Asian Civilizations
This concept stated that a Chinese ruler’s right to govern came from divine approval
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This religion spread across regions controlled by the Umayyad Caliphate, from Spain to Southeast Asia.
What is Islam?
This language spread along the East African coast as a result of trade between African city-states and Arab merchants.
What is Swahili?
This term describes the spread of ideas, beliefs, technologies, languages, and customs between societies.
What is cultural diffusion?
In this system, people hold supreme power and elect representatives to create laws and public policy.
What is a republic?
This Chinese philosophy emphasized filial piety, respect for authority, and proper relationships.
What is Confucianism?
These three religions are commonly identified as Abrahamic religions and are sometimes called the “People of the Book.”
What are Christianity, Judaism, and Islam?
This West African kingdom prospered by controlling the trade of these two valuable goods.
What are gold and salt?
This network connected China and the Middle East through trade across Asia.
What is the Silk Road?
In this form of government, citizens vote on laws directly rather than through representatives.
What is direct democracy?
This religion rejected the caste system and emphasized personal enlightenment through the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path
What is Buddhism?
This caliphate moved its capital to Baghdad and oversaw a golden age of science, culture, and trade.
What is the Abbasid Caliphate?
This ruler of Mali became famous for his wealth and increased the influence of Islam and Islamic culture.
Who was Mansa Musa?
This trade system connected societies around the Indian Ocean and helped spread goods, religions, and cultural ideas.
What is the Indian Ocean Trade System?
This government is led by a caliph, who serves as a political and religious leader of the Muslim community.
What is a caliphate?
This military leader held the most power in feudal Japan.
Who was the shogun?
This battle in 732 CE stopped the northward expansion of Islam into Western Europe.
What is the Battle of Tours?
This city became a major center of trade, education, and Islamic culture in West Africa.
What is Timbuktu?
This trade route across the Sahara connected West African kingdoms with North Africa and the Arab world.
What is the trans-Saharan trade route?
This system organized society around land, loyalty, military service, and relationships between lords and vassals.
What is feudalism?
This Chinese idea explained how dynasties rose when they had Heaven’s approval and fell when rulers became corrupt.
What is the dynastic cycle?
This conflict began after disagreements about who should lead the Muslim community following Muhammad’s death.
What is the Islamic Schism?
Archaeologists proved that this African civilization built the famous stone complex known as Great Zimbabwe.
Who were Indigenous Africans?
Increased trade along this route helped establish cities within major empires and encouraged cultural exchange between distant societies.
What is the Silk Road?
This social system in classical India divided people into hereditary groups based on birth and occupation.
What is the caste system?