Ancient India
Ancient China
Baghdad and Islam
Medieval Europe
Vocab
100
What two major religions started in Ancient India?
Hinduism and Buddhism
100
What is the name of this crop, grown in China?
Rice
100
Medieval Baghdad was in what shape, making it very walkable?
a circle
100
What is the name of the social hierarchy
100
A religion that has multiple or many gods.
Polytheism
200
What is the name of the class system connected to Hinduism that people could not move out of?
Caste system
200
Ancient China was known for the "big four" inventions: gunpowder, the compass, silk, and what?
Paper
200
Who founded Islam?
Muhammed
200
The middle ages period officially starts after the fall of what?
The Roman empire
200
An area characterized by similar geography, religions, ideas, culture, or more
region
300
What mountain range is north of India?
Himalayas
300
What NON-natural barrier did they build in Ancient China to keep out Mongol invaders?
The Great Wall of China
300
What type of math was invented during the Islamic golden age?
Algebra
300
What is the difference between a Manor and a Castle?
A manor is a farm, a castle is a house
300
A system of organization where people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority
Hierarchy
400
What number was invented in India?
Zero!
400
In order to become a civil servant (government worker), you had to do what?
Pass the civil service exam
400
Who could get an education in ancient Baghdad?
Anyone (boys, girls, rich and poor)
400
What was the name of the Eastern half of the Roman empire?
Byzantine empire
400
Having to do with the sea
Maritime
500
What was India's major export?
Spices
500
What is the name of the desert to the west of China?
Gobi Desert
500
Draw the official symbol of islam
500
What is the name of these, used to drop hot oil or rocks on incoming attackers?
Murder holes
500
A military operation where an army surrounds a castle or town, cutting off supplies and trying to force those inside to surrender.
Siege