Unit 1 - The Global Tapestry Flashcards
What dynasty ruled China from 1200-1450?
The Song Dyanasty
How did the Song Dynasty rule (3 answers)?
Bureaucracy
Meritocracy
Civil Service Exam
Ag. Innovations in China during the time period 1200-1450 (5 answers)
Grand Canal
Champa Rice
Manure
Irrigation Systems
Heavy Plows
More food = ?
More food = More people
Tech. innovations in China during 1200-1450 (5 answers)
Gunpowder/Guns
Steel
Compass
Paper
Woodblock Printing
What 3 goods did the Song Dynasty most commonly trade?
Porcelain
Textiles
Tea
What did the Song Dyanasty use their taxes on?
To build routes
To control trade
What did woodblock printing increase/cause?
The increased use of paper for literature.
How/Why did tech., literature, and visual arts thrive in the Song Dynasty in 1200-1450?
Increased contact with foreigners
What resource was a major resource used in the Song Dyanasty?
Coal
Foot binding
Chinese practice of tightly wrapping girls’ feet to keep them small (this was a symbol of wealth); an emphasis on small size and delicacy as central views of female beauty
Imperial Bureaucracy
A Chinese govern system with strong imperial court and a Civil Service Exam based on Confucian principals.
Meritocracy
A political system in which you move up in position based on merit and talent
Champa Rice
A quick-maturing, drought resistant rice
Doubled food intake
Was sent to China as a tribute gift from the Champa state during the Song Dynasty
Grand Canal
A waterway system connecting north-eastern China with central-eastern China
Proto-Industrialization
A set of economic changes in which people in rural areas made more goods than they could sell.
cont. - Established the basis of a merchant economy in China for cents.
Tributary System
Countries that wanted to trade with China had to pay goods or money to the Chinese emperor for the privillage of trading with China.
Scholar Gentry
Members of China’s landowning families, reflecting their wealth from the land and the privilege that they derived as govern. officials
Filial Piety
(In Confucian thought) one of the virtues to be cultivated; a love and respect for one’s parents and ancestors
Neo-Confucianism
The revival of Confucian thinking while adding in Buddhist and Daoist elements during the Song Dynasty
Pologony
A form of marriage where a man has more than one wife at a time.
Dar al-Islam
“The House of Isam;” a group of empires and communities all falling under the Islamic religion; primarily located in the Middle East
What two empires were dominant in the Americas?
The Incas and Aztecs
What innovations did Dar al-Islam introduce/encourage?
Algebra (from Dar al-Islam) and medicine/philosophy (from the Greeks/Romans)
Feudal System
A social/political structure present in Europe from the 9th-15th century; a lord controlled a plot of land and people under him worked that land in return for a place to live, protection, ect.
The Manorial System
Which group of people dominated Dar al-Islam (from 1200-1450)?
The Turks (used to be Arabs/Persians)
How did Islam spread in 1200-1450?
Merchants, missionaries, and surfis
Siege of Baghdad
A siege led by the Mongol army into Baghdad (the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate)
A cause of the Siege of Baghdad:
The rapid expasion of the Mongol empire across the network of exchange
An effect of the Siege of Baghdad:
The end of the Abbasid Caliphate
What three belif systems dominated South/Southeast Asia in 1200-1450?
Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam
Name a Hindu state in 1200-1450
Vijayanagara Empire; Rajput Kingdoms; Srivijaya Empire; Khmer Empire; Majaphit Empire
Name a Buddhist state in 1200-1450
Sukhothai Empire; Sinhala Dynasties; Srivijaya Empire; Khmer Empire
_____ Sultante was the most influential sultanate in South Asia in 1200-1450.
Delhi
Name one religious and one political characteristic about Azteca society
Religious - Polygamy, Human Sacrafice, Cosmology, Ceremonial Warefare
Political - Tribute, City States
Inca Mit’a System
A form of mandatory public service in the Inca Empire - people contributed their labor towarads various community projects for a set period of time
What three empires dominated West Africa in 1200-1450?
Ghana Empire, Mali Empire, and Songhai Empire
What’s a religious cause of Mansa Musa’s journey to Mecca?
Mansa Musa had converted to Islam faith
What was an economic effect of Mansa Musa’s journey to Mecca
Mansa Musa spent so much money on his journey to Mecca, he erased Cario’s economy.
