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Missionary Religions

100

Three multiethnic missionary religions

What is Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism?

200

• The practice of blending religious beliefs: 

What is syncretism?

300

• African Christianity in North Africa: 

What are the Coptic?

400

• Sub-Saharan Christianity with famous rock churches: 

What is Ethiopia?

500

• First country to officially embrace Christianity, located north of Iran: 

What is Armenia?

China

100

• Most important philosophy

What is Confucianism?

200

This stressed honoring parents and dead loved ones, submitted to their leadership

What is Filial piety?

300

• Practice of Neo-Confucianism that reinforces submissive role for women :

what is  foot binding?

400

 was required to get a job in the bureaucracy

what is pass the Civil Service Exam?

500

• Chinese society should honor people and jobs should be received by earned skills, knowledge, and hard work not who you know: 

What is meritocracy?

China 2

100

3 Countries in the Tributary System

What are Vietnam, Korea, and Vietnam?

200

• System that can be predicted due to earthquakes, floods, and decay which justifies rebellion

What is Mandate of Heaven?

300

 was introduced to China during Song Dynasty that helped double its population: 

What is Champa Rice?

400

Most famous 15th century  Chinese sailor:

who is Zheng He?

500

The religion of this most famous Chinese sailor

What is Islam?

Trans-Saharan

100

• Natural Item brought here for trade: 

what is salt?

200

•  technology helped trade:

What is the camel saddle?

300

• Most important West African Kingdom

What is Mali?

400

• Most important city: 

what is Timbuktu?

500

• Perhaps wealthiest man in history

Who is Mansa Musa?

As good as Gold

100

This Caliphate helped facilitate the Golden Age of Islam

What is the Abbasid?

200

This was the cultural capital of the caliphate were study and translation was done

What is Baghdad?

300

This ethnic groups writing on philosophy was studied and translated during the golden age

What is the Greeks?

400

This was a famous library and place of study

what is the House of Wisdom?

500

These people destroyed the city and killed the Caliph by riding their horses over his body

who are the Mongols ?