Dar al-Islam
Where was the House of Wisdom originally located and who destroyed it?
Baghdad, Mongols
Mansa Musa was the ruler of which West African empire?
Mali
Which ancient society build a mounds that are still standing in modern day Illinois?
Cahokia
Name two major differences between Hinduism and Islam.
Could be a number of answers
Japan and Korea were ____________ states in relation to Song China.
tributary
Name two regions that slaves were taken from to bring to the Islamic world?
Central Asia, Kievan Rus, Africa
Where was the capital of the Ghana Empire?
Koumbi Saleh
What knotted rope did the Incas use to keep records?
Quipu
The leaders of the ___________ Empire were descended from the Mongols.
Mughal
What is the main reason for the collapse of the Song Dynasty?
A large bureaucracy
What was the earliest, post-Muhammad Islamic political state?
Abbasid Empire
Name three commodities exchanged in trans-Saharan trade.
Could be a number of answers
Where was the Mayan capital?
Tenochtitlan
What is the name for the tax that the Delhi Sultanate imposed on non-Muslims?
Jizya
Which rice brought from a region in Vietnam spurred massive population growth in China?
Champa
The Egyptian Mamluks could trace their ancestry to which part of the world? (Modern-day country)
Turkey
Who were the traditional historians in African empires?
Griots
In which areas were the Aztecs technologically behind?
No wheeled vehicles, no pack animals
___________ were Muslims who spread the religion in unorthodox ways. They focused on the introspective portion of the religion.
Sufis
The civil service exam established a _____________, or a society where the people best suited for a job are able to fill the position.
meritocracy
Which Islamic dynasty was able to gain control over Spain?
Umayyads
Zimbabwe traded with coastal city-states, which often spoke which language?
Swahili
Historians believe that Incas, Mayans, and Aztecs all emerged from a common culture. What was the culture from which these societies originated?
Olmecs
From the 13th through the 16th centuries, which political state controlled most of India?
Delhi Sultanate
Which two dynasties immediately preceded the Song Dynasty?
Sui, Tang