RELIGION
Which religion was especially important in state-building in West Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia?
Islam
Name one aspect of major Song manufacturing?
Steel
What was the main export from the Mali and Ghana societies?
Gold
Which South Asian state was the result of Muslim invaders mixing with the remains of Hindu kingdoms?
Delhi Sultanate
What is the term for the blending of cultures and languages by multiple peoples?
Syncretism
What role did Confucianism play in Song China?
It provided ideas that supported a powerful bureaucracy
What was one major effect of the spread of paper manufacturing across Eurasia?
Literacy increased
Which trade route was ruled (at the time) by the Mahajahit Kingdom and the Vijayanagar Empire?
Indian Ocean
What contributed to the decline of the Abbasid Caliphate? (multiple answers)
The creation of new Muslim states, the Crusades, the Mongol invasion
What is the Estates-General
French legislature for representing all people
Which religions actively encouraged conversion during this period? (two)
Christianity and Islam
Why was Champa rice was significant to Song China?
It helped support population growth and urbanization
Which brittle and fragile material was desired by Europe and exported by China?
Porcelain
Which was the primary cause for the First Crusade?
Emperor Alexios from Byzantine Empire called for help
What is the Muslim tax that non-Muslims had to pay to live in the former's cities?
Jizya
Which institution became an important center of intellectual learning in the Islamic world?
House of Wisdom
Which innovative state-building system helped the Inca construct their cities?
Mit'a system
Which construction project in Song China provided opportunity for interior trade?
The Grand Canal
Which European kingdoms demonstrated the clearest development of centralized government during this period?
England and France
Explain what feudalism is and the hierarchy of the system?
and serfs to farm
What is the religion of Japan? Provide one detail about said religion.
Shinto, polytheistic
Which water-based innovation was specifically mentioned to have helped South Asian kingdoms? (Sinhala dynasties and Khmer Empire)
Irrigation
What was the name of the Muslim merchants who helped spread the religion across the Middle East and elsewhere?
Sufis
Who founded the Sinhala Dynasty in Sri Lanka?
Buddhist travelers
What were the floating agricultural islands used by the Aztecs to grow crops on lakes?
Chinampas