Empire Building
This dynasty unified China after the Tang and expanded the civil service exam system.
Song Dynasty
This is the Chinese belief in respecting your elders/those with more power than you
(Neo) - Confucianism
This major trade route connected China to Europe and facilitated cross cultural exchanges as a result of economic activity
Silk Road
This belief system believes in being reborn into a higher social class until you reach the highest and achieve enlightenment
Hinduism
Cultural exchange stimulated by trade and travel is known as this process
Cultural Diffusion/Assimilation
These nomadic people unified much of Eurasia, reviving trade along the Silk Roads.
Mongols
**DAILY DOUBLE** This social hierarchy was based on your occupation and allowed for zero social mobility
Caste System
Economic growth
The core teachings of this religion are a belief in removing desire and ending the cycle of rebirth
Buddhism
This was a major negative impact of the Mongolian Empire's conquests
Disease/Destruction of land/territory
This Empire emerged in China after the Mongols conquered it
Yuan Dynasty
This practice is when a society combines two or more different ideologies to create a new one
Syncretism
*DAILY TRIPLE* This major innovation allowed for more efficient travel across the Trans-Saharan Trade Route
Use of camels/ Use of Saddles
The Hindu concept that a person's actions determine their next life after rebirth is called
Karma
**DAILY DOUBLE** The Song Dynasty adopted this agricultural innovation from Vietnam which resisted drought
Champa Rice
*DAILY DOUBLE* The process in which an empire is able to take power from others and use it to their own benefit is known as
Consolidating Power
Islamic Caliphates
Gold, Salt, and enslaved people were traded across this major trade route
Judaism & Hinduism were similar before 500 C.E because they
Both were created to go against the Vedic religions
Japan, Vietnam, and Korea adopted cultural practices from China through this process called
Sinification
This Chinese dynasty was responsible for overthrowing the Mongol Empire
Ming Dynasty
This social hierarchy required knights and peasants to protect/work on the land in exchange for the ability to live there
Feudal System
Name three technological innovations that improved maritime navigation in the Indian Ocean (inprogress)
Astrolabe, Lateen Sails, Magnetic Compass, (Monsoon wind knowledge)
This agricultural technique, used by the Aztecs, involved floating gardens.
Chinampas
Name the three ways in which a country can undergo Sinification
Selective Borrowing, Tribute Relationship, Military Invasion