Unit 1 Vocabulary Quiz AP World History

Match the following philosophers with their teachings.

• An ancient language of India

• Urdu

• A language spoken in East Africa

• Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

• A Persian polymath

• Lao Zi

• A Chinese philosopher who taught the way of the Dao

• Swahili

• A language spoken in South Asia

• Sanskrit

A new language with elements of Hindi, Arabic, and Farsi that developed among the Muslims of South Asia

• Swahili

• Urdu

• Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

• Sanskrit

• Lao Zi

Sacred language of the Vedas in India

• Swahili

• Urdu

• Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

• Sanskrit

• Lao Zi

(a)   is a Persian mathematician and one of the most celebrated Islamic scholars

• Swahili
• Urdu
• Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
• Sanskrit
• Lao Zi

(a)   is a blended language that combined Bantu and Arabic languages and is still spoken today

• Swahili
• Urdu
• Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
• Sanskrit
• Lao Zi

The state of liberation from suffering which can be achieved when an individual follows the Eightfold Path in Buddhism is called (a)  

• Legalism
• Four Noble Truths
• Nirvana
• Daoism

Match the following terms with their descriptions.

• The practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit.

• Heian Period

• The dispersion of any people from their original homeland.

• Diaspora

• A series of Christian holy wars conducted against nonbelievers.

• Reciprocity

• A period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism, and other Chinese influences were at their height.

• Crusades

This was a Christian-led African kingdom that emerged in the 12th century and was known for their rock hewn churches.

• Great Zimbabwe

• Mali

• Chola Dynasty

• Ethiopia

This is a Confucian practice of praying to your ancestors.

• Karma

• Daoism

• Syncretism

• Ancestor Veneration

This was the largest imperial state in the Americas in the 15th and 16th centuries. The empire spanned almost the entire coast of western South America. (a)  

• Mauryan Empire
• The Inca Empire
• Teotihuacan
• Gupta Empire