East Asia: China & It's Neighbors
This Chinese dynasty used Confucianism and an imperial bureaucracy to maintain power.
Song Dynasty
Unlike Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism, this major Indian religious tradition had no single historical founder.
Hinduism
This empire was the continuation of the eastern Roman Empire and preserved many Roman political, legal, and cultural traditions.
Byzantine Empire
This civilization emerged along the East African coast beginning around the eighth century C.E.
Swahili civilization
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are all examples of this type of religion that believes in one God.
Monotheism
Built on an island in Lake Texcoco, this became the impressive capital city of the Aztec Empire.
Tenochtitlan
Where did Mr. Giffen go to college?
Arizona State University
This system expanded meritocracy in China by allowing qualified individuals to enter government through testing.
Civil Service Examination System
This historical figure founded Buddhism after leaving his privileged life to seek an answer to human suffering.
Siddhartha Gautama
This prince made the decisive decision in 988 to affiliate Rus with Byzantine Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
Prince Vladimir of Kiev
The Swahili civilization's growing involvement in this larger trading network stimulated its development.
Indian Ocean Trade
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are called this because they all revere this biblical figure.
Abraham
The Inca Empire developed in this major geographic region of South America.
The Andes
How many cats does Mr. Giffen have?
3
This Chinese philosophy emphasized filial piety, social hierarchy, and proper relationships.
Confucianism
According to Buddhist tradition, these three experiences helped convince Siddhartha to search for an answer to suffering.
old age, illness, and death
This system involved lesser lords and knights swearing allegiance to greater lords or kings in exchange for land and protection.
Feudalism
This famous Moroccan traveler visited the Swahili coast during the early fourteenth century and described Muslim societies there.
Ibn Battuta
This Christian missionary helped transform Christianity from a small Jewish sect into a religion intended for both Jews and non-Jews.
Saint Paul
Unlike the Aztecs, who emphasized tribute payments, the Inca required conquered peoples to provide this form of labor service.
Mita system
What sport did Mr. Giffen play in high school and college?
Lacrosse
Buddhism spread into China and East Asia largely through these two mechanisms.
Trade and missionary activity
This later form of Buddhism made enlightenment more accessible to ordinary people and emphasized compassion.
Mahayana Buddhism
This person stood at the top of the hierarchical organization of the Roman Catholic Church.
Pope
Ibn Battuta's observations of the Swahili coast demonstrate that the region's Muslim population was primarily this rather than a population of transplanted Arab colonists.
African Muslims
Muhammad was described as the final one of these, bringing God's final revelation to humankind.
Prophet
Unlike the later Aztec and Inca empires, the Maya were organized into these competing political units rather than one centralized empire.
City-states
Name one of Mr. Giffen's favorite movies
Point Break or The Wedding Singer
Vietnam was given this political name due to the presences of China's rule.
Vassal State
Beginning in southern India, this movement emphasized intense personal devotion to individual Hindu deities through songs, prayers, and rituals.
Bhakti Movement
This agricultural system divided farmland into three sections, rotating crops to improve agricultural productivity.
three-field system
Gold, ivory, quartz, and leopard skins were among the products Swahili merchants acquired from these societies.
interior African societies
These mystical Muslims emphasized a direct and personal experience of the Divine rather than focusing primarily on religious law.
Sufis
These artificial agricultural islands surrounding Tenochtitlan were created from fertile soil and helped support the city's large population.
Chinampas
What university did Mr. Giffen spend his freshman year at on an athletic scholarship?
Adams State University