AP World History Exam Review (Unit 3
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diffusion -Answer Is the spreading of other peoples ideas to different parts of the
world.
conduit -Answer a means by which something is transmitted (ex: religion, disease,
technology via trade routes)
Swahili city-states -Answer A number of commercial polities established mostly by
Indian Ocean trade by Bantu descendants the Swahili, they rose to significant economic
and political sapience between 700 and 1100 CE forming large trade ports with coral
brick houses and a wealthy merchant and artisan class. Primarily traded gold and ivory
but knowledge also traveled along these routes
Timbuktu -Answer Mali trading city that became a center of wealth and learning;
Muslim
Venice -Answer An Italian town along with Pisa and Genoa that controlled the
Mediterranean trade after 1200 CE bringing silks and spices from Asia to Europe.
luxury goods -Answer Goods that have special qualities that make them more
expensive than alternative goods (ex: silk, cotton textiles, porcelain, spices, precious
gems/metals)
porcelain -Answer a thin, beautiful pottery invented in China; China had a monopoly
on porcelain for a long time, luxury good
astrolabe -Answer An instrument used by sailors to determine their location by
observing the position of the stars and planets; encouraged the growth of trade and
exploration; invented by the Greek 220 BCE
paper money -Answer legal currency issued on paper; it developed in China as a
convenient alternative to metal coins
Hanseatic League -Answer an organization of north German and Scandinavian cities
for the purpose of establishing a commercial alliance.
Byzantine Empire -Answer (330 CE-1453 CE) The eastern half of the Roman
Empire, which survived after the fall of the Western Empire at the end of the 5th century
, C.E. Its capital was Constantinople, named after the Emperor Constantine. Christian,
centralized, Hagia Sophia, ceasorpapism
caesaropapism -Answer A political- religious system in which the secular ruler is also
head of the religious establishment, as in the Byzantine Empire.
Bantu migration -Answer The movement of the Bantu peoples southward throughout
Africa, spreading their language and culture, iron metallurgy, and agricultural techniques
from around 500 BCE to around 1000 CE
Polynesian migration -Answer originating from somewhere in Southeast Asia, these
people spread out to neighboring islands, bringing culture, trade, and agriculture with
them via canoes. (spread domesticated animals like dogs, pigs, and chickens and crops
like sugar cane, bananas, and taro)
diasporic community -Answer a group (in this case, merchants) scattered far from
home who settles together (examples: Muslim merchant communities in the Indian
Ocean, Chinese merchant communities in SE Asia, Jewish communities in the
Mediterranean)
Ibn Battuta -Answer Moroccan 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. Was very judgmental of other cultures.
Marco Polo -Answer Venetian merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to
China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in
Asian trade.
Neoconfucianism -Answer term that describes the resurgence of Confucianism and
the influence of Confucian scholars during the T'ang Dynasty; a unification of Daoist or
Buddhist metaphysics with Confucian pragmatism
Tang and Song Dynasties -Answer Two of the most famous dynasties in all of
Chinese history, not just in the era c. 600 -c. 1450. Under these dynasties, China had
the world's largest population, the most advanced technology and the most splendid
cities.
moveable type -Answer A system of printing in the Tang and Song that resulted in
an increase in literacy and bureaucrats among the lower classes; spread from E. Asia to
the Islamic empires and Western Europe during the 500 - 1450 CE time period.
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diffusion -Answer Is the spreading of other peoples ideas to different parts of the
world.
conduit -Answer a means by which something is transmitted (ex: religion, disease,
technology via trade routes)
Swahili city-states -Answer A number of commercial polities established mostly by
Indian Ocean trade by Bantu descendants the Swahili, they rose to significant economic
and political sapience between 700 and 1100 CE forming large trade ports with coral
brick houses and a wealthy merchant and artisan class. Primarily traded gold and ivory
but knowledge also traveled along these routes
Timbuktu -Answer Mali trading city that became a center of wealth and learning;
Muslim
Venice -Answer An Italian town along with Pisa and Genoa that controlled the
Mediterranean trade after 1200 CE bringing silks and spices from Asia to Europe.
luxury goods -Answer Goods that have special qualities that make them more
expensive than alternative goods (ex: silk, cotton textiles, porcelain, spices, precious
gems/metals)
porcelain -Answer a thin, beautiful pottery invented in China; China had a monopoly
on porcelain for a long time, luxury good
astrolabe -Answer An instrument used by sailors to determine their location by
observing the position of the stars and planets; encouraged the growth of trade and
exploration; invented by the Greek 220 BCE
paper money -Answer legal currency issued on paper; it developed in China as a
convenient alternative to metal coins
Hanseatic League -Answer an organization of north German and Scandinavian cities
for the purpose of establishing a commercial alliance.
Byzantine Empire -Answer (330 CE-1453 CE) The eastern half of the Roman
Empire, which survived after the fall of the Western Empire at the end of the 5th century
, C.E. Its capital was Constantinople, named after the Emperor Constantine. Christian,
centralized, Hagia Sophia, ceasorpapism
caesaropapism -Answer A political- religious system in which the secular ruler is also
head of the religious establishment, as in the Byzantine Empire.
Bantu migration -Answer The movement of the Bantu peoples southward throughout
Africa, spreading their language and culture, iron metallurgy, and agricultural techniques
from around 500 BCE to around 1000 CE
Polynesian migration -Answer originating from somewhere in Southeast Asia, these
people spread out to neighboring islands, bringing culture, trade, and agriculture with
them via canoes. (spread domesticated animals like dogs, pigs, and chickens and crops
like sugar cane, bananas, and taro)
diasporic community -Answer a group (in this case, merchants) scattered far from
home who settles together (examples: Muslim merchant communities in the Indian
Ocean, Chinese merchant communities in SE Asia, Jewish communities in the
Mediterranean)
Ibn Battuta -Answer Moroccan 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. Was very judgmental of other cultures.
Marco Polo -Answer Venetian merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to
China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in
Asian trade.
Neoconfucianism -Answer term that describes the resurgence of Confucianism and
the influence of Confucian scholars during the T'ang Dynasty; a unification of Daoist or
Buddhist metaphysics with Confucian pragmatism
Tang and Song Dynasties -Answer Two of the most famous dynasties in all of
Chinese history, not just in the era c. 600 -c. 1450. Under these dynasties, China had
the world's largest population, the most advanced technology and the most splendid
cities.
moveable type -Answer A system of printing in the Tang and Song that resulted in
an increase in literacy and bureaucrats among the lower classes; spread from E. Asia to
the Islamic empires and Western Europe during the 500 - 1450 CE time period.
