East Asia
Prestigious government jobs were given to men who did well on these...
What are the Civil Service Exams?
This is a moral and legal framework based on the Quran (Islam's holy book) and Hadith (sayings of Prophet Muhammad)
What is Sharia law?
Indian Ocean trade was made possible by ______________.
What are monsoon winds?
While other cultures built monumental buildings, Mississippians built enormous ____________.
What are earthen mounds?
SubSaharan Africa did not centralize power under one leader or central government. Instead, communities formed ___________, where families governed themselves.
What are kin-based networks?
Confucianism focused on this concept (respect for elders)
What is filial piety?
This was the name of the center of learning in Baghdad.
What is the House of Wisdom?
This part of India was more politically stable than its counterpart.
What is Southern India?
The Mississippians had a _________ society, which means that social standing was determined by the woman's side of the family
What is a matrilineal society?
In Europe, lacking a strong government, people needed some protection from bandits, rival lords, and invaders such as the Vikings from northern Europe. The solution was a system known as...
What is Feudalism?
China’s population doubled and Chinese urban centers experienced massive growth during this period.
What is the Song Dynasty?
The ____________ conquered the remaining Abbasid Empire in 1258.
Who are the Mongols?
the Vijayanagara Empire (1336–1646) took its name from the word for "____________."
What is the victorious city?
The main form of Mayan government was the __________, each ruled by a king and consisting of a city and its surrounding territory.
What is the city-state?
The elements are as follows:
• One field was planted with wheat or rye, crops that provided food.
• A second field was planted with legumes such as peas, lentils, or beans. These made the soil more fertile by adding nitrogen to it.
• A third field was allowed to remain fallow, or unused, each year.
the Song Dynasty of China utilized traditional methods of Confucianism and an _______________ to maintain and justify its rule.
What is an imperial bureaucracy?
After Muslim forces invaded Spain in 711, this 732 Battle in France limited further rapid Islamic expansion into Western Europe.
What is the Battle of Tours?
Hinduism was associated with a hierarchical _____________.
What is a caste system?
Mayan science and religion were linked through this.
What is astronomy?
This dispute was over whether a secular (non-religious) leader, rather than the pope, could invest bishops with the symbols of office.
What is the lay investiture controversy?
Name 4 of the major technological advancements made in Tang and Song China:
Mechanical clock, magnetic compass, gunpowder, printing press, paper money, vaccination, etc.
This was a powerful medieval empire ruled by a military caste of freed slave soldiers that controlled Egypt, the Levant, and the Hejaz from 1250 to 1517.
What is the Mamluk Sultanate?
Beginning in the 12th century, some Hindus began to draw upon traditional teachings about the importance of emotion in their spiritual life. Rather than emphasize studying texts or performing rituals, they focused on developing a strong attachment to a particular deity. This development, was known as ___________________.
What is the Bhakti Movement?
In 1325, they (who?) founded their capital _________ on the site of what is now Mexico City.
Who are the Aztecs, and what is Tenochtitlán?
During the Crusades, rules of ________, under which the eldest son in a family inherited the entire estate, left a generation of younger sons with little access to wealth and land.
What is primogeniture?