Unit 1

Question 1

What was the politcal environment of Europe during this time period

Answer 1

Made up of kingdoms that often warred with one another, decentralization

Question 2

What country was ruled by Islam for 700 years

Answer 2

Spain

Question 3

The development of this increased the population of Europe

Answer 3

Crop Rotation

Question 4

What did not help Europe not get out of the dark ages

Answer 4

100 year war

Question 5

What was humanism

Answer 5

human potential, present not the after life, education

Question 6

The inca’s language is called

Answer 6

quechua

Question 7

What important lake is found near the inca’s capitol city

Answer 7

lake titicaca

Question 8

principal food source of the Incas, cultivate in 300 different ways

Answer 8

potato

Question 9

Name of lake that the Aztecs settled in

Answer 9

Texcoco

Question 10

Where did Aztecs originally come from

Answer 10

Aztlan

Question 11

Why were the Aztecs always at war

Answer 11

gold, land, sacrificial victims

Question 12

Oldest societiy in Mesoamerica

Answer 12

Olmecs

Question 13

Newest society in Mesoamerica

Answer 13

Aztec

Question 14

Islam spread to everywhere but

Answer 14

Northern Europe

Question 15

Who did the Abbasids kick out of power

Answer 15

Ummayad

Question 16

Term of pilgrimage to Mecca that all Muslims must complete once in their lifetime

Answer 16

Hajj

Question 17

Abbasid conquered and learned cultures from

Answer 17

Greece, Rome, India

Question 18

Tran-Saharan trade network traded?

Answer 18

Came, Islam Merchants, Bananas, Iron

Question 19

What was the only Christian African country?

Answer 19

Ethiopia

Question 20

Mansa-musa, the richest person ever, was the ruler of what African Kingdom.

Answer 20

Mali

Question 21

What is the blending of culture and religion

Answer 21

Syncretism

Question 22

Most significant effects of diasporic communities of merchants tru trade routes across Asia

Answer 22

The spreading of religious and cultural ideas

Question 23

Most significant negative consequences of the Silk Road

Answer 23

Spread of diseases like the Bubonic Plauge

Question 24

Who conquered the Song and established the Yuan Dynasty

Answer 24

Kublai Khan

Question 25

4 Mongol empires

Answer 25

Persian ilkhanate, yuan, golden horde, chagatai

Question 26

Most popular religion of east asia

Answer 26

buddhism

Question 27

major religions in india

Answer 27

hinduism and islam

Question 28

which mongol empire was from russia

Answer 28

Golden Horde