Vocabulary
The ideas, values, practices, customs, and beliefs of a particular society or social group
What is Culture?
Religion founded by "the messenger" after he was visited by the angel Gabriel
What is Islam?
Language spoken throughout Latin America sharing some sounds and words which are similar to Arabic
What is Spanish?
"Crossroads of the World"
What is Baghdad?
Conquered Jews and Christians were allowed to practice their religions as long as they could pay a __________.
What is a tax?
The belief in and worship of God or gods; the system of beliefs and practices connected with worshiping a god or gods.
What is Religion?
Religion (some would say a philosophy) dedicated to living a simple life and finding the "middle way"
What is Buddhism?
Most common language spoken in Middle East-North Africa
What is Arabic?
Roman Emperor who converted to Catholicism in 313 CE. He declared that the Roman Empire should be Catholic, thus making Spain Catholic as well.
Who is Constantine?
Buildings often established by Buddhist merchants in order to spend their money and gain religious recognition
What are monasteries?
A characteristic or specific quality of an individual or group
What is a Trait?
Religion with a strict social structure as well as beliefs in reincarnation and karma
What is Hinduism?
One of the first of many explorers from Spain who brought the Spanish language to North and South America
Who is Christopher Columbus?
A protected person living in Islamic lands
What is Dhimmi?
People of the Book who had a holy book believed to be directly received from God.
(3 different religions)
Jews
Christians
Muslims
The spread of cultural traits from one society to another. These traits are then adopted by the new society as their own.
What is Cultural Diffusion?
What is Daoism?
French, Italian, Romanian, Spanish and Portuguese
What are Romantic Languages?
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
People who facilitated movement of caravans along the Silk Road by using knowledge of the stars, routes, and landmarks along the way
Who are caravan leaders?
A way of behaving or a belief that has been established for a long time
What is a Custom?
Many Buddhists placed pictures of their ancestors next to shrines, therefore adapting to the custom of ancestor worship practiced in__________________.
(Answer is a religion/philosophy)
What is Confucianism?
Language of much of China
What is Mandarin?
Emperor of the Indian Mauryan Dynasty who spread Buddhism by writing his beliefs and edicts on stone pillars and walls in multiple languages throughout his empire.
Who is Ashoka?
North African people who brought Arabic language, science, and architecture to Spain for 800 years until the Fall of Granada in 1492.
Who are the Moors?
A man-made object with historical or cultural significance
What is an artifact?
People group thriving in Mexico from 1175-1521 CE who often used their expertly-crafted stone knives during ritual sacrifices.
Who are the Aztec?
When Pizarro visited the Andes of South America, he learned about a tuber which he brought back to Europe. This food has become a very common part of diets around the world.
What is a potato?
In __________ Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
What is 1492?
The exchange of agriculture, animals, people, ideas, disease, technology and other items between their native lands in the Americas and Europe/Asia/Africa, and vice versa.
What is the Columbian Exchange?