Unit 1 Vocab

Question 1

Aztecs (Mexica)

Answer 1

Semi-nomadic people who settled in modern day Mexico and built an empire built on invasion and city-states.

Question 2

Bhakti Movement

Answer 2

Form of Hinduism. To achieve union with one of the Hindu deities through songs, prayers, dances, poetry and rituals. Set aside caste system.

Question 3

Buddhism

Answer 3

Religion that requires individuals to meditate, reflect, and refrain from excessive earthly desires to achieve Moksha.

Question 4

Champa Rice

Answer 4

Quick-maturing rice, originally introduced into Champa from India; later sent to china

Question 5

Dar al-Islam

Answer 5

means ‘House of Islam’, or basically the parts of the world where Islam is a dominant force.

Question 6

Feudalism

Answer 6

A system in which people were given land and protection by people of higher rank, and worked and fought for them in return. Monarchs, nobles, knights, peasant/serf

Question 7

Filial Piety

Answer 7

An attitude of respect for parents and ancestors in societies influenced by Confucian thought.

Question 8

Foot Binding

Answer 8

Tightly bandaging the feet of women to alter their shape for aesthetic purposes.

Question 9

Grand Canal

Answer 9

To transport surplus grain from the agriculturally rich Yangtze (Chang) and Huai river valleys to feed the capital cities and large standing armies in northern China.

Question 10

Great Zimbabwe

Answer 10

A powerful Islamic state in the African interior that apparently emerged from the growing trade in gold to the East African

Question 11

Heian Period in Japan

Answer 11

Japan’s Golden Age, a time of significant artistic, literary, and cultural development.

Question 12

House of Wisdom

Answer 12

a major Abbasid public academy and intellectual center in Baghdad or to a large private library belonging to Caliphs

Question 13

Inca Empire

Answer 13

a kingdom that developed in the Andes region of South America and gradually grew larger through the military strength and diplomacy of their emperors.

Question 14

Jihad

Answer 14

A holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal.

Question 15

Jizya

Answer 15

A tax paid by non-Muslim populations to their Muslim rulers.

Question 16

Mamluk Sultanate

Answer 16

A ruling state in Egypt, a strong and centralized state that was known for its military prowess and its cultural achievements.

Question 17

Manorialism

Answer 17

the economic and social structure of medieval Europe which rendered peasants dependent on both their lord and their land.

Question 18

Muslim Iberia/ Al-Andalus

Answer 18

Arabic name given to a nation in the parts of the Iberian Peninsula governed by Muslims. A centre for the arts, medicine, science, music, literature and philosophy.

Question 19

Neo-Confucianism

Answer 19

the revival of the various strands of Confucian philosophy and political culture

Question 20

Seljuk Empire

Answer 20

Turkic tribes that invaded southwestern Asia in the 11th century and eventually founded an empire that included Mesopotamia, Syria, Palestine, and most of Iran.

Question 21

Serfdom

Answer 21

An institutional system which obliged a peasant to provide forced labor services to his landlord in exchange for being allowed to occupy land.

Question 22

Sharia

Answer 22

the divine counsel that Muslims follow to live moral lives and grow close to God.

Question 23

Song Dynasty

Answer 23

a Chinese imperial dynasty that ruled from 960 to 1279, known for cultural achievements.

Question 24

Srivijaya Empire

Answer 24

The Srivijaya Empire was a Indonesian Hindu empire which was an important center for trade between China and India as well as for the expansion of Buddhism

Question 25

Sufism

Answer 25

viewed the worldly success of islam as a distraction from Allah. Aided in the spread of Islam in the frontier regions.

Question 26

Turkic Peoples

Answer 26

a collection of diverse ethnic groups of West, Central, East, and North Asia as well as parts of Europe, who speak Turkic languages.