Unit 1 Vocab

Question 1

Champa Rice

Answer 1

(Economic) A quick-maturing, drought resistant rice. It expanded agriculture production in China. It allowed farming to spread to the lands where rice couldn’t grow. (low lands, river banks, and hills.)

Question 2

Pax Mongolica

Answer 2

(Economics) Describes a period of relative stability in Eurasia under the Mongol Empire during the 13th and 14th century. The Pax Mongolica brought a period of stability among the people who lived in the conquered territory.

Question 3

Bushido

Answer 3

(Culture) The code of conduct of the Samurai or bushi (warrior), class of premodern Japan. In the 18th century the precepts were made the basis of ethical training for the whole society, replacing the daimyo.

Question 4

Mit’a

Answer 4

(Economic) A mandatory public system. Established by the Incan Empire in order to construct building or create roads. Conquered people under the Incas did not have to pay tribute.

Question 5

Serfdom

Answer 5

(Political) The state of being a serf, serfs couldn’t travel without permission or marry. Children born to surfs became surfs.

Question 6

Trans-Sahara Trade

Answer 6

(Economic) Transformed West Africa by connecting it to the larger parts of the world. The exchange of goods brought them wealth, political power, and cultural diversity.

Question 7

Diaspora

Answer 7

(Social) Refers to the involuntary mass dispersion of a population from its indigenous territories, in particular the dispersion of Jews.

Question 8

Maharaja

Answer 8

(Social) An administrative rank in India; generally speaking, a Hindu prince ranking above a raja. Used historically, maharaja refers to a ruler of one of the principal native states of India.

Question 9

100 Years War

Answer 9

(Political) A series of conflicts in Western Europe from 1337-1453 fought by England and France. The war had two important outcomes, how people saw themselves and how they fought.

Question 10

Song Dysnasty

Answer 10

(Political) A Chinese dynasty that ruled from 960-1279. Under the Song Dynasty, China became the most populous trading area in the world.

Question 11

Shogunate

Answer 11

(Social) A title of the military dictators of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator.

Question 12

Chinampas

Answer 12

(Interaction) Floating gardens built by Aztecs, were used to grow crops without harming the environment. Small rectangular areas of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake beds.

Question 13

Pueblos

Answer 13

(Culture) A communal structure for the multiple dwelling and defensive purposes of certain agricultural Indians of the southwestern U.S. can be seen in Mesa Verde.

Question 14

Hanseatic League

Answer 14

(Political) Organization founded by north German towns and German merchant communities abroad to protect their mutual trading interests.

Question 15

Caravanserai

Answer 15

(Economic) A roadside inn where travelers could rest and recover from the day’s journey. It also supported the flow of commerce, most notably the Silk Road.

Question 16

Sultanate

Answer 16

(Political) The territory or a country ruled by a sultan. The office, ranks, or jurisdiction of a sultan.

Question 17

Urdu

Answer 17

(Culture) A language developed among Muslims of south Asia. Melded the grammatical pattern of Hindu the vocab of Arabic, and some elements of Farsi - Persians language

Question 18

Crusades

Answer 18

(Political) A series of European military campaigns in the Middle East between 1096 and the 1200’s. The Europeans sought to reclaim control of the Holy Land and the Byzantine Empire couldn’t act as a buffer between Muslim East and the Catholic West.

Question 19

Khanates

Answer 19

(Political) The area governed by a Khan.

Question 20

Shinto

Answer 20

(Culture) A Japanese religion incorporating the worship of ancestors and nature spirits and a belief in sacred power. Centered on veneration.

Question 21

Quipi

Answer 21

(Culture) Developed by the Inca, a system of knotted strings used to record numerical information for trade and engineering and for recording messages to be carried throughout the empire.

Question 22

Feudalism

Answer 22

(Political) A decentralized political organization based on a system of exchanges of land for loyalty. Wealth was measured in land rather than cash.

Question 23

Magna Carta

Answer 23

(Political) A charter of liberties to which the English barons forced King John to sign at Runnymede in June 1215.

Question 24

Sufism

Answer 24

(Culture) Emphasized introspection to grasp truths that they believed could not be understood through learning. Many have begun as a mystical response to the perceived love of luxury by the early Umayyad caliphate.

Question 25

Seljuk Turks

Answer 25

(Political) Muslims that began conquering parts of the Middle East, eventually extending their power almost as far east as Western China. Their leader (sultan) was Saladin.

Question 26

Black Death/Bubonic Plague

Answer 26

(Interaction) Black rats carried the infected flea that started the plague in the early 1300’s. It began in China, and spread through the Muslim world and hit Europe in 1347.