AP World History Unit 3 Review Latest 2022 Already Passed
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Mayas A Native American people, living in what is now Mexico and northern Central
America, who had a flourishing civilization from before the birth of Jesus until around 1600, when
they were conquered by the Spanish. They are known for their astronomical observations, accurate
calendars sophisti...
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Mayas ✔✔A Native American people, living in what is now Mexico and northern Central
America, who had a flourishing civilization from before the birth of Jesus until around 1600, when
they were conquered by the Spanish. They are known for their astronomical observations, accurate
calendars sophisticated hieroglyphics, and pyramids.
Aztecs ✔✔(1200-1521) 1300, they settled in the valley of Mexico. Grew corn. Engaged in frequent
warfare to conquer others of the region. Worshipped many gods (polytheistic). Believed the sun
god needed human blood to continue his journeys across the sky. Practiced human sacrifices and
those sacrificed were captured warriors from other tribes and those who volunteered for the honor.
Incas ✔✔A Native American people who built a notable civilization in western South America in
the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The center of their empire was in present-day Peru. Francisco
Pizarro of Spain conquered the empire.
Chinampas ✔✔floating gardens
Moche ✔✔Civilization of north coast of Peru (200-700 C.E.). An important Andean civilization
that built extensive irrigation networks as well as impressive urban centers dominated by brick
temples. (p. 313)
Toltecs ✔✔Powerful postclassic empire in central Mexico (900-1168 C.E.). It influenced much of
Mesoamerica. Aztecs claimed ties to this earlier civilization.
Bedouin ✔✔nomadic pastoralists of the Arabian peninsula; culture based on camel and goat
nomadism; early converts to Islam.
, Mecca ✔✔City in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, and ritual center of the
Islamic religion.
Medina ✔✔City in western Arabia to which the Prophet Muhammad and his followers emigrated
in 622 to escape persecution in Mecca. (p. 231)
Kaaba ✔✔(Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most
sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine
Mohammad ✔✔The Founder of Islam. Muslims believe that Mohammad was God's last Prophet
and that he received the word of God from the angel Gabriel.
5 Pillars ✔✔make a declaration of faith, pray five times daily, give to charity, fast from sunrise to
sunset during Ramadan, pilgrimage to Mecca
Quran ✔✔Book composed of divine revelations made to the Prophet Muhammad between ca. 610
and his death in 632; the sacred text of the religion of Islam.
Umma ✔✔the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan
Shari'a ✔✔the divine law, derived from the qur'an and the sunna, encompassing all and setting
forth in detail how muslims are to live
Jihad ✔✔a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal
Sunni ✔✔one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam, a member of the branch of Islam that
accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad
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