Trade Routes 1200-1450
Silk Road
This monotheistic religion was founded in the Arabian Peninsula by an former merchant turned prophet who lived in Mecca.
Islam
A type of social and political system in which landholders provide land to tenants in exchange for their loyalty and service, typically found in Europe.
Feudal System
This was the long term effect of champa rice in China.
The continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces during the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople.
Byzantine Empire
Name the great African city of learning. Had the dopest libraries in all of Africa.
Timbuktu
Islamic merchants used caravans to travel along this treacherous route.
Tran-Saharan Trade Route
This religious institution and their leader held the most political and social power during the Middles Ages of western Europe. (2 answers)
Catholic Church, Pope
A system of testing designed to select the most studious and learned candidates for appointment as bureaucrats in the Chinese government.
Civil Service Exam / Confucian Examination System
Golden Horde, Yuan Dynasty, Ilkhanate, Chagatai, are all examples of...
Khanates
This disease from 1346-1353 wiped out about 2/3rds of the European population.
Black Plague
We all know Mansa Musa; The great Malian King, but who was the Moroccan cleric who wrote about his journey, and traveled throughout the entire Dar Al Islam and beyond?
Ibn Battuta
Before the 1500s, this was the world's largest maritime trade route, stretching from China to the East coast of Africa.
Indian Ocean
Buddhism
This word translates to "successor to the prophet Muhammad," they were the ultimate political leader of the ummah.
Caliph / Caliphate
This Chinese fleet admiral started his career as a poor Muslim eunuch. By the time of his death, he commanded the largest ships ever built in his era.
Zheng He
Early Russian settlement. Heavily influenced by the Byzantine Empire. Converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
Kievan Rus
Incan Forced Labor System. Worked on big state projects for a limited about of time.
Mita
The most extensive trade system in Pre-Columbia America, containing thousands of miles of roads, was built by this American empire.
Inca Empire
A Confucian idea that one should venerate their ancestors.
Filial Piety
Chinese method of dealing with foreign lands and peoples that assumed the subordination of all non-Chinese authorities, forcing them to make a payment as a sign of their subordination.
Tribute System
He conquered the Song Dynasty, and established this dynasty. His grandfather was once the "universal ruler."
Kublai Khan, Yuan Dynasty
The economic system of Feudalism, where serfs live on the grounds of giant castle/armor houses providing agricultural work of protection.
Manorialism
Name two innovations/cities developed by the Aztec or Incan Empire.
Inca - Khipu, 1-10 System, Ceramics, Terraced Farming, Machu Picchu, Road Networks.
Aztec - Chinampas, Aquaducts, Pyramids, Tenochtitlan.
Name FOUR goods that were traded in the Indian Ocean AS WELL AS the countries that they came from.
Swalli Coast - Ivory, Gold, Salt
China - Porcelain, Tea, Sugar, Silk
India - Spices, Indago, Pepper
Indonesia - Pepper, Nutmeg, Cloves, Mace
Explain the...
5 Pillars of Islam
or
4 Noble Truths
or
Dharma, Karma, Samsara, Moksha
Islam: Profession of Faith (shahada), Prayer (salat), Alms (zakat), Fasting (sawm), Pilgrimage (hajj)
Buddhism: the truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, and the truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering
Hinduism: dharma, ethics and duties; samsara, rebirth; karma, right action; and moksha, or liberation from the cycle of samsara.
List the ranks of the European Feudal System in order from top to bottom.
Or
List the Japanese Feudal System in order from top to bottom.
Pope, King, Nobels, Knights, Merchants, Serfs
"Emperor" Floating off to the side. Shogun, Daimyo, Samurai, Peasants.
If Merchant is left out its cool.
What 3 Dynastys were active during the period 1200-1450.
Song, Yuan, Ming
List two different effects of the Crusades.
1. Opened European eyes to the advancements of the Byzantines and Dar Al Islam.
2. Decreased the power of the Pope.
3. Increased the power of the Kings.
4. Increased trade.
5. Helped spark the Renaissance.
Name a Western, Eastern, and Central African Kingdom/s during this time period.
West: Ghana, Mali, Songhai.
East: Ethiopia, Great Zimbabwe
Central: Hausa Kingdoms