Song Dynasty Achievements
Dar al-Islam: Expansion & Empires
Islamic Golden Age
Religion & Culture
Grab Bag
100

This dynasty doubled China’s population through new farming methods.

Song Dynasty?


100

Muhammad’s move from Mecca to Medina is known as this migration.

Hijra? 

100

This city became the center of knowledge during the Abbasid era.

Baghdad? 

100

Christians and Jews were known as this under Islamic rule.

People of the Book? 

100

This spanish explorer labeled "The Grand Canal" as most beautiful city he ever visited

Hangzhou? 

200

The introduction of this drought-resistant crop from Vietnam transformed agriculture.

Champa Rice?

200

In 642, Muslim forces conquered this region, marking expansion into North Africa.

Egypt? 

200

The “House of Wisdom” was located in this city.

Baghdad? 

200

The tax Christians and Jews paid under Muslim rule was called this.

Jizya Tax? 

200

Study of maps

Cartography? 

300

Name one of the six ministries of the Song central government.

Personnel, Revenue, Rites, War, Justice, Public Works?

300

The Seljuk Turks are credited with restoring unity in which branch of Islam?

Sunni Islam? 

300

The Abbasids learned paper-making from this East Asian civilization.

China? 

300

This branch of Islam focused on mysticism and personal experience of the divine.

Sufism? 


300

Commercialization supports...

Urbanization? 

400

These three key inventions revolutionized warfare, printing, and navigation in Song China.

gunpowder, printing, and the magnetic compass?

400

This group of slave-soldiers overthrew the Ayyubid Dynasty in Egypt

Mamluks? 


400

Ancient Greek texts were translated into Arabic during this movement.

Translation Movement? 

400

Chan Buddhism was a syncretic faith combining Buddhism and this Chinese philosophy.

Daoism? 

400

Payment made periodically by one state or ruler to another, especially as a sign of dependence 

Tribute? 

500

This waterway connected northern and southern China, boosting trade and prosperity.

Grand Canal?

500

Mansa Musa ruled this wealthy West African Islamic empire.

Mali Empire? 


500

This famous Chinese Muslim explorer was born in Yunnan and later served the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng He? 

500

Vajrayana Buddhism promised this in one lifetime, unlike Theravada or Mahayana.

Nirvana? 

500

Respect for loved loves and those in higer authority; coined by Confucius 

Filial Piety?