South and South East Asia
What Chinese dynasty ruled during much of the period c. 1200–1450 and experienced major economic growth?
What is The Song Dynasty
What West African empire became wealthy through the trans-Saharan gold trade?
What is the Mali Empire?
What civilization built its capital at Tenochtitlan?
What is the Aztec Empire?
What economic system characterized much of medieval Europe?
What is feudalism.
What major network connected Europe, Asia, and parts of Africa through long-distance trade?
What are the Silk Roads
This Chinese belief system emphasized filial piety, social hierarchy, and respect for elders.
What is Confucianism?
What valuable commodity from West Africa was exchanged across the Sahara?
What is gold
What Andean civilization developed a large empire centered in the Andes Mountains?
What is the Inca Empire?
What religious institution played a major political and social role in medieval Europe?
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
What technology helped travelers and merchants navigate across the Indian Ocean?
What is the Compass
What technological development from China spread across Afro-Eurasia and helped facilitate communication and the spread of knowledge?
What is printing?
What religion spread into West Africa largely through merchants and rulers involved in trade?
This agricultural technique allowed the Aztecs to farm in the shallow waters around Lake Texcoco.
What is chinampas
What was the primary economic foundation of European feudal society?
What is agriculture/land ownership?
Between c. 1200 and 1450, states in different regions developed in different ways, but many shared common strategies for maintaining power.
Identify ONE similarity in how TWO states from different regions maintained or expanded their power AND explain how that strategy strengthened the state.
What are:
Mali:
Used wealth from the gold trade to strengthen political authority.
Delhi Sultanate:
Used military power and taxation to control territory.
Aztec Empire:
Used military conquest and tribute to expand wealth and power.
Inca Empire:
Used military conquest, taxation/labor systems, and infrastructure to control a large territory.
Song China:
Used a centralized bureaucracy and Confucian government traditions to maintain political stability.
Europe:
Monarchs increasingly used taxation and centralized institutions to strengthen royal authority.
The Song Dynasty's economy became increasingly commercialized. Which development best contributed to this growth?
What is expanded trade and the use of money, including paper money?
This famous ruler of Mali demonstrated the wealth of his empire through his pilgrimage to Mecca.
Who is Mansa Musa?
What environmental challenge did the Inca overcome through the construction of terraces?
What is mountainous terrain and limited agricultural land?
The growth of European towns and trade during this period contributed to the rise of what social class?
What is the merchant and urban middle class/bourgeoisie?
How did trade networks affect the spread of religions between 1200 and 1450?
What are trade networks allowing merchants, missionaries, and travelers to carry religious beliefs into new regions.
The revival of Confucian ideas during the Song Dynasty was partly a response to the influence of these religions that had become established in China.
What are Buddhism and Daoism?
How did trans-Saharan trade affect West African states?
It increased wealth, strengthened political power, encouraged urban growth, and helped spread Islam.
Compare ONE similarity between the Aztec and Inca empires.
What is:
Both used military conquest to expand.
Both required tribute from conquered peoples.
Both developed sophisticated agricultural systems.
Both built large, centralized states.
Which development helped European states become more politically centralized during the period c. 1200–1450?
What are the growth of taxation, stronger monarchies, expanding trade, professional armies, or declining feudal fragmentation.
Between 1200 and 1450, societies across Afro-Eurasia became increasingly interconnected. Identify TWO ways increased connectivity changed societies.
What are ___ & ____.