Developments in East Asia
This particular Dynasty is characterized by great diversity, military innovation, political stability, and increased wealth through the development of the great Canal.
What is the Song Dynasty?
Translates to "The House of Islam" in Arabic. Designates the geographic area in which Isam was the ruling religious sect.
Name 2 examples of a theocracy within Unit 1.
the Aztec empire
AND/OR
The Islamic Empire
AND/OR
European Feudalism/European Kingdoms
The Cross-cultural exchanges occurring within the trading routes throughout Western Africa led to this phenomenon.
The rise of Islam in Western Africa
A strict Hierarchy of class. At the top of the hierarchy was the Emporer, then Shogunate (politians), followed by the warrior class of samurai, then peasants/farmers. At the bottom was the merchant class.
Japanese Feudalism
After the death of this prophet, Islam spread through appeals to other religions, military conquest, and through Islamic scholars traveling across the Middle East, North Africa, and Southern Spain.
Who was Muhammad?
This religion believes in a cycle of birth, suffering through life, death, and rebirth. All according to the quality of your actions during life.
What is Hinduism?
Emporer Montezuma
Rather than establishing Centrally controlled Empires, This political structure featured family units governing themselves. The oldest male would typically settle disputes with other family groups.
What are Kin-based Networks
A religious surge of military marches to the middle East. The aim being to reconquer the Holy land from Islamic Empires.
What are the Crusades?
what is bureaucracy
This tax demonstrates an example of the tolerance Islamic Sultans had for individuals within their Empire practicing different faiths.
What is Jizya?
A social stratification (Status) system within Hinduism. Individuals born within on of these statuses could not move to a higher status in their lifetime.
What is the Caste System?
This Spanish Conquistador deceived many of the Aztec people, and was directly responsible for the decline of the Aztec empire through the spread of disease, violence, and forced religious conversion.
Hernan Cortes
An incredibly wealthy, predominantly Islamic state with many gold reserves. The home of Mansa Musa
What is Mali?
A political organizational structure of power allocation. Organized by land ownership.
European Feudalism
This practice was an example of meritocracy in the Song Dynasty, because young men of any background could take it, and get a good job in the bureaucracy.
What is the Civil Service Exam?
Holy madrasas, Islamic schools of law, medicine, astronomy, and politics, reflect which cultural development in Dar-al Islam?
Educational AND/OR Scholastic
What is the Bhakti Movement?
The name for the theocratic political structure of the Aztec, Incan, and Mayan Empires. These were loosely tied cities that followed the same religion. Often, one city would go to war with another just to gather human sacrifices for their religious human sacrifices.
What was a City-State?
One of the very few African states to develop a predominantly Christian populace rather than Islamic.
What is Ethiopia
A proto-constitution within England in 1215. Wealthy nobles forced the King to sign a contract where he had to respect certain rights of his subjects, like the right to a jury at a trial. Also gave nobles the ability to have a say in taxes
What is the Magna Carta?
This philosophy reaching China through trading ports rivaled Confucianism's strict adherence to hierarchy and social order, threatening the legitimacy of the Song Dynasty
Buddhism
Ibn Battuta's travels reflect which cause for the spread of Islam?
Increased trade, and cross-cultural exchanges as a means of spreading Islam.
Ms. Olsen will accept an answer similarly phrased. Up to Ms. O's discretion.
These originally Hindu Kingdoms in Nothern India and current-day Pakistan had no central government, making them vulnerable to Muslim Conquerers. Thus, they experienced an increase in Islam in these areas.
What are the Rajput Kingdoms?
Name two of the three main causes for the fall of the Aztec Empire.
Spread of Disease
Violence inflicted by the Spanish
Forced religious conversion of the Aztec people
*NOTE: Columbian exchange is not specific enough. What specific part of the Columbian Exchange?
What major issue occurred with Kin-based Networks, ultimately leading to their decline.
Large Empires would come and conquer. The small kin-based networks were unable to unite in defense.
OR
Increased population meant more networks and more opportunities for conflict
This entity had great power over European Feudalism. Often, this institution and the Monarchy (Often the King) had disputes over who had more authority over the Kingdom.
What is the Catholic Church?