STUDY Flashcards
author of the first full-length novel, The Tale of Genjii
Lady Muraski
Chinese explorer of the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean
Zheng He
ruler of Mali made an extravagant hajj to Mecca
Mansa Musa
founder of the Ming Dynasty in 1368
Zhu Yuanzhang
The ___ trade allowed the Bantu to build Great Zimbabwe.
gold
Which African empire extended from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Chad in West Africa?
The Songhai empire. It controlled the biggest portion that was taken of West Africa, and it went from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Chad.
What is the Ring of Fire?
a line around the Pacific Ocean where volcanoes and earthquakes are more common
India experienced a Golden Age of increased trade and advances in medicine and mathematics.
Gupta Empire
Babur founded an Indian empire where Hinduism and Buddhism were blended.
Mughal Empire
Empress Wu Zeitan ruled during the Golden Age of China when the arts, technology, and government flourished.
Tang dynasty
Kublai Khan united all of China and extended the Mongol Empire to its greatest extent.
Yuan Dynasty
The Muslim conquest of India resulted in the ___.
Sultanate of Delhi
The foundation of China’s government and educational system was ___.
the teachings of Confucianism
What was the Forbidden City?
classical Chinese architecture buildings constructed for the emperor
The Tokugawa closed Japan in 1637, leading to two centuries of ___.
isolation
Which Italian served in Kublai Khan’s court and wrote an account about China for Europeans to read?
Marco Polo
Nippon, meaning “Land of the Rising Sun” is the name of ___.
“Land of the Rising Sun” is the name for Japan in the Japanese language.
The skill of a(n) _____ was highly valued on the steppes of Central Asia.
horseman
The _____ was adopted by the Berbers to establish a trade route across the Sahara desert.
camel
The Japanese ______ is a member of the Yamato family believed to have divine descendants.
emperor
The ______ was over the daimyo and in feudalistic Japanese culture.
Shogun
A knight warrior called ______ followed the code of bushido in feudalistic Japan.
Samurai
The Japanese ______ religion of demanded complete loyalty to family and emperor.
shinto
The ______ is a general term for the countries of Asia.
Orient
___ conquered India, Afghanistan, China, Iraq, Turkey, Iran, and Russia to form the Mongol Empire.
Genghis Khan
