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| 15247478690 | Xuanzang | A famous Chinese Buddhist monk who described the interaction between China and India in the early Tang period | 0 | |
| 15247482238 | Marco Polo | Venetian merchant and traveler, His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade | 1 | |
| 15247482239 | Impacts of paper money in Song China | "flying cash" was used to deposit goods or cash at one location and then get it in another because of their expanding economy; paper money causes problems and soon the public lost confidence with it | 2 | |
| 15247487227 | Innovations of Tang and Song Dynasties | Block printing, movable type, gun powder (used to make weapons), paper money, and magnetic compass (for navigation; helped China become sea power) | 3 | |
| 15247492525 | Tang expansion and control in China | During Tang times they produced high-quality porcelain that was in high demand from the Chinese; Considered to be the Golden Age of China because of its advancements in technology, medicine, and trade; relied on a bureaucracy | 4 | |
| 15247497204 | Civil Service Exam | it was an exam based on Confucian teachings that were used to select people for various government service jobs; Meritocracy | 5 | |
| 15247497205 | Foot-binding | Practice in Chinese society to mutilate women's feet in order to make them smaller; also a way to control women | 6 | |
| 15247500404 | Heian Period | moved the capital of Japan to Heian; developing a new culture; growth of large estates; arts and literature of china flourished; elaborate court life; moved away from Chinese culture; Women played a key role in Japanese literature | 7 | |
| 15247503317 | Nara Period | a period of Japanese history, where the they adopted Chinese culture and forms of government | 8 | |
| 15247503318 | Kamakura Shogunate | The first of Japan's decentralized military governments that strengthen the state of Japan | 9 | |
| 15247507072 | Shogun | A general who ruled Japan in the emperor's name | 10 | |
| 15247507073 | Samurai | Class of warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land | 11 | |
| 15247511796 | Ninja | people who were trained in martial arts and were hired for assassinations | 12 | |
| 15247511797 | Ronin | Samurai warriors without masters | 13 | |
| 15247515246 | Neo-Confucianism | Philosophy that attempted to merge certain basic elements of Confucian and Buddhist thought | 14 | |
| 15247519421 | Rice production in China | expanded supply of food; increased agricultural production = expansion of Chinese population and growth of cities | 15 | |
| 15247529989 | Trade in Islamic world | During the Abbasid caliphate, trade networks linked all regions of the Islamic world; Al-Andalus (Muslim empire) represented the effects of long-distance trade; banks of the Abbasid period had a better range of services than others; established the shakk (check) | 16 | |
| 15247539013 | Increase in trade in Sub-Saharan Africa | exchanged their local products like gold, ivory, salt, and cloth, for North African goods; used camels most of the time to transport goods; Islam arrived from merchants in North America and influenced Sub-Saharan Africa | 17 | |
| 15247542913 | Five Pillars of Islam | five acts of worship required of all Muslims; declaration of faith, prayer, give to others, fasting, and pilgrimage | 18 | |
| 15247546221 | Bedouin life | Nomadic people who kept herds of sheep, goats, and camels; migrating the deserts to fine grass and water for their animals; formed very loyal clans; a lot of clans fought each other to get resources | 19 | |
| 15247561220 | Characteristic of Islam that served as a binding force | The symbol of Islamic cultural unity was the Ka'ba at Mecca because of Muhammad's hijra to Mecca to take over the polytheistic beliefs; Sufis were Islamic missionaries that helped Islam spread | 20 | |
| 15247567188 | Differences and similarities between Islam, Christianity, and Judaism | All believe in one god; Islam's prophet was Muhammad; Christianity's prophet was Jesus; Judaism's prophet was Abraham | 21 | |
| 15247571470 | Caravanserais | inns offering lodging for caravan merchants as well as food, water, and care for their animals | 22 | |
| 15247575927 | Umayyad Empire | Solved the problem of succession; they favored Arabs which led to administrative problems; Their policy towards conquered people formed disconnection among ethnic and religious groups; Jizya was a special tax to those who didn't convert to Islam | 23 | |
| 15251253378 | Abbasid Empire | Dar al-Islam grew during the Abbasid Dynasty; The high point in the dynasty was the reign of Harun al-Rashid; He provided liberal support from artists and writers and distributed money to the people; Al - Andalus: represents the effects of long-distance trade during the Abbasid era; In the Abbasid empire they developed the Sakk (check) | 24 | |
