China/The Mongols
This product from modern day Vietnam allowed for a rapid increase of China's population in the post-Classical Period.
What is Champa Rice?
This astronomical concept, developed during the Islamic Golden Age, theorized that the sun was the center of the solar system.
What is the heliocentric model of the universe?
Bonus: What is an astrolabe?
This term describes the primary labor system in Western Europe until the Black Death.
What is serfdom?
Bonus: What are two causes of decentralization in Western Europe during the Middle Ages?
This West African king's pilgrimage to Mecca spread wealth all across West and North Africa, causing inflation.
Who was Mansa Musa?
This military technology allowed the Mongols to quickly fire arrows while on horseback.
What are shortbows?
These three items were invented during the Song Dynasty.
What are gunpowder, paper, the junk, magnetic compass, silk loom, etc.?
This pillar of Islam maintains that Muslims are expected to undergo pilgrimage, at least once in their lifetime, to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
What is Hajj?
This term describes the Byzantine Empire's ability to appoint religious leaders within the Orthodox Church.
What is Caesaropapism?
Bonus: List two reasons why the Byzantine Empire collapsed.
This language became the lingua franca of East African merchants and draws its origins from both Bantu and Arabic.
What is Swahili?
This type of ship allowed Muslim merchants to quickly travel across the Indian Ocean.
What is the dhow?
This term describes the peace and stability brought on by Mongol rule in the 13th and 14th centuries.
What is the Pax Mongolica?
This Islamic empire was centered in the city of Baghdad and sponsored scientific and cultural developments during the Islamic Golden Age.
What is the Abbasid Caliphate?
Bonus: Who are considered "People of the Book?"
This Eastern European state emerged to control trade networks between Scandinavia and the Byzantine Empire.
What is the Kievan Rus?
This is type of farm was built into the side of the Andes Mountains by the Inca Empire.
What is Terrace Farming?
Bonus: What is the name of the labor system used to build these farms?
Marco Polo was especially surprised when he saw this on his voyages/travels to China.
What is bathing and basic hygiene?
After the Six Dynasties Period, this Chinese Dynasty paid tribute to Central Asian nomads, began construction of the Grand Canal, and lasted a relatively short amount time.
What is the Sui Dynasty?
This was a tax placed on non-Muslims in various Islamic empires.
What is the Jizya tax?
This describes a major result of the Crusades in World history.
What is increased European interest in Asian goods?
This religion is an example of syncretism, combining Christian, East African, and Jewish traditions.
What is Ethiopian Orthodoxy?
This man might be your ancestor.
Who is Genghis Khan?
This Chinese emperor founded the Yuan Dynasty and invited foreign travelers like Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta to explore and document China.
Who was Kublai Khan?
Bonus: List one thing the Ming Dynasty kept from the Yuan Dynasty and one thing the Ming Dynasty reintroduced to China.
This number system is originally from India, but diffused to Europe thanks to Islamic merchants.
What are "Arabic numerals?"
This technology, developed by the Vikings, helped connect river and maritime trade in the North Sea.
What are longboats?
These were images that depicted what goods conquered cities were expected to give to the Aztec Empire.
What are tribute lists?
This is Mr. Ancharski's favorite topic in AP World History.