25-26 AP World History Unit 1 Vocabulary Review

Front

An over 1,000-mile-long transportation waterway that allowed China to be the most populous trading area in the world during the Song Dynasty is called the _________.

Back

Grand Canal

Front

Enslaved soldiers from the Abbasid era are called ________.

Back

Mamluks

Front

The Christian-led African kingdom that emerged in the 12th century and is known for its rock-hewn churches is called _________.

Back

Ethiopia

Front

The form of Buddhism that focuses on service and became popular in China and Korea is called ________.

Back

Mahayana Buddhism

Front

The Hindu devotional movement that flourished in the early modern era, emphasizing music, dance, poetry, and rituals as means to achieve direct union with the divine is called the _________

Back

Bhakti Movement

Front

A system of testing designed to select the most talented and learned candidates for appointment as bureaucrats in the Chinese government is called the ________.

Back

Civil Service Exam

Front

The spread of Bantu-speaking peoples from their homeland in what is now southern Nigeria to most of Africa is known as the ________?

Back

Bantu Migrations

Front

The third king of the Mauryan Empire, who promoted Buddhism, was _________.

Back

Ashoka

Front

The ancient Chinese capital of several dynasties, now known as Xi'an, is called ________.

Back

Chang'an

Front

Any movement of citizens of a population sharing the same ethnic descent is called _________.

Back

Diaspora