Medieval Europe
A written legal agreement signed in 1215 that limited the English monarch's power
Magna Carta
The belief in a single god
Monotheism
A test given to qualify candidates for positions in the government
Civil Service Examination
Japanese poetry based on the number of syllables in each line and songs from Japan's oral tradition
Tanka Poem
Writing that uses pictures as symbols
Hieroglyphic
The economic and political system of medieval Europe in which people exchanged loyalty and labor for a lord's protection
Feudalism
A person who speaks or interprets the words of God
Prophet
The buying and selling of goods: business
Commerce
A Japanese religion that expresses love and respect for nature
Shinto
The capital city of the Aztec Empire
Tenochtitlan
Roman emperor who, in 330 C.E., moved the capital to Byzantium
Constantine
A man born around 570 C.E. who taught the faith of Islam
Muhammad
The dynasty that ruled China after the overthrow of the Yuan
Ming Dynasty
A local lord in Japan in the era of the samurai
Daimyo
The Incan Sun God
Inti
Leader of the Franks from 768 to 814 C.E., who unified most of the Christian lands of Europe into a single empire
Charlemagne
The holy book of the religion of Islam
Qur'an
A military leader operating outside the control of the government
Warlord
Japanese ruler who encouraged cultural diffusion from countries on the Asian mainland
Prince Shotoku
What powerful group did the Aztecs defeat before they rose to power
Tepanecs
The city on the eastern edge of Europe, which was made the new capital of the Roman Empire in 330 C.E.
Constantinople
Islam has its roots on this peninsula in Southwestern Asia
Arabia
Country north of China that conquered the Chinese Empire
Mongolia
A samurai code that called on warriors to be honest, fair, and fearless
Bushido
The Inca Empire was a complex society that developed where in South America
Andes Mountains