Song China
This system used in Song China allowed the most qualified people to gain government official roles.
What is the civil service exam?
This empire had an emphasis on human sacrifice.
What is the Mayan or Aztec (Mexica) Empire?
This practice in Islam was a major factor in its spread.
What is Sufism?
This man was the first leader of the Mongols and was able to unite the nomadic tribes and conquer Asia.
Who is Genghis Khan?
This environmental factor was facilitated by the Silk Road and contributed to the decrease in trade and fall of the Mongol Empire.
What is the Black Death/Bubonic Plague?
This cultural value emphasizes being respectful and honorable to parents and elders.
What is Filial Piety?
This empire was known for its city states and being important to the Indian Ocean Network by trading Ivory, Gold, and Tusks
What is the Swahili empire?
This movement helped spread Hinduism while also challenging the caste system.
What is the Bhakti movement?
The Mongols helped spread this technology from China.
What is paper or gunpowder?
These patterns of winds in the Indian Ocean allowed merchants to plan voyages where they would get carried to and back from it.
What are monsoon winds?
This ancient practice illustrates the role women had in Chinese society by restricting their ability to move around.
What is Foot Binding?
The major similarity and change between the Islamic empires that came after the Abbasid Caliphate.
What is Turkish Origin?
This Islamic traveler traveled throughout Eurasia and Africa writing down his experiences giving us insights into the culture and society.
Who is Ibn Battuta?
2 of the Mongol Khanates.
What is the Golden Horde, Yuan Dynasty, Chagatai Khanate, and Il-Khanate.
3 technogical innovations that facilitated the growth of trade networks during this time.
What are Arabian Camel, magnetic compass, Chinese junks, astrolabe, paper money, Caravanserai, caravans, and saddles?
This transportation innovation supported trade by connecting the Yangtze and Yellow River.
What is the Grand Canal?
The Majapahit empire was known for controlling this important geographic location for trade.
What is the Malacca Strait
This type of Buddhism said all beings had potential to be enlightened and had bodhisattvas.
What is Mahayana Buddhism?
The Mongols failed to invade this place in Asia.
What is Japan?
This European traveller travelled along the Silk Road, getting Europe's first impressions of Asian places.
Who is Marco Polo?
2 factors that led to Song China's booming economy.
What is commercialization, agricultural technology, transportation, or iron and steel production?
This African Empire developed its states by claiming biblical line and had its state religion as Christianity.
What is the Ethiopian Empire?
The syncretism of Buddhism and Hinduism is shown in this building in Southeast Asia.
What is the Angkor Wat?
This Middle Eastern Empire was able to stop Mongol expansion there with decisive battles.
What is the Mamluk Sultanate?
These hotels along the Silk Road allowed travellers to rest and trade safely.
What are caravanserais?