1.1 East Asia
How were individuals chose for governmental bureaucratic positions
Civil Service Exam/ meritocracy
What does dar al Islam mean?
Islam everywhere
Kingdoms of Southern India were predominately:
Hindu
The capital of the Inca empire
Cuzco
The stimulation of advanced technology to increase food production in China and Vietnam was shown with the use of this crop.
Champa Rice
Practice in Chinese society to mutilate women's feet in order to make them smaller; produced pain and restricted women's movement; made it easier to confine women to the household.
foot binding
Islam is a polytheistic relgion
False
The temples of Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat were built by the rulers of what kingdom
Khmer Kingdom
Mali would reach its peak during the reign of
Mansa Musa.
In the period 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E., states in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam had which of the following in common?
Influence from China
The Sui construction of which of these items would have important economic implications until the twentieth century?
The Grand Canal
Capital of the Abbasid empire?
Baghdad
Which Islamic group had the most success converting the people of South and Southeast Asia to Islam?
Sufis
Swahili is an Arabic term meaning
"coasters."
The founder of Buddhism developed a religion centered on __________ and ____________?
desire and suffering
Syncretic Religion between Buddhism and Confucianism
Neo-Confucianism
In Dar Al-Islam which developments partially resulted from knowledge of Greek science and technology
Islamic medical books in Baghdad
Vijayanagar, the name of a southern Indian kingdom, means
What was the Inca quipu?
a mnemonic aid consisting of small cords with knots
As Islam spread between 1200 and 1600, it affected gender relations in what ways?
Existing local customs regarding marriage and the role of women blended with Islamic models.
How did the Viet people respond to the attempt from China to set up a tributary relationship with them?
revolted against the Tang and won their independence
Who is responsible for the initial spread of Islam to West Africa?
Merchants on the trans-Saharan trade routes
What was the goal of the bhakti movement?
sought to erase the distinction between Hinduism and Islam
The spread of Bantu-speaking peoples over southern Africa can be best explained by their
knowledge of agriculture
Dar Al-Islam Leadership's reliance on Persian bureaucrats and the introduction of Confucianism to Japanese political institutions are examples of what type of traditions.
The making of foreign politics