Belief Systems
This social hierarchy in Ancient India determined a person's occupation and was fixed by birth.
What is the Caste System?
This deadly disease spread from Asia to Europe in the 1300s, largely following trade routes.
What is the Black Death (or Bubonic Plague)?
The Pope who gave a speech at the Council of Clermont in 1095 calling for the First Crusade.
Who is Pope Urban II?
This city in Muslim Spain was known for having paved streets and public lamps while London was still dark.
What is Cordova?
Ancient Egyptians built canals and dikes to control the flooding of this river.
What is the Nile River?
This Chinese philosophy focuses on "Five Relationships," such as Ruler to Subject and Father to Son.
What is Confucianism?
This vast ocean network facilitated trade between the Swahili Coast of Africa, India, and Southeast Asia.
What is the Indian Ocean Trade Network?
The "Holy City" that was the primary objective for Crusaders to capture from Muslim control.
What is Jerusalem?
The economic system of the Middle Ages depicted by peasants working the land for a lord.
What is Manorialism (or Feudalism)?
The continent where the "Mongol Ancestral Homeland" is located.
What is Asia?
Originating in India, this religion spread to China, Korea, and Japan via trade routes.
What is Buddhism?
The trade network connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas that involved the exchange of goods and enslaved people.
What is Triangular Trade?
According to Arab historians, the Crusaders did this to the population of Jerusalem after capturing the city in 1099.
What is massacred/pillaged them (or "put them to the sword")?
The Mongol Empire used psychological warfare, such as spreading these to cause panic among enemies.
What are stories of destruction / forged letters?
In 1492, Columbus sailed across this ocean to reach the West Indies.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
The two main sects or divisions within the Islamic faith are Sunni and this group.
Who are the Shiites (or Shia)?
This West African city is highlighted on trade maps as a major center near the Niger River.
What is Timbuktu (or Gao)?
One positive long-term result of the Crusades for Europe was an expanded knowledge of this subject.
What is Geography (or Cultural Diffusion)?
Muslim scholars made significant achievements in these fields during their Golden Age.
What are Math, Science, and Medicine?
The specific leg of the Triangular Trade where enslaved people were transported to the Americas.
What is the Middle Passage? (Inferred from map showing "Slaves" arrow).
During this Chinese Dynasty, Confucianism was established as the official philosophy of the government to bring order.
What is the Han Dynasty?
The modern process of the world becoming more interconnected through faster trade and communication technology.
What is Globalization?
This famous Muslim leader learned military masonry from the Crusaders and built the Citadel of Cairo.
Who is Saladin?
The Empire whose capital was Constantinople and requested help from the Pope against the Turks.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
The narrow strait connecting the Mediterranean and Black Seas, located near Constantinople (Istanbul).
What is the Bosporus Strait?