Trade Routes 1200-1450
This land based trade route connected China to the Mediterranean Sea.
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
The area of Africa South of the Sahara Desert is called
Sub Saharan Africa
Al Andalus was the term for this region under Muslim rule
Spain
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
What state was most influenced by China, adopting the civil service exam and serving as a tributary state?
Korea
The economic system of Feudalism, where serfs live on the grounds of giant castle/armor houses providing agricultural work of protection.
Manorialism.
The civilizations of the Swahili coast used this form of political organization
City states
The Turkic empires in the Dar al-Islam used this term for their rulers
Sultan
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, rejected the caste system and spread widely through East and Southeast Asia
Buddhism
This word translates to "successor to the prophet Muhammad," they were the ultimate political leader of the ummah.
Caliph / Caliphate
Name 2 innovations of Song China OTHER than Champa rice
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
This Southeast Asian Empire controlled the valuable strait of Malacca
Srivijaya
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 honor and respect their parents and older family members
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
Which dynasty preceded the Song?
Tang
This event in 1054 led to the formal separation of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches
The Great Scism
Name two innovations developed by the Aztec and Incan Empires.
Inca - Khipu, 1-10 System, Ceramics, Terraced Farming, Machu Picchu, Road Networks.
Aztec - Chinampas, Aquaducts, Pyramids, Tenochtitlan.
The Vijayanagar Empire in India showed the continuity of this faith despite Muslim rule in the North
Hinduism
Name FOUR goods that were traded in the Indian Ocean AS WELL AS the countries that they came from.
Africa - Ivory, Gold, Salt
China - Porcelain, Tea, Sugar, Silk
India - Spices, Indago, Pepper
Indonesia - Pepper, Nutmeg, Cloves, Mace
Explain the...
5 Pillars of Islam
4 Noble Truths
or
Dharma, Karma, Samsara, Moksha
Your teacher will decide.
List the ranks of the European Feudal System in order from top to bottom.
THEN
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.
Name the 5 relationships of Confucianism
ruler-subject
father-son
husband-wife
older brother-younger brother
friend-friend
Name two reasons why feudalism ended in Europe
1. the Black Death created a labor shortage, giving peasants more opportunities
2. Rise of cities and manufacturing
3. Kingdoms consolidated into more centralized powers
4. Military advancements
Name the THREE West African Kingdoms We learned about during this time period.
Ghana, Mali, Songhai.
Name 2 Turkic states in the Dar al-Islam
Mamluk, Seljuk, Delhi Sultanate, Ottoman, Ghaznavids