Africa
This was the main political structure used in Africa during the 1200s.
What is Tribalism? (Could be worded many different ways)
Characterized by religious architecture and Human sacrifice, this empire was split into city-states and forced citizens to pay taxes in the form of crops.
What is the Mayan Empire (Or Mayan City-States)?
Because of their contributions to the modern world and technological/social innovations such as the Civil Service Exam, these two dynasties were considered the "Golden Age" of China.
What are the Tang and Song Dynasties?
One of the most prominent empires in Dar-Al-Islam, it preceded the Mughal Empire and established the historical continuity of Indian empires being wealthy due to abundant natural resources and strategic positioning.
What is the Delhi Sultanate?
This event, one of the most important when looking at causation in this time period, had Christian missionaries send armies to invade the Muslim-ruled territory southwest of Europe.
What are the Crusades?
These are two factors that influenced one's placement in the African social hierarchy (Many answers, only need two)
What are: Kinship, Age, Gender, and skill?
Possibly the most powerful Early American empire, their society was closely intertwined with religion, eliciting great technological developments, as well as allowing them to conquer much of Mesoamerica
What is the Aztec Empire
This belief system, including ideas such as Filial Piety and the Mandate of Heaven, helped Chinese Rulers validate power around 1250 CE.
What is Confucianism?
Leading to Advancements in Baghdad such as the House of Wisdom, The Islamic emphasis on this was a continuity between many of the major Islamic empires during this time period.
What is education?
This system used in Europe replaced, but was very similar to slavery and coerced labor.
What is Serfdom?
One of the wealthiest 12th-century nations, this empire's founder (Sundita) created a thriving economy that became prosperous due to gold.
This system in the Incan empire, forcing citizens to do mandatory public service every year, replaced the paying of tributes.
What is the Mit'a system?
These are the three prominent Religions found in Southeast Asia in Period 1 of WHAP. (Bonus Points if you can name where they originated and spread to!)
What is Buddhism (Began in India and spread to northern Asian countries such as China)
What is Hinduism (Originated in India or the Middle East, stayed generally in India and Eastern Asia)
What is Islam (Began in India, spread to the Middle East and Africa
These people were among the many to attack, and eventually take down the long-standing Abbasid Caliphate, fracturing it into many smaller empires. (3 Answers, only need to get one)
Who were the Egyptian Malmuks (Established the Mamluk Sultanate)?
Who are the Seljuk Turks?
Who are the Mongols?(When they were still a small tribe)
This was the system that empires used to establish and maintain power in Europe. It was characterized by decentralization, grants of land, and church power.
What is Feudalism?
This empire used architecture to display its wealth. Not only did it have a thriving agricultural system, it was also heavily involved in the Indian Ocean Trade, because of its abundance of Gold.
What is the Great Zimbabwe?
The first large-scale American civilization, they had a strict class structure creating a matrilineal society, and also built mounds to demonstrate their power.
What is the Mississippian Culture?
This Empire, situated in Southeast Asia, used the sea to gain wealth, making them some of the earliest known "sea-based empires". They also religious unity to become prosperous! (Two acceptable answers, only need to name one)
What is the Srivijaya Empire?
What is the Majapahit Kingdom?
An important difference from other empires at the time, Islamic empires allowed these people to enjoy a higher social status, but they were still far from full rights.
Who are Women?
What was The Great Schism?
What are Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox?
These small African nations were some of the earliest settlements in Africa. Though they lacked a central government, they were unified by their culture.
What are the Hausa Kingdoms?
The Incan empire specialized in the building of these, resulting in the construction of the Carpa Nan, the largest of its time.
What are roads/bridges/railway systems (All acceptable answers)
What are the Rajput Kingdoms?
The only remaining Islamic rule in Europe after the Battle of Tours, it was in Western Europe and was a center for learning with its capital of Córdoba. There was also high religious tolerance in this area.
What is al-Andalus? (Present day Spain)
This war between the French and the British demonstrated the use of new Chinese gunpowder weapons. (Years: 1337-1453)
What was the Hundred Years' War?