East Asia
The 1,100-mile (1,700-kilometer) waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers. Its revival helped lead to the commercialization of Song China
The Grand Canal
TRUE or FALSE: The Abbasid Caliphate was extremely centralized, unified, and politically stable between 1200 and 1450.
FALSE
This trade route served as an important role in history, and has been a key factor in East-West exchanges. Long distance, long established trade in dhows and sailboats made it a dynamic zone of interaction between peoples, cultures, and civilizations stretching from Java in the East to Zanzibar and Mombasa in the West.
Indian Ocean Trade Network
Floating gardens constructed along lake shores by the Mexica/Aztecs to increase agricultural yields.
Chinampas
What are TWO natural resources that allowed Africa to prosper during the period 1200 to 1450?
Gold
Salt
Ivory
A series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule; ultimately spread culture, technology, and increased trade but were not successful
Crusades
A Chinese philosophy that shows the way to ensure a stable government, rigid hierarchy, filial piety, and an orderly society in the present world and stresses a moral code of conduct.
Confucianism
What is one thing that Islam, Christianity, and Judaism have in common?
Monotheistic, People of the Book, Same Holy Lands
The first Islamic government established within India from 1206-1520. Controlled a small area of northern India.
Delhi Sultanate
Means "people of the sun". Established by Pachacuti. Existed in modern-day Peru. Agriculture based economy with limited regional trading. Mita system established dominance. Advanced farming and building technologies. Religion was highly influential.
Inca Empire
A long established trade route that led to the transit of goods between West African, the northern Arab, and European worlds. Goods included precious metals, such as gold, as well as slaves.
Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
A coerced, agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on their lord's estate
Serf
Quick-maturing agricultural development that can allow two harvests in one growing season; led to increased populations in Song Dynasty China. Originally introduced via trade routes to Vietnam from India, and later to China
Champa rice
Large Islamic-based Library and learning center in Baghdad. Focus of conversion of Greek and Roman classics and Indian learning into Arabic. Preserved knowledge.
House of Wisdom
This highly traded and delicious category of product allowed for the rise of many Southeast Asian states (such as the Srivijaya and Majapahit in Indonesia, and the Khmer in Cambodia)
Spices
This massive roadway system built by slaves and captive labor in the Inca empire. 25,000 miles of roads that assisted the gov't and military and later the Spanish. united empire.
Carpa Nan
A relation or network between two or more people that is based on common ancestry (descent) or marriage (affinity). This system greatly influenced indigenous African political practices.
Kin-based networks
A POLITICAL system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land
Feudalism
A meritocratic practice that Chinese bureaucrats needed to pass to serve in state, based on Confucian concepts,
Civil Service Exam
An Islamic mystical tradition that desired a personal union with God--divine love through intuition rather than through rational deduction and study of the Shari'a. Followed an ascetic routine (denial of physical desire to gain a spiritual goal), dedicating themselves to fasting, prayer, meditation on the Qur'an, and the avoidance of sin.
Sufism
An immensely popular development in Hinduism, advocating intense devotion toward a particular deity.
An economic system in Inca society where people paid taxes with their labor and what they produced; men and women were expected to contribute this labor to the state yearly
Mit'a System
A powerful state in the African interior that apparently emerged from the growing trade in gold to the East African coast; flourished between 1250 and 1350 C.E. Known for its cone-shaped towers, large palaces, large walls, and stone homes.
Great Zimbabwe
Economic system during the Middle Ages that revolved around self-sufficient farming ESTATES where lords and peasants shared the land
Manorialism
What is one thing that Japan, Korea, and Vietnam shared in common during the period 1200 to 1450?
All were influenced by China.
Who are TWO groups who posed a challenge to the Abbasid Caliphate AND where did they come from?
(1) Mamluks from Egypt
(2) Seljuk Turks from Central Asia
(3) Crusaders from Europe
(4) Mongols from China
What are TWO similarities between the spread of Islam and Buddhism?
(1) Spread along trade routes, including Indian Ocean Network
(2) Changed as it spread
(3) Challenged the caste system (
4) More rights for women
What are TWO ways the Maya were different than the Inca and Aztecs?
(1)Location: Maya were in central America, while Mexica in Mexico and Inca in Peru
(2) Aztecs and Inca acquired power through conquest
(3) Mayans collapsed due to environmental overuse
(4) Mayans were a collection of city-states rather than an empire
What historical group is most responsible for the spread of Islam in Africa?
Muslim merchants
A new group of middle class, between the elite nobles and clergy and the mass of peasants. Included shopkeepers, merchants, artisans, craftspeople, and small landholders
(HINT: It's a French word)
Bourgeoisie