Exam Stuff (9thS2) Flashcards
Stuff about the SS exam and of that general sort.
Heavy Plow:
used to cut through the deep, heavy, rich soils of europe.
The Northern Song Dynasty lasted from ____ to ____.
960-1127 CE
3-Field Rotation System:
There were 3 fields
67% of it was planed each year.
It allowed for the fields to replenish their nutrients.
More food, less plowing
The Horse Collar:
let the horse pull with 5x more force
Horse Shoes:
to keep hooves from splitting
Why were work horses better then oxen?
They were faster than oxen and could work 1-2 hours more per day.
The Dark Age:
476-1000 CE much provincialism lots of of division and feuding lack of major art and artisanship constant invasion of Viking, Magyars, and Muslims lack of trading
What did broke Lords lead to?
Some sold freedom to some of their serfs.
Some sponsored trad fairs in cities and taxed them
Others robbed merchants and travelers
Why didn’t the two biggest empires in the Americas contact or trade with each other?
The North-South axis of the Americas did not allow for easy spread of crops and animals
They simply never met
What is a pandemic?
a wide-spread disease
It can be over a whole country or the whole world
What is an epidemic?
a disease that spreads throughout a smaller community
It is localized
What is an endemic?
a disease or condition that is regularly found among particular group or in a certain area
Chinampas:
It is a specific way the people in mesoamerica farmed. It involved artificial islands being placed in water and the plants (maize) were grown on those islands.
They could collect the maize by canoe.
Caravansaries:
Roadside “hotels” for traveling traders.
They made it easier for traders to make their journeys without being attacked by bandits/robbers.
Jurchen:
A group of people who lived in Manchuria (today’s North Eastern China). They started the Jin dynasty.
