Chapter 7, 8, 9 Vocabs

Question 1

Black Death

Answer 1

massive epidemic that swept through Eurasia in the 13th century, collection of diseases

Question 2

Ghana, Mali, Songhay

Answer 2

series of important states in west Africa that rose to prominence because of the transahra trade

Question 3

Great Zimbabwe

Answer 3

gold traders in Southeast Africa

Question 4

Indian Ocean Trading Network

Answer 4

worlds largest sea based trade and exchange system before 1500

Question 5

silk roads

Answer 5

an ancient network of trade routes that were central to cultural interaction through regions of eurasia

Question 6

Swahili civilization

Answer 6

combination of the Bantu Africans and Arab merchants and traders who came to the African coast to settle

Question 7

Trans-Saharan Trade

Answer 7

required travel across the Sahara to reach sub-Saharan Africa from the north African coast, Europe, to Levant

Question 8

Bushido

Answer 8

The code of moral principles the samurai were required and instructed to follow

Question 9

Chinese Buddhism

Answer 9

shaped culture in art, politics, literature, philosophy, medicine, and material culture

Question 10

Economic revolution

Answer 10

the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period 1760

Question 11

foot binding

Answer 11

applying tight binding to young girls feet to modify the shape of their feet

Question 12

Sui Dynasty

Answer 12

short lived dynasty with pivotal significance, unified the north and south, reinstalled the rule of ethnic

Question 13

Tang Dynasty

Answer 13

ruling dynasty of china from 618-907, noted for its openness to foregin cultural influences

Question 14

Umayyad caliphate

Answer 14

family of caliphs who ruled the islamic world from 661-750 ce

Question 15

umma

Answer 15

the community of believers in islam

Question 16

abbasid caliphate

Answer 16

the 3rd of the islamic caliphates to succeed the islamic prophet Muhammad, decended from muhammads uncle

Question 17

ibn battuta

Answer 17

14th century arab traveler who wrote about his extensive journeys throughout the islamic world

Question 18

madrassas

Answer 18

former colleges for higher instruction in the teachings of islam as well as the secular subjects, founded throughout the islamic world beginning in the 11th century

Question 19

mansa musa

Answer 19

muslim king of mali, who famously undertook a pilgrimage from his west african homeland to the city of mecca

Question 20

5 pillars of islam

Answer 20

the 5 core practices of islam: prayer, faith, charitable giving, fasting, and pilgrimage to mecca

Question 21

Sharia

Answer 21

islamic law, dealing with all matters of both secular and religious life

Question 22

Thimbuktu

Answer 22

great city of west africa, noted as a center of islamic scholarship in the 14th century to the 16th century