Vocab Chapter 1

Question 1

Animism

Answer 1

The belief that elements of the physical world can have supernatural powers.

Question 2

Bureaucracy

Answer 2

A system of government where most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.

Question 3

Champa rice

Answer 3

A fast-ripening and drought-resistant strain of rice that expanded agricultural production in China.

Question 3

Catalan Atlas

Answer 3

A map of the medieval world as of the late 1300s

Question 4

Confucianism

Answer 4

A study that focused on education, benevolence, virtue, respect, and a patriarchal social structure.

Question 5

Cultural Diffusion

Answer 5

the spreading of ideas, cultural values, goods, etc. from one society to another.

Question 5

Diaspora

Answer 5

the movement of people from their homelands

Question 6

Dowry

Answer 6

A payment for a wife

Question 7

Kowtow

Answer 7

Bowing at a emperor; basic respect

Question 7

Feudalism

Answer 7

A system of power where people that own land have the most power

Question 7

Hajj

Answer 7

A religious pilgrimage to Mecca

Question 8

Filial piety

Answer 8

A concept that refers to the idea of respecting, serving, and caring for one’s parents and family.

Question 9

“Gold/Salt Road”

Answer 9

The silk road but in Africa

Question 10

Mandate of Heaven

Answer 10

Heaven is the one that chooses the fit of a virtuous ruler.

Question 11

Manorialism

Answer 11

Describes the relationship between a noble and his peasants in medieval Europe

Question 12

Matrilineal Society

Answer 12

The social standing of a society is based on the woman’s side of the family

Question 13

Primogeniture

Answer 13

The system of inheritance where possessions were given to the firstborn child/eldest son

Question 13

Meritocracy

Answer 13

A system of government where people are selected on the basis of their ability.

Question 14

Sorghum

Answer 14

Grain cultivated/consumed in Ghana that could withstand harsh environments

Question 14

Proselytize

Answer 14

Actively seeking people to convert to a religion

Question 15

Syncretism

Answer 15

The combinations of two different cultures to create a new, distinct one.

Question 16

Theocracy

Answer 16

Rule by religious leaders

Question 17

Tribute system

Answer 17

Set of practices that required non-Chinese authorities to acknowledge Chinese superiority and their own subordinate place in a Chinese-centered world order

Question 17

Tithe

Answer 17

A tax for the support of the Church and clergy