Economic Systems
This trade route stretched from Chang'an in the East to Venice in the West, carrying luxury goods.
Silk Road.
Powerful Chinese dynasty during China's agricultural revolution.
Song
This European system involved peasants living tied to the land, giving a portion of their crop to a lord.
Serfdom.
What religion had the strongest role in influencing society in much of Asia?
Buddhism.
These were two causes of the Black Death in Europe.
1. Catapulting corpses into walls of Kaffa by Mongols
2. Silk Road connecting regions with diseases they were not immune to
These water-based routes provided trade in the Indian Ocean.
Sea Roads
Islamic Empire that fragmented during Unit 1.
Abbasid Caliphate.
This European system required the complicated interlocking oaths of lord, king, and Pope.
Feudalism.
What regions were influenced by Chinese culture during Unit 1?
Korea and Japan
This organism originated in SE Asia and spread to East Africa, where it aided in state-building and farming.
Bananas.
These three states traded extensively in the Indian Ocean.
1. Swahili East African States
2. Islamic Empires (Abbasids)
3. Vijayanagara
4. Delhi Sultanate
5. Srivijaya
Turks.
The Pope had a special amount of political influence in this European state when selecting its leader.
Holy Roman Empire.
Spain, north India, West Africa, Anatolia.
This plant originated in SE Asia and helped prevent scurvy. Aye matey.
Orange.
These valuable organisms were transported secretly by men from this state from East Asia, disrupting a Chinese monopoly.
Silk worms and the Byzantines (Eastern Romans)
The Delhi Sultanate was conquered by those of this religion, but ruled over those of this other religion. Guess both.
Islamic, Hindu.
The 4th Crusade 'accidentally' sacked this city in 1204.
Constantinople.
The Mongols developed this system of handheld symbols to facilitate commerce and trade in their empire and to enforce their control.
Passports.
This new breed of an old crop was discovered in Vietnam by invading Song armies.
Champa.
This city formed an important central hub and was surrounded by what critical rest stops?
Samarkand, caravansarais
What two religions helped South and SE Asian states maintain power?
Buddhism and Hinduism
This Islamic state finally conquered the capital of the Byzantine Empire in 1453.
Ottomans.
Name two great explorers of Unit 1 and 2. (For double points, name all three)
Ibn Battuta, Marco Polo, Zheng He
Two effects of the Black Death in Europe.
1. Death of feudalism due to fewer peasants
2. Peasant revolts
3. Reduced population by 1/2-1/3