| 15247578602 | Sunni vs. Shia | two separate branches of Islam, both believe fully in the Quran, but disagree about certain historical issues Sunni = anyone who is qualified enough can become the next successor Shia = you must be in the bloodline of Muhammad to become the successor | 25 | |
| 15247585086 | Spread of the Islamic world | Muslim conquests following Muhammad's death led to the creation of the caliphates, occupying a vast geographical area; conversion to Islam was boosted by missionary activities | 26 | |
| 15247589687 | Hindu deities | Brahma (creator), Vishnu (preserver), Shiva (destroyer) | 27 | |
| 15247597505 | Conversion to Islam in Southeast Asia | Eventually ruling elites, traders and others become interested; ruling elites like because it allows them to connect with traders and sanctions rule didn't make subjects convert; Sufis present and effective | 28 | |
| 15247603470 | Chinese vs. Indian political systems | In Chinese government you take a test to become a government official; in Indian they have the cast system that organizes the people into 5 levels; you are stuck in your level | 29 | |
| 15247608106 | Islam spread in India | Muslim Turks established an Islamic state led by Muhmud of Ghazni; his successors conquered northern India and put it under Islamic rule; established the Sultanate of Delhi | 30 | |
| 15247619322 | Viking Expansion | Vikings from Scandinavia raided cities, very fast ships, they raided monasteries for riches. | 31 | |
| 15247619323 | Great Schism | Division of medieval Christianity into the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church Relations between East and West had long been argued by political and ecclesiastical differences and theological disputes | 32 | |
| 15247623759 | Monasteries | Communities of monks | 33 | |
| 15247629969 | Similarities between western Mediterranean and Norse merchants | They both used boats to conduct trade | 34 | |
| 15247638668 | Political structure in Byzantine Empire | large and complex bureaucracy; Combination of Imperial rule with oversight of the church created powerful Christian monarchs; Constant military pressure deprived the Empire of long periods of peace | 35 | |
| 15247641553 | Japanese feudalism vs. European feudalism | Social classes were basically the same however Japanese women had more freedom than European women | 36 | |
| 15247762548 | Nomadic tribes in Trans-Eurasian trade | Eurasian routes during the Mongol era served as a highway for missionaries; Sufi missionaries helped popularize Islam with Turkish people; Nestorian Christians also won converts when they went to China to serve as administrators for Mongol rule; Pax Mongolica | 37 | |
| 15247762549 | Khanates | Four regional Mongol kingdoms that arose following the death of Chinggis Khan; Yuan dynasty - took over the Song Dynasty Golden Horde - Russia Chagatai Khanate - central Asia Ilkhanate - Persia (Middle East) | 38 | |
| 15247771449 | Chinggis Khan religion | Shamans, religious specialists who had supernatural powers and communicated with gods and nature spirits; Converted to many religions like Buddhism and Christianity from trading with other settled societies | 39 | |
| 15247786023 | Political administration of Mongol empire | They had a Hereditary Monarchy; after Chinggis Khan died, his heirs divided the realm into four regional empires they each ruled over | 40 | |
| 15247789438 | Pax Mongolica | The era of relative peace and stability created by the Mongol Empire for the Silk Roads | 41 | |
| 15247793479 | The spread of Mongol control | laid the political foundation for a surge in long-distance trade; Chinggis Khan made an alliance with a Mongol clan leader and brought all the Mongol tribes into a single confederation; Chinggis Khan extended Mongol rule to northern China; The Mongols has captured the Jurchen capital, which they renamed Khanbaliq "the city of Khan" | 42 | |
| 15247831921 | Islamic sub-Saharan African women | Men mostly have public authority; women has more opportunities than others; women merchants traded at markets and participated in local and long-distance trade; Islam didn't change women's status | 43 | |
| 15247840013 | Sub-Saharan African architecture | Islam and Christianity had a influence on their architecture; a stone complex known as Great Zimbabwe was a city of stone towers, palaces, and public buildings | 44 | |
| 15247845315 | Growth of the Swahili city-states | Dominated the east African coast and attracted Islamic attention; by controlling texting trade, local chiefs strengthened the authority of their communities; Island part cities developed into city-states that were governed by a king who controlled trade and organized public life | 45 | |
