Part 4: So what?

Question 1

Equal Field System

Answer 1

Maintained stability in the countryside for the first half of the Tang dynasty

Question 2

Manors

Answer 2

Skills learned on manors fueled economic development later on in western europe

Question 3

Guilds

Answer 3

Guilds provided a social infrastructure that helped medieval towns function

Question 4

Chivalry

Answer 4

Helped to soften the manners of the nobility, is still a term used today

Question 5

Saljuq Turks

Answer 5

Took over Byzantine and Abbasid empires

Question 6

Tamerlane

Answer 6

His empire crumbled after his death, but his tomb still remains standing to this day

Question 7

Vinland

Answer 7

Though colony was short lived, it demonstrated the ability of Europe to colonize the larger world

Question 8

Sugarcane

Answer 8

Prior to its widespread cultivation and trade, Europe had very little access to sugar, now had it, but also led to an increase in slave labor on plantations

Question 9

Indian Ocean Trade

Answer 9

Fixation on discovering such a trade route eventually led to the settling of what would become America

Question 10

Sundiata

Answer 10

His legacy brought together northern and western Africa, linking them as well to the Mediterranean basin.