Africa
What was the importance of griots in African Society?
They maintained the oral history of their people
the general and emperor who founded the Sui dynasty
Wendi
a people who brought farming to Japan
Yayoi
to exclude a person from church membership
excommunicate
1. What is a patron?
a person who gives money to support artists
What is a group of traveling merchants and animals called?
caravan
trade route that had a major impact on the Chinese economy
Silk Road
Yamato leader who took the title "emperor of heaven"
Jimmu
German king the pope declared emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
Otto I
2. The word mercantile means related to
commerce or trade
2. What is the holy book of Islam?
Quran
the emperor who oversaw the building of the Grand Canal
Yangdi
nature spirits
kami
an inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes
fjord
3. Why did the growth of trade and industry weaken feudalism?
Peasants left manors for towns where they could find work.
Who were the desert herders and nomads who went from place to place?
Bedouin
the only woman in Chinese history to rule an empire on her own
Empress Wu
plan of government
constitution
established Christianity as the religion of his kingdom
Charlemagne
4. Who was Lorenzo de'Medici?
the head of a banking family in Florence.
What is the green area in a desert fed by underground water?
Oasis
major network of waterways that connect two major rivers in China
Grand Canal
capital city of Japan in the 700s AD
Nara
agreement between the pope and the ruler of a country
concordat
5. What was the Renaissance?
a revival of interest in classical art, learning, and literature