| 15247849499 | Ibn Battuta's view of the Mali empire | Moroccan Muslim scholar, when he saw the women in Mali showing skin and talking to other men he was upset | 46 | |
| 15247866639 | Trade influences on kingdoms in east Africa | Islam then spread slowly in much of the continent through trade and preaching; Christianity was established into the Kingdom of Axum that converted merchants who traded with Mediterranean Christians | 47 | |
| 15247871024 | Wealth in Mali | in Mali you were wealthy by the amount of books you had and the education you revised; however, they were wealthy because salt was a major export | 48 | |
| 15247880400 | Islam conversion by east African merchants and princes | facilitate political alliances with Islamic princes; give a greater sense of legitimacy for east African princes; increase the volume of the slave trade; allow for greater participation within the Indian Ocean trading system; Keep their own religion but adopted some Islamic aspects | 49 | |
| 15247897439 | Influence of the colonization of Madagascar on the Bantu | Malay seafarers went to Madagascar and established banana cultivation there; Bananas increases the population of regions in Sub-Saharan Africa | 50 | |
| 15247914762 | Reasons for expansion of trans-Saharan trade | The introduction of the camel as carrier of goods in the trade was a massive boost to the exchange between Ghana and the desert peoples; Pax Mongolica, peace of the Mongols on the route which made a very safe Silk Road trade route | 51 | |
| 15247923071 | Mansa Musa | Emperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa; He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and established trade routes to the Middle East; handed out gold to the people of Mecca and messed up the economy | 52 | |
| 15247948820 | European agriculture during the high middle ages | After population increased lords expanded their cultivation because it would raise tax and make them wealthy; Increased the production of beans because it was great for dietary protein and made the soil rich; The horseshoe and the horse collar was introduced | 53 | |
| 15247957609 | The Hanseatic League | an organization of north German and Scandinavian cities for the purpose of establishing a commercial alliance | 54 | |
| 15247957610 | Growth in the European agricultural economy | The trade network is known as the Hanseatic League in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea | 55 | |
| 15247973344 | Long-term effects of Crusades | Beginning of the end of feudalism; Increased authority of kings; Brought classical texts back to Europe; Improved technologies in the West; Inspire exploration | 56 | |
| 15247985151 | Population in Europe during the Middle Ages | Farmers were able to feed more people and trade increased | 57 | |
| 15247978323 | Political structure of medieval Italy | A lot of city-states dominated their own urban districts; Norman adventurers invaded territories run by the Byzantine empire; The Normans soon overcame Byzantine and Muslim authorities and brought Roman Catholic Christianity into southern Italy | 58 | |
| 15247985152 | Marco Polo | Italian explorer and author; He made numerous trips to China and returned to Europe to write of his journeys; responsible for much of the knowledge exchanged between Europe and China during this time period | 59 | |
| 15247991727 | Chinampas | floating farming islands made by the Aztec | 60 | |
| 15248164670 | Networks of exchange and communication in the Americas | No horses or cattle to transport goods; Carried it on their heads; Pochteca, long-distance merchants; Merchants also served as spies; Used the Barter System | 61 | |
| 15248183415 | Achievements of the Inca culture | Agricultural terraces were built in the Andes Mountains; Quipu was comprised of different-colored string and knots that served to record events; Road systems in Cuzco enabled the central government to communicate with all parts of the Inca empire | 62 | |
| 15248206002 | Aztec administration | Calpulli were clans or groups of families that all came from common ancestors; Calpulli organized their own affairs and allocated community property to individual families; Mexica commoners also worked on land awarded to aristocrats and did labor services to construct palaces, temples, and roads; Long-distance trade was very important | 63 | |
| 15248210204 | Purpose of Human Sacrifice | Mexica believed that their gods had created the world through acts of individual sacrifice; The victims were Mexica criminals and captured people from war; They thought human sacrifice was essential to the world's survival | 64 |
