Asia
These methods were used by the Song Dynasty to create an imperial bureaucracy to maintain its rule
What is Confucianism?
This helped the region maintain social stability and was the center of society
What is the Caste System?
This group had extreme religious practices such as bloodletting & human sacrifice. Rulers used such religious beliefs to unify their populations
Who are the Aztecs?
This ruler was inspired by Islam during a hajj and spread Islam to the Kingdom of Mali and built Islamic schools & mosques
Who is Mansa Musa?
Peasants lived on large rural land plots and worked on the land under the supervision of their lords. This system is known as:
What is Feudalism?
This advancement allowed Song merchants to reach Indian Ocean trade route and the helped the economy flourish
What is naval technology?
Roadside inns where merchants could rest for the night were called:
What were Caravanserai?
This allowed Aztecs to maintain control of a large empire and maintain control of distant lands
What is the tribute system?
Islamic merchants from North Africa traded with Mali via this trade route
What is the Trans-Saharan Trade Route?
In Western Europe _____ was the main source of centralized power
What is the Catholic Church?
This type of Buddhism emphasized meditation & personal intuition
What is Zen (chan) Buddhism?
This commercial innovation made trade easier by allowing merchants to deposit money in one place & pick up the money in another place to avoid robbery
What is a letter of credit?
This group believed rulers become intermediaries with gods when they die → People mummified rulers & worshipped them
Who are the Incas?
Merchants converted to Islam to forge better relations with Islamic merchants (from North Africa) but retained their indigenous beliefs. This is called:
What is Religious Syncretism?
As monarchies started centralizing power people moved to the cities in an era known as
What is the Commercial Revolution?
This dynasty was ruled by Mongols, established by Khubilai Khan and did not embrace Chinese cultural traditions & forbade Chinese people from learning Mongol culture
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
Islam as a state religion was unstable while ruling over Northern India because:
What is the Hindu-majority population?
This advancement allowed the Incas to maintain rule over a huge empire
What are complex road systems?
African religion was localized and involved a creator god, and_______ would become intermediaries with the gods
What are ancestors?
Because Monarchies were very decentralized they relied on who for stability?
What are local feudal lords?
This dynasty revived Chinese cultural traditions (e.g. Confucian bureaucracy) after they were lost in the Yuan Dynasty
What is the Ming Dynasty?
Northern India did not flourish as Southern India due to its isolation from:
What is the Indian Ocean trade route?
The Pueblo and Chaco cultures built underground circular rooms for religious purposes called:
What are kivas?
Many East Africans converted to Islam but didn't follow strict Islamic ideals of:
What is women subordination
One of the main groups of commercial cities in Northern Europe was the
What is the Hanseatic League?