Vocabulary Quiz 2

Question 1

Caliphate

Answer 1

An area where religious Muslims lived under the leadership of a caliph, who was considered to be a successor to Muhammad, Islam’s sprophet & founder or the chief Muslim civil and religious leader.

Question 2

Astrolabe

Answer 2

instrument used for estamating the altitude and predicting the position of celestial objects, such as the moon, other planets, and stars: allowed for open water navigation.

Question 3

Sharia

Answer 3

Islamic law; defined among other things the patrilineal nature of Islamic inheritance. (Religous law from Quran). Islam legal system.

Question 4

Griots

Answer 4

Professional oral historians who served as keeps of traditions and advisors to Kings within the Mali Empire.

Question 5

Shintoism

Answer 5

Religions of early Japanese Culture; devotees worshipped numerous gods and spirts associated with the natural world;
Offers of food and prayers made to gods and nature spirits.

Question 6

Flying money

Answer 6

Chinese credit instrument that provided credit vouchers to merchants to be redeemed at the end of the voyage; reduced danger of robbery; early form of currency.

Question 7

Serfdom

Answer 7

Peasant agriculture laborers within the manorial system⬅️(landlord vs peasant).
Agriculture worker that reciered some protection from landlords, in return they had to turn over some of their goods to remain on the land.

Question 8

Monasticism

Answer 8

form of religous life; usally conducted in. a community under a common rule. Isolated from other people and
Self-disciplined. In many religions, monks and nuns practice this.

Question 9

Clergy

Answer 9

The entire class of religous officials, from priests to pastors, etc. Church officials.

Question 10

Humanism

Answer 10

Focus on mankind as center of intellectual and artistic endeavor: method of study that emphasized the superiority of classical forms over medieval styles, in particular the study of ancient languages.

Question 11

Indulgence

Answer 11

A way to reduce the punishment bought about by sin within the Catholic Church.

Question 12

Predestination

Answer 12

The belief that everything that happens has already been determined by god. Previous determined destiny or fate or god.

Question 13

Tsar

Answer 13

The supreme male monarch, or King (especially of Russia prior to 1917)

Question 14

Boyar

Answer 14

Russian aristocrats, possessed less political power than did their counterparts in western Europe. Ranked immediately below a prince.

Question 15

Devshirme

Answer 15

The system by which boys from Christian
Communities were taken by the Ottoman state to serve in the military and government. “Blood tax” for non-muslims.

Question 16

Jannisaries

Answer 16

Ottoman infantry divisions that dominated Ottoman armies: forcibly conscripted as boys in conquered areas of Balkans, legally slaves; translated military service into political influence, particularly after 15th century.

Question 17

Daimyo

Answer 17

A japanese fendalord who commanded a private army of samurai.

Question 18

Queue

Answer 18

Braided hair, the manchurians forced the chinese to Shave their foreheads and braid the rest of the hair as a sign of submission.

Question 19

Sikhism

Answer 19

The doctrines of a sincretic monotheistic religion with 25 million followers founded in northern India in the 15th century by combining elements of Hinduism and Islam.

Question 20

Zamindars

Answer 20

A local official in Mongul India who received a plot of farmland for temporary use in return for collecting taxes for the central government. Landowner to tenant farmers.

Question 21

Corroborate

Answer 21

To support or confirm a statement, idea or opinion by providing evidence or information.