Unit 1
Is Islam a monotheistic or polytheistic religion?
Islam is monotheistic
What items were not traded on the silk road?
Easily perishable items where not traded on the silk road.
Where were the Safavids found?
The Safavids were located in modern day Iran
What is the Middle passage and what were conditions like?
Ships that slaves traveled in through the Atlantic ocean and suffered under horrible conditions and died from diseases and conditions inside the ship.
What was the astrolabe?
The astrolabe was primarily in the middle ages in the Islamic world, and it was used to measure the stars and where they were positioned.
What is Dar-Islam?
Dar Islam is a term that is Arabic and means the abode of Islam.
What does Chinggis Khan mean?
It means Ruler of All.
What Safavid leader created the empire on Shia Islam?
Shah Ismail I created the empire.
What is one example of mercantilism?
One example is restricting and banning the import of certain goods.
What would happen if paper money was being used all around the world when Kublai Khan was in reign?
The development of the economy would not be as effectively establish as it is was.
How did the Civil Service Exam impact the Song Dynasty?
The civil service exam impacted the Song Dynasty by giving poets and lower class more opportunities to become higher class.
What animal was a key to success for the Mongols and why?
The horse was a key to success because it provided transportation and food.
What is another religion that was practiced in the Mughal Empire?
Hinduism was practiced.
What were cash crops?
Cash crops were crops grown specifically for purchase such as tobacco and sugar.
What was a way the Mongol Empire contributed to the spread of The Black Death?
They spread the diseases through their trade networks.
What group of Muslims thought that the first caliph of Islam had to be a direct blood relative of Muhammad?
Shia Muslims believed this.
What disease killed 1/3 of Europe's population in the 14th century?
The bubonic plague.
What Ottoman conqueror led the Ottomans to capture Constantinople.
Mehmed II.
What did the Spanish achieve in exploration?
The Spanish were the first Europeans to explore the Americas.
What was the policy that encouraged religious tolerance in the Mongols' conquered areas?
Universalism was the policy that encouraged religious tolerance.
Explain the economic development during the Song Dynasty in 1200-1450.
The Song Dynasty invented items like coal, Grand Canal, and paper and increased economic development.
What city on the Silk Road was known for its diverse religions?
The city is Samarkand. The religions were Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and Buddhism. Samarkand was a junction for various cultures and faiths. It contributed to cultural diffusion along the silk road.
What was the Peace of Augsburg and what did it do?
The Peace of Augsburg was a religious statement of an issue that Martin Luther's 95 Theses began in 1917. The proclamation gave Lutherans and Catholics equal rights, even though it did not allow complete religious tolerance within the boundaries of the Roman Empire.
What was the Colombian exchange?
The Colombian exchange was the exchange of biological goods such as animals, plants, culture, population, disease, ideas, and technology. The Colombian exchange allowed our world to be the way it is today.
What is the importance of the silk road?
The silk road led to economic prosperity, caused many changes in different areas such as religion, disease inventions and cultural diffusion.