Politics
A system of government in which monarchs award land to their loyal followers, called vassals, and peasants are tied to the land of those vassals
Feudalism
Separation of Christian churches between the eastern and western churches
The Great Schism
This was the primary output of India in the Indian Trade Network
Spices
In Period 3, cities grew larger in a process known as
Urbanization
These people migrated out of Northern Europe and settled in Central Europe
The Vikings
Islamic legal ideals
Sharia Law
Human Sacrifice was a common feature of religions in which area of the world?
The revival of the Silk Road was due to the peace imposed by this group
The Mongols
What is the lowest class in the Indian caste system
the "untouchables"
The Polynesian migration and settlement of Pacific Islands was fueled by what type of vessel?
Outrigger canoe
A tax on non-Muslims in the Ottoman Empire
Jizya
This Chinese sailor and explorer travelled with a large armada around the Pacific and Indian Oceans
This new type of ship was capable of ocean going trade
Galleons
An Shi Rebellion
These two Old World plants had massive economic and social impacts when they were transplanted to the Americas
Cotton and Sugarcane
Muslim invaders during the 700s and much of their culture is still left behind in Spain and Portugal today
the Moors
Johannes Gutenberg is known for inventing was technology in Europe?
Moveable Type Printing Press
This nomadic group was integral in the Trans-Saharan trade network
the Berbers
This system took non-Muslim men from the Ottoman Empire and groomed them to be privileged slaves in the army
Devshirme System
What irrigation techniques were in use in the Andes and MesoAmerica?
Waru Waru
Chinampa
Terrace Farming
Followed the Umayyad regime and presided over the golden age of classical Islamic culture (750-1258)
Abbasid Caliphate
These are African story tellers who are the primary way culture was spread among many African groups
Griots
The major trade hub in the Mali Empire
Timbuktu
In European cities, these groups maintained monopolies on trade, and were made up of artisans and merchants
Guilds
This general cooling period followed the Medieval Climatic Optimum, and was partially responsible for a string of peasant uprisings around the glob.
Little Ice Age