national literature.
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shotoku taishi
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The key figure in the effort to centralize their authority so that they could mount a more effective resistance in the event of a Chinese invasion. He was also a leading aristocrat in one of the dominant clans in the Yamoto region. Died in 622.
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bushido
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"the way of the warrior"; Japanese word for the Samurai life ; Samurai moral code was based on loyalty, chivalry, martial arts, and honor until the death
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wendi
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A Chinese general who declared himself emperor when China reunited. He founded a new dynasty called the Sui Dynasty.
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Pillars of islam
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Is the term given to the five duties incumbent on every Muslim. These duties are Shahadah (profession of faith), Salat (ritual prayer), Zakat (almsgiving), Sawm (fasting during Ramadan) and Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)
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hijra
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The Migration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in A.D. 622, marking the founding of Islam
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sharia
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Islamic law; a combination of the Quran and the Hadith.
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ulama
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The theologians and legal experts of Islam. Best known as the arbiters of sharia law.
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sufism
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An Islamic mystical tradition that desired a personal union with God--divine love through intuition rather than through rational deduction and study of the shari'a. Followed an ascetic routine (denial of physical desire to gain a spiritual goal), dedicating themselves to fasting, prayer, meditation on the Qur'an, and the avoidance of sin.
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al-Ghazali
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Brilliant Islamic theologian; struggled to fuse Greek and Qur'anic traditions; not entirely accepted by ulama
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Skihism
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religion founded by Guru Nanak that blends elements of both Islam and Hinduism
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Ibn Battuta
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(1304-1369) Morrocan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan. His writings gave a glimpse into the world of that time period.
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Timbuktu
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City on the Niger River in the modern country of Mali. It was founded by the Tuareg as a seasonal camp sometime after 1000. As part of the Mali empire, Timbuktu became a major major terminus of the trans-Saharan trade and a center of Islamic learning.
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al-andalus
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Islamic Spain
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ibn sina
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The famous Islamic scientist and philosopher who organized the medical knowledge of the Greeks and Arabs into the Canon of Medicine
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justinian
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Byzantine emperor in the 6th century A.D. who reconquered much of the territory previously ruler by Rome, initiated an ambitious building program , including Hagia Sofia, as well as a new legal code
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kievian rus
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a loose federation of East Slavic tribes in Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century, under the reign of the Rurik dynasty; a prince of Novgorod, grand prince of Kiev, and ruler of Kievan Rus' from 980 to 1015
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charlemagne
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800 AD crowned by the Pope as the head of the Holy Roman Empire, which extended from northern Spain to western Germany and northern Italy. His palace was at Aachen in central Europe