Unit 4A
Chinampas
What are artificial islands that were built for agricultural purposes?
Chu nom
Main idea of Islam
What is "There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God (prophet)?"
Empress Wu
Who is a concubine who gained power by citing a Buddhist sutra that said a woman would rule; strengthened various gov. policies like the civil service examination?
Major punishment that led a person being cut off from their entire community
What is excommunication?
Problem that arose in the aftermath of Muhammad
What is succession and governance?
Religion that came into prominence across much of Africa
What is Islam?
Bonus 40 pts to explain the effect it had on social, political and cultural customs
Kinship group located in rural Aztec villages
What are calpullis?
Japanese military leader who was at the head of the government structure.
What is a shogun?
Local chieftain of a Mali farming village.
What is a mansa?
The original reason for the rise of the kingdom of Ghana
What is the role it played in the gold trade?
Reason for the fall of the Song dynasty
What is allied with the Mongols to help them with foreign invaders, but were instead double crossed and Mongols overthrew them?
Bakufu system
What is a centralized form of government under the power of military leaders known as shogun, meaning "tent government?"
The uses of the Quran.
What are a religious text, code of laws, and ethical guidebook?
Major city built and controlled by the Mayans
What is Chichen Itza?
Reasons why some Jewish communities were not affected as significantly by the plague
What is the celebration of passover leading to the removal of foods that attracted rats and the Jewish only ghettos (separation for majority of population)?
The Chinese dynasties in order after the fall of the Han
What are Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan (Mongols), Ming
Defining characteristics of music in African society
What are used a wide variety of musical instruments along with vocals, was a key part of community culture (specifically religion), made its way to the Americas via the Transatlantic slave trade (modern gospel, call and response)?
Significance of the Ming Dynasty's origin
What is the first emperor was a peasant who lost his family to the famine under Mongol rule, became an itinerant monk, and then led a group of rebel bandits to overthrow the Mongol dynasty?
Most influential Buddhist sects in Japan
Pure Land (devotion alone can lead to enlightenment) and Zen (self-discipline and communion with nature)
Bonus 10 pts to identify which sect was more popular with samurai
Kings in the Abbasid dynasty
What is called a caliph, no longer a spiritual leader, broke down barriers between Muslims and non-Muslims, opened schools, etc.?
The 5 pillars of Islam
What are profession of faith, paying alms, ritual prayer 5x per day, fasting during Ramadan, and pilgrimage to Mecca?
Middle Eastern rug weaving
What is a job for women and young girls; used to create prayer mats, show skills, added to dowry, and used for insulation; eventually became a specialized manufacturing job done by artisans?
The believed reasons for the Black Death
What are God, bad smells, and four humors out of balance?
Characteristics of Zimbabwe