Global Tapestry

Question 1

What did the Song Dynasty use to justify their rule.

Answer 1

By using the traditional values of Confucianism and imperial bureaucracy, the Dynasty maintained and justified their rule

Question 2

How and where did Chinese culture influence its neighboring countries.

Answer 2

Chinese culture influenced Korea, Japan, and southeast Asia with its writing, political ideologies (Confucianism) and architecture

Question 3

What did the Afro-Eurasian, South American, and Asian Empires show in terms of growth?

Answer 3

continuity, innovation and diversity were all demonstrated. For example, the innovation of the Song dynasty allowed for advancements in iron production and gunpowder manufacturing.

Question 4

Define Continuity

Answer 4

Continuity means something that keeps going without stopping or changing too much. It’s like when a TV show keeps playing one episode after another without a big break, or when your bedtime stays the same every night.

Question 5

How did Buddhism shape Asian society?

Answer 5

By instilling core Buddhist beliefs, Asian schools, practices, and unity began developing, its foundation being Buddhist beliefs. Buddhism allowed for the Srivijaya empire to reign for a long period of time because of its citizens being ruled by a pro-Buddhist Empire

Question 6

What were some ways the Song Dynasty’s Economy developed

Answer 6

• Free artisanal and peasant labor (allowed for by Champa Rice)
• Exponential growth in iron output/production
• Innovation such as the development of the compass
• Increased agricultural output
• Manufacturing of goods

Question 7

What are the 3 abrahamic religions and what societies did they play a role in?

Answer 7

• Islam
  
  • Shaped the Middle East and caused the development of the Delhi
    Sultanate, Abbasid State, Mamluk Caliphate, and the Ottoman
    Empire
    • Spread to West Africa via Trans-Sahara trade networks, to East
      Africa, Persia, and India by arab traders
    • Developed society in Asia and Africa
    • Mainly in Middle East
• Christianity
  - Developed in middle east
  - Spread to Europe and branched into Anglican, Catholic, and
  Eastern Orthodox
  - Eventually Caused Crusades
  - Developed society mainly in Europe
• Judaism
  - Developed Society mainly in Europe
  - Smallest religion based on size as there was intermarriage and
  the only religion in this list that did not seek converts

Question 8

What was the Abbasid Caliphate?

Answer 8

• Muslim Empire
• Advanced mathematics (Algebra, Trig)
• Advanced astronomy
• Tolerant
• Fragmented as they allowed local leaders to be mostly autonomous
• Collapsed because of the Turkic people as they had different islamic identity

Question 9

Who were the Sufis

Answer 9

A group of people that combined Animism with Islam (Very small population)

Question 10

How did islam spread thru Africa

Answer 10

By military conquest, merchants, missionaries and sufis.