Political
What is the definition of Bueracracy?
A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
What food was fast ripening, drought resistant, and helped grow populations?
Champa Rice
What culture built 100 foot mounds?
The Mississippian culture.
What culture practiced foot binding?
China
What goods were found on the Trans-Saharan Trade route?
Gold and Ivory (Ghana) for Salt, Copper, Cloth, and tools (Muslims)
What empire's capital was Tenochtitlan?
The Aztec Empire.
Who invented gunpowder?
The Chinese
What was the Grand Canal?
A waterway system that expanded over 30,000 miles.
What were the Aztecs also know as?
Mexicas
What is proto-industrialization?
When farmers made a little more food and goods then they needed so they sold what extra they had for profit
How was Feudalism structured? ( The order of people)
#1 A monarch
#2 Knights
#3 peasants
China was the first culture to use what during the 7th century?
Woodblock printing
Which empire made the Carpa Nan?
The Inca Empire
What was the mit'a system?
Instead of paying tribute, men between 15 and 50 provided public service such as agriculture and other forms of labor.
What were the benefits of the Manorial System?
Produced everything everyone needed on one property, which reduced contact and trade with other people
What type of government did the Aztecs have?
Theocracy
What were the floating gardens on Lake Texcoco called?
Chinampas
What were effects of the Little Ice Age?
Lower temperatures reduced agricultural productivity and increased disease, unemployment, and crime
What type of people did the new bourgeoisie consist of?
Shopkeepers, merchants, craftspeople, and small landholders
How did the tributary system in China help grow the economy?
It demonstrated the power of the Emperor, which led to China being seen as a superior empire, which then led to receiving goods and services that boosted their economy.
Neo-Confucianism was a syncretic system, combining rational thoughts from Daoism and Buddhism. Neo-Confucianism emphasized ethics rather than the mystries of God and Nature
What did China discover in the 4th century that enabled China to produce greater amounts of iron goods?
Coal
What is the three-field system?
Crops were rotated through three fields; One field had wheat/rye, a second field had legumes, and the third one was left unused.
The fusion of Normans and Anglo-Saxons made what modern people?
The English people.
What complex systems of the Khmer empire led it to be a very prosperous empire?
Complex irrigation and drainage systems