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.
Population increase
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
A royal charter out of England that gave protections to the church, protection from illegal imprisonment, swift access to impartial justice, and limitations on fudal payments to the crown.
Magna Carta
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
Golden Horde, Yuan Dynasty, Ilkhanate, Chagatai, are all examples of...
Khanates
The economic system of feudalism, where serfs live on the grounds of large estate houses providing agricultural work & protection
Manorialism
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
Name the dominant Islamic Caliphate of the period 1200-1450
Abbasid Caliphate
Before 1450, this was the world's largest maritime trade route, stretching from China to the East coast of Africa.
Indian Ocean
This religion originated in India, and was criticized and persecuted in China under the Tang and Song Dynasties.
Buddhism
This word translates to "successor to the prophet Muhammad" they were the ultimate political leader
Caliph
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
Medieval town organizations that regulated trade, set quality standards, trained apprentices, and protected members’ economic interests
Guilds
Incan forced labor system, worked on big state projects for a limited about of time.
mit'a
This philosophy was an attempt to create a more rationalist and secular form of Confucianism by rejecting mystical elements of Taoism and Buddhism
Neo-Confucianism
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
Sparked by labor shortages and harsh taxes after the Black Death, this 1381 English uprising forced peasants to challenge feudal authority.
Wat Tyler's Rebellion / Peasant's Revolt
Name two innovations developed by the Aztec and Incan Empires
Inca - Khipu, terraced farming, Machu Picchu, Incan Road (Carpa Nan)
Aztec - Chinampas, Tenochtitlan
Name one South or Southeast Asian civilization from the period 1200-1450
Delhi Sultanate, Vijayanagar
Dai Viet, Champa, Srivijaya
Name TWO goods that were traded in the Indian Ocean AND the countries that they came from.
Africa - Ivory, Gold, Salt
China - Porcelain, Tea, Silk
India - Spices, Indigo, Pepper
What is the main belief system in China (not a religion).
Neo-Confucianism
List the ranks of the European feudal system in order from top to bottom.
(Pope) King, Nobles, Knights, Merchants, Serfs
What Chinese dynasties were active during the period 1200-1450.
Song, Yuan, Ming
List three different effects of the Crusades.
Expanded trade between Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean
Cultural and intellectual exchange that helped spark the Renaissance
Weakening of the Byzantine Empire and rise of new powers
Strengthening of monarchies and decline of feudal fragmentation
Increased religious tension
This fortified stone city, built by the Shona between the 11th and 15th centuries, controlled inland gold trade and features massive dry-stone walls and a Great Enclosure.
Great Zimbabwe
These East African coastal city-states grew wealthy from Indian Ocean trade, adopted Islam, and blended African, Arab, and Persian influences.
Swahili Coast