Period 1 1200ce-1450ce

Question 1

What was the influence of the mongols?

Answer 1

1st empire to expand as far as Ukraine to Korea. They had YURTS for portable housing. Women had authority and men were warriors. Resist=death. GOLD BRICCADE( silk from china, gold and weave from Tibet. Resettlement of people caused spread of culture like Islam. HORSE SADDLE. Expansion in trade, diplomacy and missionaries. Yu(Buddhism to Islam). Battling against song dynasty was the ybiggest achievement

Question 2

Buddhism

Answer 2

India and Silk Road. Believed in suffering, meditation, spirituality, nirvana, 4 noble truths.

Question 3

Hinduism

Answer 3

Himalaya and India. CASTE SYSTEM ( 5 groups that stay in the same ranks of birth). Become one with Brahmin. Having direct relationship.

Question 4

Crusades

Answer 4

Christian vs Muslim expansion in Europes holy land (Jerusalem).

Question 5

Marco Polo

Answer 5

Venetian traveler who is known for his book of travels on the Silk Road. Focused on china and it’s culture, paper money.

Question 6

Ibn battuta

Answer 6

Traveler who focused on the Muslim world in Afro Eurasia

Question 7

Confucianism (song dynasty)

Answer 7

Order, respect and harmony. FILIAL PIEty.

Question 8

Song dynasty

Answer 8

Had merit based careers, junk ships, porcelain, gun powder.

Question 9

Neo Confucianism vs Confucianism

Answer 9

Neo focuses on teachings of. Confucius and was more modernized version

Question 10

Bubonic Plague

Answer 10

Epidemic disease, trade and communication. Disrupted societies including the yuan dynasty to rebel against mongol control.

Question 11

Mansa musa

Answer 11

Mali- had his pilgrimage to Mecca and became the wealthiest. Distributed gold and for Africa involved in trade. Decline was because of foreign pressure

Question 12

Africa (Bantu)

Answer 12

Bananas, Kin based so Jeff with no hierarchy.

Question 13

Kingdom of Ghana —> mali empire

Answer 13

Had gold, ivory ans slaves. Conversion to Islam to get involved with trade.

Question 14

Syncretism

Answer 14

Combining of religions

Question 15

Reconquista

Answer 15

Spreading Christendom to Spain

Question 16

European economy

Answer 16

Guilds and serfs

Question 17

Maya

Answer 17

Olmec, city states. Long distance trade. Hieroglyphics, calendar, numbers. NLOOD LETTINGS, Chichen itza

Question 18

Aztec/Mexica

Answer 18

Mesoamerica, powerful army that stole land. Settled on lake Texaco and tenochirlan. Chinampas and wealthy city with gold, silver and coco beans. Hierarchy, women had no role. Priests were Elite. SACRIFICES

Question 19

Inca (South America)

Answer 19

Road system, no independent merchants. Sacrificing animals for agriculture

Question 20

Byzantine empire

Answer 20

Became divided from civil wars and losing Constantinople from Ottoman Empire