Unit 1
The name of a kind of society in which food is obtained primarily by raising and taking care of animals, examples include Mongols and the Maasai
What is a pastoral society?
This land-based trading route spanning Eurasia prioritized the sale of luxury goods
What are the Silk Roads?
This oppressive practice in Chinese society mutilated women's feet, restricting their movement in an effort to make them smaller
What is foot binding?
Camels and the innovation of camel saddles were crucial in the development of this desert-based trade
What are the Trans-Saharan Trade Routes?
This concept gave divine power and authority to legitimize the Chinese emperor (and by losing it one could justify ousting the emperor)
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This doctrine is vital to Hinduism and dictates one's social standing
What is the caste system?
Seasonal winds that, when harnessed, contributed greatly to the growth of Indian Ocean trade
What are monsoons?
These are the cornerstones of the Islamic faith, with the last one being a pilgrimage to Mecca
What are the 5 Pillars of Islam?
This religion was transferred as a direct result of Silk Road trade and merchants
What is Buddhism?
The means by which China extorted resources from other countries in exchange for allowing them access to trade in China, also doubly serving to reinforce the notion that China was superior to other nations
What is the tribute system?
These series of wars failed to achieve their main goal and incidentally weakened the Catholic Church and instead increased the power of regional monarchs; however, they did provide grounds for cross-cultural contact that introduced Europe to the science and mathematics of the Islamic world
What are the Crusades?
This epidemic, originally from rats, swept across Eurasia and killed a third, if not more, of Europe’s population
What is the Bubonic Plague (or Black Death)?
What Christians and Jews were referred to as in Islamic societies
Who are "people of the book?"
This early-ripening, drought-resistant agricultural crop from Vietnam underpinned the Song Dynasty's growth
What is Champa Rice?
This society practiced human sacrifices to the sun god, Huitzilopochtl, and obtained sacrifices from prisoners of war, serving as a justification for their expansion
Who are the Aztecs?
This refers to the system of mandatory public-service in the Inca Empire
What is the Mit'a system?
The name of the Mongol khanate formed in Russia
What is the Golden Horde?
One feature that helped a number of empires rise to prominence was their friendly attitude towards merchants and reduction of existing taxes. The Ottomans and Mughals in particular are known for this. The Mughals, in the early days of their empire, abolished this on non-Muslims
What is the jizya?
This refers to the event that split the Catholic faith into the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church
What is the Great Schism?
These two societies in Africa and Southeast Asia, respectively, achieved immense development by capitalizing on Indian Ocean trade
Who are the Swahili and Srivijaya?
These peoples were instrumental in the spread of Islam, even transmitting Islam into Anatolia
Who are the (Seljuk) Turks?
These 2 travelers, one Muslim and one Italian, were instrumental in transferring information about China and Eurasian nations, both writing down accounts of their journeys (must say both)
Who are Ibn Battuta and Marco Polo?
This Ottoman Empire system stipulated that children who were not of the dominant religion (Islam) were recruited, received both military and academic education, and then were assigned either to lead on the battlefield in a military unit known as the Janissaries, or to help run the government in the capital
What is the devshirme system?
This Byzantine emperor from 527-565CE is known mainly for his namesake legal code and the military push he led to reobtain the land of the original Roman Empire
Who is Justinian I (or Justinian the Great)?
Name at least one trading post empire and where they exerted their influence
Who were the Portuguese in Africa/India, The Dutch in Southeast Asia, & The British in Africa/India?