Dar al-Islam
Asia
Americas
West & Northern Africa
Europe
Eastern & Central Africa
Mixture
100
Arabic term referring to the "house of peace" and lands under Islamic rule.
What is "Dar al-Islam"?
100
Agricultural product from Vietnam that allowed the Chinese population to grow.
What is champa rice?
100
Group of Native Americans in now southern Illinois who built mounds.
Who are the Mississippians (Cahokia)?
100
Most of sub-Saharan Africa did not adopt centralized governments. Rather, they organized themselves in ____-based networks.
What is kin?
100
Wars that provide "security against mortal enemies threatening the spiritual health of all Christendom and all Christians."
What are the Crusades?
100
Religion that spread to the Swahili coast, aiding trade
What is Islam?
100
Name of inns for merchants along the Silk Roads and the Trans-Saharan Trade
What are caravanserais?
200
14th century Muslim trader who traveled with an adviser kept a record of his travels through Dar al-Islam and expressed displeasure of the syncretic nature of Islam
Who is Ibn Battuta?
200
This religious breakaway from Hinduism in Southeast Asia rejected the caste system and emphasized an individual's direct connection to God.
What is the Bhakti Movement?
200
The capital city of the Aztecs/ Mexicas located on Lake Texcoco?
What is Tenochtitlan?
200
Name for the traditional storytellers in African society.
What are griots?
200
This position is at the very top of the feudal pyramid and demonstrates the power of religious authority.
Who is the pope?
200
This was the trade center of Mali
What is Timbuktu?
200
The founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire.
Who is Chinggis (Genghis) Khan?
300
This tax is levied on non-Muslims living in Muslim Empires.
Jizya
300
Oceangoing ships built in China during the Song dynasty.
What are junks?
300
A small, stationary, artificial island built on a freshwater lake for agricultural purposes.
What is a chinampa?
300
The introduction of this technology allowed for an increased amount of goods to be transferred in Trans-Saharan trade.
What is the camel saddle?
300
The portion of the European population who died during the Bubonic plague.
What is a third?
300
This trade networks connects East Africa to the Middle East, South Asia and SE Asia.
What is Indian Ocean Trade?
300
Identify this ancient Buddhist temple, a reminder of the Indian culture in Southeast Asia.
What is Angkor Wat?
400
Location of the House of Wisdom, the intellectual center where scholars could study ancient texts and apply their learning to the world around them.
Where is Baghdad?
400
This religion appealed to those who opposed the rigid social structure in South Asia but still wanted to keep similar elements, such as enlightenment and karma.
What is Buddhism?
400
This cultural practice used ritualistic murder to both please the gods but also maintain political order within the empire.
What is human sacrifice?
400
African state who adopted Christianity.
What is Ethiopia?
400
List one "failure" of the Crusades suggested in the following map:
Could be a number of things.
Ex: unsuccessful in recapturing Palestine and Jerusalem
400
In Swahili, a syncretic language was formed that blended traditional Bantu language with...
What is Arabic?
400
Time of peace throughout Eurasia during the 13th and 14th century maintained by the Mongols.
What is Pax Mongolica?
500
These are the Islamic mystics who focused on a personal relationship with Allah and allowed for the worship of traditional gods, who they believed were manifestations of Allah. Successful in India, sub-Sarahan Africa and Southeast Asia.
Who are the Sufis?
500
Syncretic philosophy that developed in response to the growing popularity of Buddhism.
What is Neo-Confucianism?
500
The Incas had no written language, so in order to communicate and keep records, they used cotton cords with strategic knots.
What is a quipu?
500
Wealthy and generous emperor Musa of the West African empire of Mali.
Who is Mansa Musa?
500
In Europe, this is the ethical code of behavior for nobles.
What is chivalry?
500
A stone complex that served as the capital. Here, kings controlled and taxed the trade between the interior and coastal regions of the kingdom.
What is Great Zimbabwe?
500
Name of the Chinese Mongol empire, led by Kublai Khan.
What is the Yuan dynasty?
600
A Sunni empire that emerged from Turkish warriors in the Central Asian steppes and gained control of both Jerusalem and Palestine.
What is the Seljuk Empire?
600
An Islamic eunuch Ming admiral who commanded an extensive naval fleet, demonstrating China's ability to be a military, political and economic power in the Indian Ocean.
Who is Zheng He?
600
Main method by which the Aztecs/ Mexica controlled their conquered territories in Mesoamerica.
What is the tribute system?
600
This is a social system where family lineage and inheritance are traced through the mother's line.
What is matrilineal?
600
This European explorer traveled to China during the Mongol period and inspired Christopher Columbus and others
Who is Marco Polo?
600
Three main trading products of East African city-states.
What are gold, iron, and ivory?
600
The Golden Hordes, Yuan Dynasty, Great Khanate, and Ilkhanate.
What were the four Khanates the Mongol Empire split into after the death of Chinggis?
700
This Islamic empire is characterized by an unbroken line of caliphs for over three centuries, consolidation of Islamic rule, and cultivation of great intellectual and cultural developments in the Middle East during the Golden Age of Islam.
What is the Abbasid empire?
700
The bureaucratic Song dynasty used these 2 methods to govern and maintain control over the empire.
What are the civil service exam and tribute system?
700
The system of mandatory and rotational public labor used by the Inca Empire to build and improve infrastructure.
What is the mit'a system?
700
7 Independent city-states situated between Lake Chad and the Niger River in the Sahel region, formed around 1000 AD and important to the Trans-Saharan trade network.
What is the Hausa Kingdom?
700
A large estate consisting of fields, meadows, forests, domestic animals, lakes, rivers, and serfs bound to the land.
What is a manor?
700
This event caused severe economic instability, particularly in Cairo and Egypt, due to his massive and unmanaged distribution of gold.
What is Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca?
700
Credit Arrangements used between Chinese merchants that allowed for long distance trade
What is Flying Cash?