Europe-Middle Ages
an area ruled by a lord, including the lord's castle and the lands around it
What is manor?
Constant threat while traveling on this was hunger and bandits.
What is Silk Road?
several generations lived in one household
What is extended family?
Most isolated civilization of the ancient world
What is China?
the burst of learning in Europe from the late 1300s to about 1600.
What is Renaissance?
A system of rules by lords who ruled their own lands but owed loyalty and military service to a monarch
What is feudalism?
In order to trade, the Middle Eastern Merchants got to ports around the Indian Ocean using these.
What is ship with sails?
gained wealth and power by trading enslaved people as well as goods.
Who were East African city-states?
Chinese invented something that made it easier to steer large ships
What is the rudder?
produced new books on art, medicine, astronomy, and chemistry.
What is scholars?
ships could then travel farther from land
What is the astrolabe?
A new religion that emerged in Arabia.
What is Islam?
Regions of grasslands
What is the savanna?
Chinese invented something that could be used in the printing press.
What is paper?
Encouraged sea captains to sail south along the coast of West Africa.
Who is Henry the Navigator?
These were fought to convert Muslims to Christianity.
What is the Crusades?
Travelled to the holy city of Mecca at least once in their lives.
What is Muslim?
Triangular sail that allowed ships to travel toward the wind.
What is lateen sail?
This people borrowed the idea of gunpowder in handguns and cannons that were based on Chinese designs.
What is Europeans?
Before this, books were scarce and costly because each was copied by hand.
What is printing press?
This organization helped to unify the people during the feudal era?
What is Roman Catholic Church?
Key device in modern machinery developed by a Muslim engineer.
He was the emperor of Mali that acquired a lot of wealth.
What is Mansa Musa?
What is Zheng He?
Type of ship that had triangular sails and and a steering rudder.
What is the caravel?