Transcript Unit 2 Vocabulary

Unit 2 Vocabulary
AP World History
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Mamluks
Medieval
Mexica
Middle Ages
Minaret
Mississippians
Mita
Moldboard plow
Moundbuilders
Neo-Confucianism
Parallel descent
Parliament
People of the Book
Quechua
Quipus
Quran
Ramadan
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Scholar-gentry
Seppuku
Serf
Shariah
Shinto
Shi’ite
Shogun
Shogunate
Sufis
Sultan
Sunni
Tea ceremony
Tribute
Toltecs
Umma
Vassal
Zakat
Seppuku
The Japanese formal
language term for ritual
suicide. Hara-kiri is the
common language term.
Hara-kiri, which literally
means "stomach cutting“,
is a particularly painful
method of selfdestruction. Only the
samurai class was
allowed to commit
seppuku.
Zakat

Religious tax, one of
the five basic
requirements (arkan
or "pillars") of Islam.
All adult Muslims of
sound mind and body
with a set level of
income and assets are
expected to pay
zakat.
Serf

A peasant who is
bound to the land he
or she works
Shariah

The body of law that
governs Muslim
society
Quechua

Andean society also
known as the Inca
Vassal
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In medieval Europe, a
person who pledged
military or other
service to a lord in
exchange for a gift of
land or other privilege
Mita

A labor system used
by Andean societies in
which community
members shared work
owed to rulers and
the religious
community
Mamluks

Turkic military slaves
who formed part of
the army of the
Abbasid Caliphate in
the ninth and tenth
centuries; they
founded their own
state in Egypt and
Syria from the
thirteenth to early
sixteenth centuries
Medieval

Pertaining to the
middle ages of
European history
Mexica

The name given to
themselves by the
Aztec people
Middle Ages

The period of
European history
traditionally given as
500-1500
Minaret

A tower attached to a
mosque from which
Muslims are called to
worship
Mississippians

Were a Chalcolithic
(copper age) moundbuilding Native
American culture that
flourished in the
Midwestern, Eastern,
and Southeastern
United States from
approximately 800 to
1500 A.D., varying
regionally.
Moldboard Plow
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A form of plow consisting
of a plowshare (blade)
and hitch attached to
livestock. It turns the soil
in one run across the
field, depositing the
weeds and remains of the
previous crop under the
soil and raising the rainpercolated nutrients back
to the surface. This plow
also allowed for plowing
while the ground was
wet.
Mound-builders
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In North American
archaeology, name given
to those people who built
mounds in a large area
from the Great Lakes to
the Gulf of Mexico and
from the Mississippi River
to the Appalachian Mts.
The greatest
concentrations of mounds
are found in the
Mississippi and Ohio
valleys.
Neo-Confucianism
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A philosophy that
blended Confucianism
with Buddhism and
Daoism
Parallel Descent
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In Incan society,
descent through both
the mother and father
Parliament
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A representative
assembly
People of the Book
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A term applied by
Islamic governments
to Muslims,
Christians, and Jews
in reference to the
fact that all three
religions had a holy
book
Quipus

A system of knotted
cords of different
sizes and colors used
by the Incas for
keeping records
Quran

The holy book of
Islam
Ramadan

The holy month of
Islam which
commemorates the
appearance of the
angel Gabriel to
Muhammad; fasting is
required during this
month
Scholar-gentry
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The Chinese class of
well educated men
from whom many of
the bureaucrats were
chosen
Shinto
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The traditional
Japanese religion
based on veneration
of ancestors and
spirits of nature
Shi’ite
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The branch of Islam
that holds that the
leader of Islam must
be a descendant of
Muhammad’s family.
Shogun
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Japanese military
leaders under the
bakufu
Shogunate
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The rule of the
shoguns in Japan
Sufis
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Muslims who attempt
to reach Allah through
mysticism
Sultan

An Islamic ruler
Sunni

The branch of Islam
that believes that the
Muslim community
should select its
leaders; the Sunnis
are the largest branch
of Islam
Tea Ceremony
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An ancient Shinto
ritual still performed
in the traditional
Japanese capital of
Kyoto
Tribute
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The payment of a tax
in the form of goods
and labor by subject
peoples
Toltecs
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Ancient civilization of
Mexico. The name in
Nahuatl means
"master builders."
The Toltec formed a
warrior aristocracy
that gained
ascendancy in the
Valley of Mexico c. AD
900 after the fall of
Teotihuacán.
Umma
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The community of all
Muslims believers