AP World History Unit 12 Vocabulary
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Silk Roads ✔✔*trade route that connected the Han and Roman Empire in classical times
*exchange of goods, ideas, and disease
*Asia and India traded silk and spices we
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AP World History Unit 12 Vocabulary
Already Passed
Silk Roads ✔✔*trade route that connected the Han and Roman Empire in classical times
*exchange of goods, ideas, and disease
*Asia and India traded silk and spices west to consumers
Fall of Roman Empire ✔✔*problems: internal opposition, power struggle, generals struggled for
power and died violently; empire was simply too large.
*Empire divided into two districts
*Germans from the north attacked the western half
*Hun invasions pressured other Germanic tribes to invade
*476 CE- German general defeated last roman emperor
Germanic Invasions ✔✔*ended imperial Roman power in western Europe, and power shifts to
Byzantium in the east
*led to decentralized rule and to the establishment of the feudal system in western Europe
Early Byzantine Empire ✔✔*Emperor Constantine accepted Christianity in 313 CE
*relocated capital of the Roman Empire to Constantinople
*After the fall of the western half of the Roman empire, the eastern half became known as the
Byzantine Empire
*boasted roads and communication systems
*emperors were above the law
*Emperors used political power to take control of religious issues
Spread of epidemic disease ✔✔*small pox and measles
*bubonic plague breaks out
*no immunities and medicines to fight against them
*devastated Roman Empire - reduced population by one quarter
*Bubonic plague/black death started in China and spread to Europe along Trade Routes
*trade declined and people learned to be self-sufficient
Lateen sail ✔✔*triangular shaped sail instead of square
*replaced square sails by 500 CE
*was used in the early Roman empire and the Mediterranean sea
*played a key role in European exploration
Sternpost rudder ✔✔*used to steer a ship
*beginning of the first century CE
*idea of the rudder spread across the Indian Ocean
*used by Europeans in 1100 CE
*played a key role in European exploration
Magnetic Compass ✔✔*navigational tool that determines direction using the magnetic poles of
the Earth
*Chinese invention
*played a key role in European exploration
Fall of the Han Dynasty ✔✔*limited effectiveness of government
*Ignoring problems of inequitable land distributions
*rebellions from disgruntled peasants
* private armies and economic decline
*rise in epidemics
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