First Quiz Vocab

Question 1

Khan

Answer 1

Khan is the Turkic and Mongol title for a leader or ruler

Question 2

Sultan

Answer 2

Sultan is the Islamic term for a king

Question 3

Seljuk Turks

Answer 3

The Selkjuk Turks were a Turkic tribe that founded the Seljuk Empire

Question 4

Golden Horde

Answer 4

The Golden Horde were the khanate of mongols which conquered and held power over Russia

Question 5

Tamerlane

Answer 5

Tamerlane was the founder of the Timurid Empire, who conquered a large amount of land in central Asia

Question 6

Ottoman Turks

Answer 6

The Ottoman Turks were the Turkic people who founded the Ottoman Empire

Question 7

Chinggis Khan

Answer 7

Chinggis Khan was the first person to unite the Mongol clans and later the leader of the Mongol Empire. He facilitated their conquering of massive amounts of territory in Europe and Asia, and was an amazing military commander.

Question 8

Khubilai Khan

Answer 8

Khubilai Khan was a grandson of Chinggis Khan. He ruled the Khanate of the Great Khan in China after Chinggis Khan’s death. He was known as a skilled conqueror and extended Mongol rule to all of China.

Question 9

Osman

Answer 9

Osman was the founder of the Ottoman Empire, and helped build its initial power.

Question 10

Ilkhanate

Answer 10

The Ilkhanate was the group of Mongols that controlled Persia after the end of the Abbasid Empire

Question 11

Bantu Migration

Answer 11

The migration of Bantu people across Africa due to overpopulation and depletion of natural resources, mostly ended after 1000 C.E.

Question 12

Trans-Saharan trade

Answer 12

The trade between sub-Saharan African societies and merchants from North Africa, with the merchants being forced to cross the Sahara on camel back. Some of the main products being traded on these routes were gold and salt.

Question 13

stateless societies

Answer 13

Societies in sub-Saharan Africa which had a kin-based organization of government, with less bureaucracy and centralized government, relying on fewer officials and allowing family and kinship groups to mostly govern themselves.

Question 14

kinship groups

Answer 14

All of those who are a member of one family through marriage or blood are considered to be in a kinship group. These were commonly used to organize societies in sub-Saharan Africa, especially before about 1000 C.E.

Question 15

animism

Answer 15

A polytheistic religion which believes that parts of nature such as rivers or trees have spirits. Many African religions were animistic to some degree.

Question 16

diviners

Answer 16

The religious officials in sub-Saharan African religions, who were believed to be able to communicate with the spirits.

Question 17

Sundiata

Answer 17

The first leader of the Mali empire, who brought together an army and conquered Ghana as well as surrounding lands, building a new society. He reigned 1230-1255.

Question 18

Mansa Musa

Answer 18

A king of Mali who famously went on a pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324-1325 as part of his dedication to Islam

Question 19

Maghrib

Answer 19

One of the mandatory prayers for Muslims, which takes place at sunset.

Question 20

Ethiopia

Answer 20

A coptic Chrsitian kingdom which was in East Africa and traded with the Byzantine Empire

Question 21

griots

Answer 21

Griots were oral historians which originated in the 13th century. They were common in African societies.

Question 22

Timbuktu

Answer 22

A city in Mali which was a center for trade, architecture, and religious learning.

Question 23

Kongo

Answer 23

A kingdom in the basin of the Congo River, which was founded around 1200 C.E because there was a need for larger states to be formed in order to resist invasion and political threats. Kongo participated in trade and had a centralized government.

Question 24

Investiture

Answer 24

The tradition of church officials being selected by rulers, used during the Medieval period of Europe’ s history by the rulers of the Holy Roman Empire.

Question 25

Hanseatic League

Answer 25

A trade association including many cities in northern Europe, which traded through the Baltic and North Seas. It existed from about the 14th to 17th centuries.

Question 26

St. Thomas Aquinas

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A Western European scholar who lived from 1225-1274, and brought together the teachings of Christianity and the ideas of Aristotle. He believed that Aristotle’s rational thought didn’t have to contradict with the beliefs of Christianity, and that logic and faith could be combined, giving a good depiction of scholastic theology at the time.

Question 27

Holy Roman Empire

Answer 27

The Holy Roman Empire was a state which included control over land in western and central Europe, existing from 962 to 1806. It was ruled by an emperor, but the pope of the Roman Catholic Church also had a significant amount of power.

Question 28

feudalism

Answer 28

The social system of much of Medieval Europe in which nobles were given land from rulers in exchange for military service, vassals were tenants of the nobles, and peasants were allowed to live on the nobles land if they served, worked for, and gave a portion of the food they produced to the lord

Question 29

manorialism

Answer 29

The economic system of land ownership used in Medieval Europe, where peasants were dependent on their land and their lord

Question 30

William the Conqueror

Answer 30

Originally a Duke of Normandy, William the Conqueror invaded and conquered England in 1066. He set up a new centralized government while keeping many institutions of the people who had previously ruled. These predecessors included the Angles, the Saxons, and several other Germanic tribes.

Question 31

scholasticism

Answer 31

the philosophy of many Western European Medieval scholars who wanted to combine the logical ideas of ancient Greek philosophers such as Aristotle with the beliefs of Christianity.

Question 32

Vikings

Answer 32

A group of people from Vik in southern Norway who raided the British Isles

Question 33

Reconquista

Answer 33

A crusade by Christian forces which sought to drive Islamic forces out of Spain and reconquest it. It ended in 1492