Midterm Flashcards
The Trans-Saharan trade primarily involved what 2 resources?
1) Gold
2) Salt
Where did Zheng He travel to?
Asia and Africa
Which 2 dynasties had scholar officials?
Tang and Song
The Mongols became _____ _____ because the _____ of northwest China didn’t provide good farmland
Sheep
Herders
Steppes
How was the Sahara able to become a source of salt? The desert had areas of _____ _____ _____ in the past
Salty Sea Water
Who rebuilt the Hagia Sophia?
Justinian
Who founded Buddhism?
Siddartha Guatama
Scholar-officials’ exams were based on the teachings of _____
Confucius
What is Japan’s traditional religion?
Shinto
Define Consensus
Agreement among members of a group
The streets of Nara was laid out in a grid pattern, similar to _____ of China
Chang’an
Define Shogun
A supreme military ruler
Buddhism spread from _____ to _____ to _____ to Japan
India
China
Korea
What topped Mayan pyramids?
Temples
Define daimyo
A local land-owning lord
Explain the relationship between peasants and daimyos.
Peasants provided _____ to the daimyos in exchange for _____
Labor
Protection/food
How was Axum successful as a trading kingdom in East Africa?
They bordered the Red Seaand was in the center of trade routes
Mansa Munsa’s hajj to the holy city of _____ showed the wealth and power of _____
Mecca
Mali
The Arab Muslim empire reached it’s greatest size under the _____ dynasty
Umayyad
The Great Schism separated the Byzantine empire(_____ Orthodox) from _____ Europe(_____ catholic)
Eastern
Western
RomN
Justinian’s code had 3 results:
1) Discriminated against non-_____ and _____
2) Gave more power to _____
3) Protected _____ _____
Christians
the emperor
individual rights
How did Islam spread?
As their empire grew larger, the religion spread wider
The first civilization to introduce Christianity was _____
Axum
Muhammad received a message from the angel _____, and he told everyone, making him the _____
Gabriel
prophet
Sunnis: (Majority, minority), believed the caliph should be ____
Shi’ites: (Majority, minority), believed the caliph should be _____’s _____
Majority Wise
Minority Muhammad’s relative
what are some characteristics of Africa’s oral tradition? 4 things
Griots, poetry, proverbs, music
Name the 3 West African Empires in order
Ghana
Mali
Songhai
Africans honored their _____
Ancestors
Arabia is know for…
little rain and dry deserts
who were iconoclasts?
People who opposed icons/ objects
Justinian believed that the Roman empire fell because of what?
Negligence
name 3 results of Justinian’s code
1) Gave great power to the emperor
2) Discriminated Jews and non-Christians
3) Protected individual rights and allowed women to own property
Where did Eastern Orthodox missionaries travel to?
Eastern Europe
Byzantine librarians preserved Greek and Roman culture by doing what?
Preserving and copying manuscripts
Explain the spread of Islam
Islam spread both inside and outside of their empire; missionaries and gaining land
Arab muslims were aided in their conquest by what?
Their shared faith uniting them
Explain the significance of the Hagia Sophia
It resembled the Eastern Orthodox church/Christianity
How did trade cause Africans to develop more advanced societies?
It brought them into contact with other peoples’ ideas
Give 3 characteristics of scholar-officials in Tang and Song China
1) Had to change jobs every 3 years
2) Couldn’t serve in their home district
3) Had to pass civil service exams based off the teachings of Confucius
Why did the Chinese gov’t support Confucius?
It promoted moral behavior, such as submitting to authority and respecting people of higher class
Before inventions such as the compass, gunpowder, and paper reached Europe, The Chinese traded with ____ ____ ____, then they traded with Europe
The Muslim World
Explain the significance of Mansa Munsa’s hajj to MEcca
It spread Islam and showed off their wealth
In China, if you owned ____, you were considered very powerful/
Land
Where did the Incan civilization develop?
the Andes Mountains
Where is Constantinople located?
On the Bosporus Strait
Name 3 inventions of the Aztecs.
1) aqueducts
2) Chinampas
3) causeways
Which civilization had the Mita system?
Incas
What are 3 features of Muslim art and architecture?
1) Calligrapy
2) Designs with bright colors
3) Arabesque - curved shapes and lines
Before the spread of Islam, what was life like?
People were nomads, sedentary farmers, and merchants
What helped shape Byzantine culture?
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
What caused the Incas to fall?
A civil war an being conquered by Europeans
What caused the fall of the Mayans?
Warfare, drought, and being conquered by the spainards
Byzantine librarians preserved Greek and Roman culture by doing what?
Preserving and copying manuscripts
