Trade Routes 1200-1450
Religion
1200-1450
Bureaucracy & Hierarchy 1200-1450
Asia
1200-1450
Europe
1200-1450
Africa & Americas 1200-1450
Potpourri
100
The Mongols protected this trade route, connecting China to the Mediterranean Sea. 

Silk Road

100

This monotheistic religion was founded in the Arabian Peninsula by an former merchant turned prophet who lived in Mecca. 

Islam

100

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

100

This was the long term effect of champa rice in China.

Population increase 

100

The continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces during the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople.

Byzantine Empire

100

Name the great African city of learning. Had the dopest libraries in all of Africa.

Timbuktu

100

A royal charter out of England that gave protections to the church, protection from illegal imprisonment, swift access to impartial justice, and limitations on fudal payments to the crown.

Magna Carta

200

Islamic merchants used caravans to travel along this treacherous route. 

Tran-Saharan Trade Route

200

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

200

A system of testing designed to select the most studious and learned candidates for appointment as bureaucrats in the Chinese government.

Civil Service Exam

200

Golden Horde, Yuan Dynasty, Ilkhanate, Chagatai, are all examples of...

Khanates 

200

The economic system of feudalism, where serfs live on the grounds of large estate houses providing agricultural work & protection

Manorialism

200

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

200

Name the dominant Islamic Caliphate of the period 1200-1450

Abbasid Caliphate

300

Before 1450, this was the world's largest maritime trade route, stretching from China to the East coast of Africa. 

Indian Ocean

300

This religion originated in India, and was criticized and persecuted in China under the Tang and Song Dynasties. 

Buddhism 

300

This word translates to "successor to the prophet Muhammad" they were the ultimate political leader

Caliph 

300

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

300

Medieval town organizations that regulated trade, set quality standards, trained apprentices, and protected members’ economic interests

Guilds

300

Incan forced labor system, worked on big state projects for a limited about of time.

mit'a

300

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

400

The most extensive trade system in Pre-Columbia America, containing thousands of miles of roads, was built by this American empire. 

Inca Empire

400

A Confucian idea that one should venerate their ancestors.

Filial Piety

400

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

400

He conquered the Song Dynasty, and established this dynasty. His grandfather was once the "universal ruler." 

Kublai Khan, Yuan Dynasty 

400

Sparked by labor shortages and harsh taxes after the Black Death, this 1381 English uprising forced peasants to challenge feudal authority.

Wat Tyler's Rebellion / Peasant's Revolt

400

Name two innovations developed by the Aztec and Incan Empires

Inca - Khipu, terraced farming, Machu Picchu, Incan Road (Carpa Nan)

Aztec - Chinampas, Tenochtitlan

400

Name one South or Southeast Asian civilization from the period 1200-1450

Delhi Sultanate, Vijayanagar

Dai Viet, Champa, Srivijaya

500

Name TWO goods that were traded in the Indian Ocean AND the countries that they came from.

Africa - Ivory, Gold, Salt

China - Porcelain, Tea, Silk

India - Spices, Indigo, Pepper


500

What is the main belief system in China (not a religion).

Neo-Confucianism

500

List the ranks of the European feudal system in order from top to bottom.


(Pope) King, Nobles, Knights, Merchants, Serfs


500

What Chinese dynasties were active during the period 1200-1450.

Song, Yuan, Ming

500

List three different effects of the Crusades.

Expanded trade between Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean

Cultural and intellectual exchange that helped spark the Renaissance

Weakening of the Byzantine Empire and rise of new powers

Strengthening of monarchies and decline of feudal fragmentation

Increased religious tension

500

This fortified stone city, built by the Shona between the 11th and 15th centuries, controlled inland gold trade and features massive dry-stone walls and a Great Enclosure.

Great Zimbabwe

500

These East African coastal city-states grew wealthy from Indian Ocean trade, adopted Islam, and blended African, Arab, and Persian influences.

Swahili Coast