The Global Tapestry

Question 1

Song Dynasty

Answer 1

(960-1279 CE) The Chinese dynasty that placed much more emphasis on civil administration, industry, education, and arts other than military.

Question 2

Buddhism

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the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth

Question 3

Filial Piety

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In Confucian thought, one of the virtues to be cultivated, love and respect for one’s parents and ancestors.

Question 4

Neo-Confucianism

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The Confucian response to Buddhism by taking Confucian and Buddhist beliefs and combining them into this. However, it is still very much Confucian in belief.

Question 5

Champa Rice

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Quick-maturing rice that can allow two harvests in one growing season. Originally introduced into Champa from India, it was later sent to China as a tribute gift by the Champa state (as part of the tributary system.)

Question 6

Grand Canal

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The 1,100-mile (1,700-kilometer) waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers. It was begun in the Han period and completed during the Sui Empire.

Question 7

Islam

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A religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed which stresses belief in one god (Allah), Paradise and Hell, and a body of law written in the Quran. Followers are called Muslims.

Question 8

Judaism

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A religion with a belief in one god. It originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people. Yahweh was responsible for the world and everything within it. They preserved their early history in the Old Testament.

Question 9

Christianity

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A monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior.

Question 10

Abbasid Caliphate

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(750-1258 CE) The caliphate, after the Umayyads, who focused more on administration than conquering. Had a bureaucracy that any Mulim could be a part of.

Question 11

Mamluk Sultanate

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A political unit in Egypt. Did not set up a consistent, hereditary line of succession.Failed to adapt to new warfare and were eventually defeated by the Ottomans

Question 12

Delhi Sultanate

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The first Islamic government established within India from 1206-1520. Controled a small area of northern India and was centered in Delhi.

Question 13

Sufism

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mystical Muslim group that believed they could draw closer to God through prayer, fasting, & simple life

Question 14

Dar al-Islam

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a term used by Muslims to refer to those countries where Muslims can practice their religion freely.

Question 15

House of Wisdom

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a center of learning established in Baghdad in the 800s

Question 16

Hinduism

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A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms

Question 17

Bhakti Movement

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An immensely popular development in Hinduism, advocating intense devotion toward a particular deity.

Question 18

Monasticism

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The practice of living the life of a monk

Question 19

Vijayanagara Empire

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Southern Indian kingdom (1336-1565) that later fell to the Mughals.

Question 20

Srivijaya Empire

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A maritime empire that controlled the Sunda strait the strait of Malacca between India and China. HS: control strengthened trade routes to China, India, and even Arabia

Question 21

Rajput Kingdoms

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set of kingdoms in India that arose after the fall of the Gupta dynasty ruled by land owning Kshatriyas (Warriors)
wealthy due to trade and a good economy.

Question 22

Khmer Empire

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Aggressive empire in Cambodia and Laos that collapsed in the 1400’s when Thailand conquered Cambodia

Question 23

Sinhala Dynasties

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Kingdom on the island of Sri Lanka

Question 24

Maya

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Mesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras but never unified into a single empire. Major contributions were in mathematics, astronomy, and development of the calendar.

Question 25

Aztecs

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Also known as Mexica, they created a powerful empire in central Mexico (1325-1521 C.E.). They forced defeated peoples to provide goods and labor as a tax

Question 26

Inca

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Largest and most powerful Andean empire. Controlled the Pacific coast of South America from Ecuador to Chile from its capital of Cuzco.

Question 27

Chaco

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An urban center established by Anasazi located in southern New Mexico. There, they built a walled city with dozens of three-story adobe houses with timbered roofs. Community religious functions were carried out in two large circular chambers called kivas.

Question 28

Mesa Verde

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The largest complex of Anasazi cliff-dwellings in the United States Southwest, built between about AD 1150 and AD 1300

Question 29

Great Zimbabwe

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City, now in ruins (in the modern African country of Zimbabwe), whose many stone structures were built between about 1250 and 1450, when it was a trading center and the capital of a large state.

Question 30

Ethiopia

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A Christian kingdom that developed in the highlands of eastern Africa under the dynasty of King Lalaibela; retained Christianity in the face of Muslim expansion elsewhere in Africa