African Kingdoms & Islam
City that was a wealthy trade center before Muhammad.
What is Mecca?
Seasonal winds that bring rain to India.
What are monsoons?
Philosophy used by the Qin Dynasty with strict laws.
What is Legalism?
Percentage of Japan’s land that is mountainous (approx.).
What is 75% (or 90%)?
Economic system based on self-sufficient estates.
What is manorialism?
West African king famous for his 1324 hajj that crashed gold prices.
Who is Mansa Musa?
Rigid social system in Vedic/Hindu society determined by birth.
What is the caste system?
Idea introduced by the Zhou Dynasty that Heaven can remove a ruler’s right to rule.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Clan that claimed descent from the sun goddess.
What is the Yamato clan?
Worker bound to the lord’s land.
What is a serf?
University in Timbuktu that was a center of learning.
What is Sankore (University)?
Religion that rejected the caste system and taught the Eightfold Path.
What is Buddhism?
China’s most valuable export on the Silk Road.
What is silk?
Code of honor followed by samurai.
What is Bushido?
Series of holy wars to control the Holy Land.
What are the Crusades?
Main trade goods that made Ghana wealthy.
What are gold and salt?
Gupta Empire achievement in mathematics (concept of…).
What is zero (or the decimal system)?
Dynasty that adopted Confucianism and created civil service exams.
What is the Han Dynasty?
Japan’s policy of isolation during the Tokugawa period.
What is sakoku?
Plague that caused massive labor shortages and weakened feudalism.
What is the Black Death?
Leader who reformed Songhai government and promoted Islamic education.
Who is Askia the Great?
Gandhi’s protest march involving salt.
What is the Salt March?
Famous Ming admiral who led voyages to Africa.
Who is Zheng He?
Real military ruler in feudal Japan (not the emperor).
What is the shogun?
Code of honor for medieval European knights.
What is chivalry?