Major World Religions
This phrase describes Judaism, Christianity, and Islam because they all believe in only one God and share a common history.
What is "Abrahamic Religions"?
This Arabic term means the "House of Islam" and refers to the vast, connected regions of the world where Islam was practiced.
What is Dar al-Islam?
Before they united to form a massive empire, the Mongols lived this style of life, moving around loosely organized fields called steppes.
What is a nomadic lifestyle?
This famous traveler from Venice left home out of pure curiosity and spent 20 years living in China.
Who is marco polo?
This terrible disease spread rapidly along connected trade routes and wiped out one-third to two-thirds of Europe's total population.
What is the Black Death (Bubonic Plague)?
This is the core goal of Hinduism, which means finding freedom or liberation from the endless cycle of rebirth.
What is moksha?
This city serves as the ultimate center of Islamic traditions and is the holy destination where Muslims face five times a day to pray.
What is Mecca?
This legendary leader united the Mongol clans and took a title that translates to mean the "Universal Ruler".
Who is Genghis Khan?
Ibn Battuta was highly respected on his travels and easily found jobs because he held this professional position in Islamic law.
What is a qadi (muslim judge)?
These are the "Big Three" major historical trade networks that connected different societies across Africa, Europe, and Asia.
What are the Silk Road, the Trans-Saharan Route, and the Indian Ocean Sea Route?
These are the three major world religions that are considered "proselytizing," meaning their followers actively look to share and spread their beliefs to others.
What are Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism?
This specific basic duty of Islam requires Muslims to fast and avoid food during the holy month of Ramadan.
What is Sawm?
The Mongols used this terrifying strategy to win wars, which included letting a few victims run away just to tell scary stories to nearby towns.
What is psychological warfare?
This Chinese leader sailed the Indian Ocean on 7 massive voyages, not to explore new lands, but to show off China's great trade wealth and power.
Who is Zheng He?
Sailors and merchants on the Indian Ocean had to carefully study these seasonal wind patterns to travel safely.
What are monsoons?
This moral philosophy focuses on achieving social balance through virtue, proper relationships, and good government as taught in a text called the Analects.
What is Confucianism?
This is the special tax paid by non-Muslims, like Christians and Jews, which granted them personal freedom and safety under Islamic law.
What is the jizya?
This gave the Mongols an advantage on the battlefield.
What is being skilled horsemen?
Zheng He surprised the Chinese court by bringing back exotic African animals, name any 2 animals that he brought back?
What are rhinos, zebras, giraffes?
This revolutionary writing technology is listed alongside paper money and gunpowder as a major advancement of this era.
Monks and traveling missionaries spread Buddhism across East and Southeast Asia by sharing the path to end suffering, which is explained in this set of core teachings.
What are the Four Noble Truths?
This group makes up about 15% of the Muslim population and originally split from Sunni Muslims over a political debate about whether leaders must be direct relatives of Muhammad.
Who are Shia Muslims?
This weapon gave them a huge military advantage over their enemies.
What is a composite bow?
This traveler started his massive 75,000-mile journey simply to complete his religious pilgrimage to Mecca.
Who is Ibn Battuta?
What are population growth and the economy?