East Asia
What is Champa Rice?
This agricultural product from Vietnam allowed for two harvests per year, leading to a population boom in China.
What is the House of Wisdom?
This intellectual center in Baghdad was a famous place for learning, translating, and preserving knowledge.
What is Tenochtitlan?
This capital city of the Aztec Empire was built on a lake, featuring floating gardens called chinampas.
What is Feudalism
The primary, decentralized political system in Western Europe between 1200-1450, based on loyalty and land
What is an Oligarchy (or decentralized state)?
A form of government in which a few people, such as dominant clans or merchants, have power.
What is foot binding?
This Confucian practice, often applied to women, was a sign of status and served to restrict their movement.
What is the Delhi Sultanate?
Islamic ruling empire in Northern India, 1206 - 1526.
What is the Mita System?
This, not a tribute system, was the mandatory labor system used by the Incas to build infrastructure like the road system.
What is Roman Catholicism
This religion served as the main unifying force for the fragmented states of Western Europe
What is the Bureaucracy (or Imperial Bureaucracy)?
The administrative system of a government, heavily utilized by the Song Dynasty to select officials.
What is Neo-Confucianism?
This belief system, a blend of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism, became the dominant ideology during the Song Dynasty.
Who are Sufis?
These travelling Muslim missionaries focused on a personal relationship with Allah rather than a strict interpretation of Islamic law.
What is the Mali Empire?
This West African empire grew wealthy through the trans-Saharan trade of gold and salt, famously led by Mansa Musa.
What is the Vijayanagara Empire?
This Hindu kingdom in South India was founded by two brothers ( Harihara I (also known as Hakka) and Bukka Raya I.) converted back from Islam, was formed to act as a counterpoint to the Dehli Sultanate
What is the Black Death (or Bubonic Plague)?
This 14th-century pandemic traveled along trade routes and decimated the population of Afro-Eurasia.
What is the Civil Service Exam?
To manage the economy and ensure loyalty, the Song Dynasty continued to use this merit-based examination system.
What is Dar al-Islam?
This term refers to the lands under Islamic rule, which was rapidly expanding through trade, missionaries, and military action.
What is the Great Zimbabwe?
Known for their massive stone architecture, this southern African civilization was a a hub for the Gold trade.
What is Serfdom?
This type of labor in Europe bound peasants to land, not to the person,which diminished as a result of the Bubonic Plague
What is the Little Ice Age?
A period of cooler climate that caused agricultural decline in Europe during the 14th century
What are iron/steel production and gunpowder?
These two Chinese innovations in trade and communication were expanded to improve the transportation of goods, especially over the Grand Canal.
Who are the Seljuk Turks?
The Abbasid Caliphate was fragmented and eventually displaced by these nomadic Turkic people in the 11th century.
Who are the Maya
Mesoamerican civilization that didn't have a centralized empire but wasorganized into-city states, known for their astronomical advancements
What is Syncretism?
This term describes the combination of 2 or more belief systems, such as Hinduism and Islam in the Bhakti movement
What is Filial Piety
The respect for one's parents and ancestors, a key tenet of Confucianism.