Unit 1 Vocab and MKD

Question 1

Kow-tow

Answer 1

The act of showing deep respect by kneeling and bowing so low as to have one’s head touching the ground. Typically performed before the Emperor of China as a sign of resepct(and superiority by diplomats)

Question 2

Tribute

Answer 2

Payment in money, goods, or labor to a government. Best example is China. Foreign regions that didn’t pay tribute to the Chinese emperor were not allowed to trade with them.

Question 3

Neo-Confucianism.

Answer 3

A PHILOSOPHY that merged Confucian, Buddhist, and Dalits thought. Primarily developed during the Song dusty but can be traced to the Tang. Became the stare religion of CHina from the Ming Dynasty- 1949.

Question 4

Is Confucianism a religion?

Answer 4

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Question 5

Sinification

Answer 5

Extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions, especially around East Asia.

Question 6

Vassal state.

Answer 6

A state with varying degrees os independence in its internal affairs, but dominated by another state in its foreign affairs.

Question 7

Vassal state alternate?

Answer 7

Tributary state.

Question 8

Daimyo

Answer 8

Powerful territorial warlords in early feudal Japan.

Question 9

Bushido.

Answer 9

The way of the warrior; unwritten behavior code widely observed by samurai in feudal Japan. loyalty, mastery of martial arts, and honor to the death.

Question 10

Samurai

Answer 10

Mounted troops; loyal to the local lords and not the emperor.

Question 11

Shogun

Answer 11

Term that refers to a Japanese military general.9practical leader)

Question 12

Bafuku(Shoganate)

Answer 12

‘Tent government” the feudal military dictatorship of Japan.

Question 13

When did bafuku happen

Answer 13

1192

Question 14

Caliph

Answer 14

Political and religious successor to Muhammad

Question 15

Caliphate

Answer 15

A form of Islamic government led by a caliph.

Question 16

Sharia

Answer 16

A body of law governing the lives of Muslims.

Question 17

Dhimmi

Answer 17

“People of the book” - applied as inclusive term to Christians and Jews in Islamic territories. Eventually included Zoroastrians, Hindus, and Buddhists.

Question 18

Dar al-Islam

Answer 18

an Arabic term that means the “house of Islam’ and that refers to lands under Islamic rule.

Question 19

Jizya

Answer 19

A yearly tax historically levied by Islamic states on dhimmis permanently living in Muslim lands.

Question 20

Umma

Answer 20

The whole community of Muslims bound together by ties of religion.

Question 21

Manorial system

Answer 21

Describes economic relations between landlords and peasant laborers - involved a hierarchy of reciprocal obligations that exchanged labor or rent for access to land nad protection.

Question 22

feudalism

Answer 22

Social and political organization of the Middle Ages whereby grants of land or fiefs were exchanged for formal oaths of allegiance and promises of loyal services.

Question 23

Chivalry

Answer 23

Unwritten code of behavior for European knights stressing ideals such as courage, loyalty, and devotion.

Question 24

Serfdom

Answer 24

Form of coercive labor - peasant legally bound to live on a lord’s estate.

Question 25

Monasticism

Answer 25

A religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work.

Question 26

Corvee labor

Answer 26

Type of annual tax that is payable by labor. Used to complete state projects and to maintain roads and public facilities. Originally used in feudal societies.

Question 27

Split inheritance.

Answer 27

INCA practice of ruler descent; all titles and political power went to successor, but wealth and land remained in hands of male descendants for support of the dead Inca’s mummy.

Question 28

Sovereignty

Answer 28

The exclusive right to exercise sumpreme authority over a geographic region or group of people.

Question 29

Mita

Answer 29

Labor extracted from lands assigned to the state and the religion; all communities were expected to contribute; and essential part of Inca control.

Question 30

Chinampas

Answer 30

Jan artificially built floating field on a shallow lake bed used by the Aztecs to grow crops.

Question 31

When did Genghis Khan begins Mongol Conquests

Answer 31

1206

Question 32

When did King John sign the Magna Carta

Answer 32

1215

Question 33

When did Marco Polo’s travels start and end?

Answer 33

1271-1295

Question 33

When did the Mongol sack Baghdad

Answer 33

1258

Question 34

Start of the yuan/mongol dynasty?

Answer 34

1279-1368

Question 35

Mansa Munsa’s pilgrimage?

Answer 35

1324

Question 36

Travels of the Ibn Battuta start and end?

Answer 36

1325-1349

Question 37

The spread of the bubonic plague

Answer 37

1347-1348

Question 38

Ming Dynasty time period

Answer 38

1368-1644

Question 39

Zheng He’s travels

Answer 39

1405-1433

Question 40

Rise of the Incas

Answer 40

1438