East Asia
What dynasty ruled China during this period and emphasized Confucian bureaucracy?
Song Dynasty
What is the Arabic term for the Islamic world or community?
Dar al-Islam
What religion remained strong in South India?
Hinduism
What was the capital city of the Aztec Empire?
Tenochtitlán
What West African empire grew wealthy from gold and salt trade?
Mali Empire
What exam determined who could work in government jobs?
Civil Service Exam
What empire ruled much of the Middle East during this period?
Abbasid Caliphate
What empire in northern India was founded by Muslim rulers?
Delhi Sultanate
What was the Aztec system of tribute collection from conquered people called?
Tribute system
Who was Mali’s most famous ruler known for his pilgrimage to Mecca?
Mansa Musa
What new type of rice increased food production and population growth?
Champa rice
What system of learning helped preserve Greek and Indian knowledge?
House of Wisdom in Baghdad
What concept in Hinduism supported the social hierarchy?
Caste System
What was the Inca method of record keeping that used knotted strings?
Quipu
What city in Mali became a center of learning and culture?
Timbuktu
What philosophy influenced both family structure and politics in China?
Confucianism
What two trade networks spread Islam and goods across Afro-Eurasia?
Indian Ocean & Trans-Saharan
Name one way Islam spread to Southeast Asia.
Trade or Sufi missionaries
What system connected the Inca Empire for communication and trade?
Road network
What trade network connected West Africa to the Islamic world?
Trans-Saharan trade
Name one technological innovation from the Song Dynasty that spread via trade.
Gunpowder, compass, or printing
Who were the Sufis and what was their main goal?
Mystical Islamic missionaries who spread Islam through devotion
Which Hindu-Buddhist kingdom built Angkor Wat in Cambodia?
Khmer Empire
What was the name of the Inca labor tax system?
Mit’a system
What East African city-states prospered through Indian Ocean trade?
Swahili city-states