China Was the Main Character
This philosophy emphasized filial piety and social harmony.
What is Confucianism?
This religion spread rapidly across North Africa and Southwest Asia after 1200.
What is Islam?
This belief system is based on karma, dharma, and reincarnation.
What is Hinduism?
This civilization built a vast road system in the Andes Mountains.
Who are the Inca?
This major desert influenced trade routes across North Africa.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This Chinese dynasty used the civil service exam system to maintain bureaucracy.
What is the Song Dynasty?
This language unified trade and scholarship across the Islamic world.
What is Arabic?
This caste group consisted of priests and scholars.
What are Brahmins?
This Mesoamerican civilization practiced human sacrifice and built Tenochtitlan.
Who are the Aztecs?
This trade network connected West Africa to the Mediterranean world.
What is the Trans-Saharan trade network?
This innovation from China improved agricultural productivity with faster-ripening rice.
What is Champa rice?
This empire, centered in Anatolia, expanded into Byzantine territory.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This term describes the blending of different religious traditions in Southeast Asia.
What is syncretism?
This crop was central to American diets and societies.
What is maize?
A system where merit determines advancement.
What is meritocracy?
Neo-Confucianism was influenced by these two belief systems.
What are Buddhism and Daoism?
This Islamic man is famous for his writings about his world travels
This was a key strategy states used to maintain power in South/Southeast Asia.
What is control of trade routes / religious legitimacy / military power?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!! This system required conquered peoples to give goods or labor.
What is tribute?
This West African ruler converted to Islam and made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca.
Who is Mansa Musa?
This painful practice reflected social values like patriarchy/male dominance over women.
What is footbinding?
This phrase refers to all the lands under Islamic Control
What is Dar al-Islam?
This empire in India was known for religious tolerance and trade.
What is the Delhi Sultanate?
This Incan labor system required citizens to work for the state.
What is mit’a?
Gold and this other resource were key exports of West Africa.
What is salt?