Commerce and Culture (500 C.E. -> 1500 C.E.)

Question 1

What is the Hundred Years’ War?

Answer 1

A long war between France and England over land (1337-1453).

Question 2

What is the Holy Inquisition?

Answer 2

A special group of Christian churches that sought out to punish religious non-conformers.

Question 3

Why did many ancient peoples dislike merchants?

Answer 3

They made so much money without producing anything themselves.

Question 4

What was the worst thing that spread on the Silk Road?

Answer 4

Disease.

Question 5

What is the Silk Road?

Answer 5

A 4,000 mile long road that connected China to many other Asian countries.

Question 6

What were some of the most desired products from Asia?

Answer 6

Silk, bamboo, glass, gunpowder, paper, copper items, medicine, precious stones, and more.

Question 7

Why is the Silk Road so important?

Answer 7

It spread many products which made a huge economic system, and many ideas were exchanged.

Question 8

What was an upside for workers that all of the trade caused?

Answer 8

Demand greatly rose for many things, so workers could get higher wages and better terms.

Question 9

What other large trade network arose in Asia?

Answer 9

The making of the Sea Roads in the Indian Ocean.

Question 10

Why were the Sea Roads more efficient in trade?

Answer 10

In boats, you could carry more and go farther faster.

Question 11

What is the Theme System?

Answer 11

A system where soldiers were given frontier land for their services.

Question 12

What is the Ideal of Christendom?

Answer 12

The belief that the Pope should have the most power.

Question 13

What are the Crusades?

Answer 13

A series of four holy wars for control over Jerusalem.

Question 14

What new metal was worked on in the Middle Ages?

Answer 14

Steel.

Question 15

Who are the Berbers?

Answer 15

Nomadic camel herders from the Middle East.

Question 16

What are Dar al-Islam and Dar al-Hard?

Answer 16

Dar al-Islam means “house of peace” and Dar al-Harb means “house of war.”

Question 17

What was South African civilization like in the early Middle Ages?

Answer 17

It was very urban and all states were politically independent.

Question 18

What were the most popular things traded from Africa?

Answer 18

Gold, Salt, and Slaves were the main ones.

Question 19

How did African rulers get rich off of trade?

Answer 19

They taxed merchants a lot.

Question 20

Who are Pochetca?

Answer 20

American trading merchants who undertook enormous trading expeditions.

Question 21

What is a Tributary System?

Answer 21

A system where other states had to pay at intervals to avoid punishment.

Question 22

What is the Black Death?

Answer 22

An enormous plague that killed almost half of Europe’s population.

Question 23

What is Bushido?

Answer 23

“The way of the warrior” in Japan.

Question 24

Who were the Normans?

Answer 24

Viking descendants who went on to conquer England.

Question 25

What is the Spain anti-Muslim Reconquista?

Answer 25

An event in Spain where all Muslims were evicted. It is sometimes referred to as a kind of crusade.

Question 26

What is Pax Mongolica?

Answer 26

The time of the peak of Mongol power.

Question 27

What happened to the Mongol lands in 1260?

Answer 27

One of the Mongol rulers died and the lands split into four large units which ruled themselves and changed on their own. Some adopted different religions such as Islam and some gained/lost land.