Trade Routes 1200-1450
Silk Road
This monotheistic religion was founded in the Arabian Peninsula by an former merchant turned prophet who lived in Mecca.
Islam
A type of social and political system in which landholders provide land to tenants in exchange for their loyalty and service, typically found in Europe.
Feudal System
This was the long term effect of champa rice in China.
This major religion's most popular sect that was commonplace in nearly all of Western Europe prior to the Protestant Reformation.
Catholicism
This African king was known as the richest man who ever lived. He converted to Islam and went on a glamorous Hajj to Mecca.
Mansa Musa
These religions were respected by Muslims because scholars of Islam saw them as "People of the Book". Name both religions.
Christianity, Judaism.
Islamic merchants used caravans to travel along this treacherous route.
Tran-Saharan Trade Route
This religious institution and their leader held the most political and social power during the Middles Ages of western Europe. (2 answers)
Catholic Church, Pope
A system of testing designed to select the most studious and learned candidates for appointment as bureaucrats in the Chinese government.
Civil Service Exam / Confucian Examination System
Golden Horde, Yuan Dynasty, Ilkhanate, Chagatai, are all examples of...
Khanates
This group of people received land from the king as long as they came to their lord's defense in times of war.
Nobility/Nobles.
We all know Mansa Musa; The great Malian King, but who was the Moroccan cleric who wrote about his journey, and traveled throughout the entire Dar Al Islam and beyond?
Ibn Battuta
Name the dominant Islamic Caliphate of the period 1200-1450
Abbasid Caliphate
Before 1450, this was the world's largest maritime trade route, stretching from China to the East coast of Africa.
Indian Ocean
Buddhism
This word translates to "successor to the prophet Muhammad," they were the ultimate political leader of the ummah.
Caliph / Caliphate
This Chinese fleet admiral started his career as a poor Muslim eunuch. By the time of his death, he commanded the largest ships ever built in his era.
Zheng He
Empire that was heavily influenced by the Byzantine Empire. Converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Traded lots of fur.
Kievan Rus/Russia
Incan Forced Labor System. Worked on big state projects for a limited about of time.
Mita
This philosophy was an attempt to create a more rationalist and secular form of Confucianism by rejecting mystical elements of Taoism and Buddhism
Neo-Confucianism
The most extensive trade system in Pre-Columbia America, containing thousands of miles of roads, was built by this American empire.
Inca Empire
A Confucian idea that one should venerate (worship) their ancestors.
Filial Piety
Chinese method of dealing with foreign lands and peoples that assumed the subordination of all non-Chinese authorities, forcing them to make a payment as a sign of their subordination.
Tribute System
He conquered the "world" for the Mongolian people. His children, brothers, and nephews would later split up his kingdom into 4 separate areas under Mongol control.
Chinggis or Genghis Khan
The name for the "servant of the land" in Europe. These people were often tied to the property they lived on and forced into servitude of the land's owner.
Serf/Serfdom
Name one innovation developed by the Aztec and Incan Empires.
Inca - Khipu, 1-10 System, Ceramics, Terraced Farming, Machu Picchu, Road Networks.
Aztec - Chinampas, Aquaducts, Pyramids, Tenochtitlan.
Name one South or Southeast Asian civilization from the period 1200-1450
Delhi Sultanate, Gujarat, Srivijaya, Majapahit,
Dai, Viet, Sukhothai, Malacca
Name FOUR goods that were traded in the Indian Ocean
Africa - Ivory, Gold, Salt
China - Porcelain, Tea, Sugar, Silk
India - Spices, Indago, Pepper
Indonesia - Pepper, Nutmeg, Cloves, Mace
Explain one of the...
5 Pillars of Islam
4 Noble Truths
Your teacher will decide.
List the ranks of the European Feudal System in order from top to bottom.
Pope, King, Nobles, Knights, Merchants, Serfs
What Dynastys were active during the period 1200-1450.
Song, Yuan, Ming
Name of the conflict during which the Pope asked Christian fighters went to fight Muslims in the Middle East.
The Crusades
Name the TWO West African Kingdoms We learned about during this time period.
Ghana, Mali, Songhai.
Name Two Civilizations from Africa during the 1200-1450 period.
Mali, Swahili Coast, Great Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Hausa