Developments in East Asia
Developments in Dar al-Islam
Developments in South and Southeast Asia
State Building in the Americas
State Building in Africa
Developments in Europe
100
This dynasty popularized the use of paper money, gun powder, printing, and silk.
What is the Song Dynasty?
100
A form of math developed using Indian numerical notation that sometimes uses letters.
What is Algebra?
100
This meteorological phenomena helped ships move throughout the Indian Ocean.
What are monsoon winds?
100
Tenochtitlan, the capital city of this civilization, was built on a swamp and consisted of numerous canals, dikes, causeways, bridges and floating islands and gardens.
Who are the Aztec?
100
A large desert in Northern Africa, frequently crossed by camels.
What is the Sahara Desert?
100
It's not Istanbul to the Turks yet, but it is the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
What is Constantinople?
200
Drought resistant rice imported from Vietnam grown in terraces that caused population growth in China.
What is champa rice?
200
Two Divisions of Islamic Religion
Shia (Shiite) and Sunni
Shia (minority) leadership should be hereditary
Sunni (majority) leadership should be chosen
200
The social system based on the Hindu religion dictated your station in life as long as you were alive--only your Karma in this life could improve your station after reincarnation.
What was the Caste System
200
A major pre-Columbian civilization of the Yucatán Peninsula that reached its peak in the 9th century a.d. and produced magnificent ceremonial cities with pyramids, a sophisticated mathematical and calendar system, hieroglyphic writing, and fine sculpture, painting, and ceramics.
Who are the Mayan?
200
Said to be the wealthiest man in history, this African king converted to Islam and went on Hajj to Mecca.
Who is Mansa Musa?
200
The idea that the ruler was given permission to rule by God.
What is Divine Right?
300
In order to work for the government as a member of the bureaucracy, men in China had to pass this.
What are the civil service exams?
300
This "House" was located in Baghdad and translated many Greek and Roman texts, preserving them from being destroyed by the Byzantines.
What is the House of Wisdom?
300
This Southeast Asian Sea-based kingdom was one of the last major empires and is considered to be one of the greatest and most powerful empires in the history of Indonesia and Southeast Asia (1293-1520)
What was the Majapahit Kingdom
300
Located near the Andes, this civilization had an extensive bureaucracy that controlled 80 provinces, each with their own governor.
Who were the Inca?
300
This West African city along the Trans-Saharan trade routes became a center of Islamic learning.
What is Timbuktu?
300
A military & political system based on land ownership and personal loyalty where the King is at the top and serfs are at the bottom, working the land.
What is feudalism?
400
These two civilizations often paid tribute to Song China and benefited from China's advancements.
What are Japan and Korea?
400
This group of people were protected, and had limited civil rights including religious freedom so long as they paid a tax.
Who were the People of the Book
400
The Khmer Empire was home to this temple monument dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu, which is still standing in modern day Cambodia.
What is Angor Wat?
400
Located in Yucatan Mexico, this step pyramid is a prime example of Mayan architecture as well as one of the most revered Mayan temples in Mexico and one of the most recognizable Mayan temples today.
What is El Castillo aka Temple of Kululcan
400
This African Kingdom was a collection of city-states that were decentralized with kinship ties; these kingdoms became very prominent in the Trans-saharan trade routes; converted to Islam after its arrival in the 14th century.
What were the Hausa Kingdoms
400
This series of religious wars, led by the Roman Catholics, were fought against the Islamic world to prevent them from expanding into the Holy Land.
What are the Crusades?
500
This belief system promoted the ideas of filial piety and the practice of foot binding.
What is Neo-Confucianism?
500
A region in Europe that was once home to an Islamic caliphate.
What is Cordoba, Spain?
500
A Hindu movement that promoted worshipping a single deity and did not discriminate against women or people of lower castes.
What is the Bhakti Movement?
500
This Pueblo tribe in modern-day Colorado was known for their cliff dwellings that still stand today.
Who were the Mesa-Verde
500
This city state earned its wealth from the gold trade and cattle and was known for having large stone enclosures that did not use mortar.
What is Great Zimbabwe?
500
This branch of Christianity was the result of the Great Schism of 1054 and established the first split between this church and the Holy Roman Catholic Church in the West...100 bonus points if you can tell the main difference between the two.
What is Eastern Orthodox Christianity?
Church leadership:
HRC: Pope Eastern Orthodox: Emperor of the Byzantine Empire had power over the head of the church.