Civilization
This dynasty is considered the "Golden Age" of China with many new inventions and population growth.
What is the Song Dynasty?
agricultural technique that creates flat, step-like fields on hillsides or mountains, allowing people to farm steep land while reducing soil erosion and water runoff; utilized in East Asia and South America
What is Terrace Farming?
This is the name for religious communities where Buddha's followers stayed, studied, and meditated.
What are Buddhist Monks?
This is the civilization from which the mita system, was created.
What is Inca?
A Chinese Philosopher focused on morality, social conduct, and deep respect for family and tradition.
Who is Confucius?
This powerful state in the African interior that emerged from the growing trade in gold and ivory to the East African coast, flourished between 1250 and 1350 C.E.
What is Great Zimbabwe?
Rotational system for agriculture in which one field grows grain, one grows legumes, and one lies fallow (unplanted); restores nutrients to the soil to improve crop yields; commonly used in medieval Europe
What are three field systems?
The unification or blending of ideas or practices, frequently in the realm of religion.
What is syncretism?
The Chinese examination system based largely on Confucian teachings that was used to select educated government officials based on merit.
What is the civil service exam?
A Venetian explorer, most well-known for his accounts journeying on the Silk Road and his relationship with Kublai Khan.
Who is Marco Polo?
These classical city-states in Southern Mexico and Central America; featured monumental architecture like pyramids, written language, advanced calendar system, and mathematical advancements
What is Maya?
A society in which food is obtained primarily by raising and taking care of animals.
What is a pastoral society?
A Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism emphasizing the value of meditation and intuition.
What is Zen Buddhism?
A tax paid by non-Muslims living under Muslim rule in exchange for protection and exemption from military service.
What is jizya?
Emperor of Mali (in West Africa) and the richest person to ever live.
Who is Mansa Musa?
A major Islamic empire (750-1258) known for expanding trade, scholarship, science, and cultural exchange during the Islamic Golden Age.
What is the Abbasid Caliphate?
A quick-maturing rice that allowed two harvests in one growing season which led to increased populations in China.
What is Champa rice?
This divided medieval Christianity into (Greek) and Western (Latin) branches in 1054 CE; East became the Eastern Orthodox Church and West became the Roman Catholic Church.
What is Great Schism?
A person who received land or protection from a lord in exchange for loyalty and military service; utilized in medieval Europe.
What is a vassal?
The founder of the Mongol Empire.
Who is Genghis Khan?
Turkic Muslim empire that controlled much of the Middle East from the 11th-13th centuries; helped spread Turkic political influence and Sunni Islam throughout the region
What is the Seljuk Empire?
These are floating gardens constructed along lake shores by the Mexica/Aztecs to increase agricultural yields.
What are chinampas?
"Great Vehicle" branch of Buddhism followed in China, Japan, and Central Asia. The focus is on reverence for Buddha and for Bodhisattva, enlightened persons who have postponed Nirvana to help others attain enlightenment.
What is Mahayana Buddhism?
A Confucian belief that people should respect, obey, and care for their parents and elders.
What is filial piety?
Who is Ibn Battuta?