East Asia
This fast-growing super rice from Vietnam helped China’s population explode.
What is Champa Rice?
This was the holy book of Islam that helped unite people across many different lands.
What is the Quran?
This West African King the richest ever gave away so much gold on a trip that its value dropped.
This strict social system in India ranked people from birth and was tied to Hinduism.
What is the Caste System?
This famous leader united the Mongol tribes and started the largest land empire ever.
Who is Genghis Khan?
These tests were taken by people who wanted to work in the Chinese government.
What are civil service exams?
These Muslim missionaries helped spread Islam by being mystical and adaptable to local cultures.
Who are Sufis?
The Aztecs built these floating gardens to grow food in the middle of a lake.
What are Chinampas?
This massive temple complex in Cambodia started as Hindu but later became Buddhist.
What is Angkor Wat?
The Mongols protected this famous trade route, making it safe for merchants to travel.
What is the silk road?
This belief system, which focused on family and respect, was the backbone of Chinese society.
What is Confucianism?
This building in Baghdad was a world-famous center for learning, science, and math.
What is House of Wisdom?
This labor system in the Inca Empire required citizens to work on public projects.
What is the Mit'a System?
This Sultanate was a Muslim kingdom that ruled over Northern India.
What is the Delhi Sultanate?
This was used to describe the period of Mongol Peace
What is Pax Mongolica?
This is the practice of wrapping a woman’s feet tightly to make them small
what is foot binding?
This Tax was paid by non Muslims like Christians or Jews living in Islamic states.
What is the Jizya?
This East African language is a mix of Bantu and Arabic, created through trade.
What is Swahili?
This Southeast Asian empire controlled the sea trade choke point at the Strait of Malacca.
What is the Srivijaya Empire?
This grandson of Genghis Khan finished the conquest of China and started the Yuan Dynasty.
This Grand waterway was built to connect Northern and Southern China for trade.
What is the Grand Canal?
These slave-soldiers in Egypt eventually overthrew their masters and started their own state.
Who are the Mamluks?
The Aztecs required conquered people to pay this "T" word (money or goods) to the capital.
What is Tribute?
These seasonal winds allowed merchants to sail back and forth across the Indian Ocean.
What are monsoon winds?
This Italian traveler wrote a book about his time living in the Mongol-run China.
Who is Marco Polo?