Post-Roman Europe
This system developed in medieval Europe to organize land, loyalty, and protection
What is Feudalism?
This city is considered the holiest site in Islam, where Muslims make their pilgrimage
What is Mecca?
This invention from China, originally used in fireworks, went on to revolutionize warfare
What is gunpowder?
This class of warriors followed the Bushido code and served local lords called Daimyo.
What were Samurai?
This famous road allowed for luxury products to be transported from Asia to Europe
What is the Silk Road?
This institution became a powerful unifying force in Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire
What is the Church?
This early Islamic empire, centered in Baghdad, oversaw a golden age of science, trade, and culture.
What is the Abbasid Caliphate?
This Chinese philosophy emphasized order, hierarchy, and moral behavior, shaping government and education for centuries.
What is Confucianism?
This belief system native to Japan focuses on nature and ancestor spirits.
What is Shinto?
This weather phenomenon allowed for predictable sailing seasons for merchants near India
What are monsoons?
These events helped increase trade and cultural contact between Europe and the Islamic world, even though it began as a religious war.
What are the Crusades?
This mathematical field was pioneered by scholars like al-Khwarizmi during the Islamic Golden Age.
What is Algebra?
These TWO dynasties are responsible for helping China stabilize and grow significantly.
What are the Tang and Song Dynasties?
Early Japan was heavily influenced by these TWO other groups (modern day countries).
What are China and Korea?
This valuable Chinese product was so highly desired that it gave its name to the main trade route connecting East and West.
What is Silk?
The title bestowed to Charlemagne that linked the church to the traditions of Ancient Rome
What is the Holy Roman Emperor?
This famous center of learning in Baghdad preserved and translated ancient Greek, Persian, and Indian texts.
What is the House of Wisdom?
This partially man-made feature helped connect Northern and Southern China together.
What is the Grand Canal?
In the Japanese Feudal Pyramid, this position held the real power.
What was the Shogun (Shogunate)?
This city in Southeast Asia became a major trading hub due to its geographic position near a strait?
What is Malacca?
The social positions of these two groups were reversed in European and Japanese Feudalism.
Peasants and Merchants
This group destroyed much of Baghdad and ended the Islamic Golden Aage
Who were the Mongols?
This agricultural innovation, imported from Vietnam, helped China’s population grow rapidly during the Song Dynasty.
What is Champa rice?
This group attempted to invade Japan twice, but failed at both attempts.
Who were the Mongols?
This East African region thrived through Indian Ocean trade
What were the Swahili City States?