Cram Packet 2 Flashcards

377692512	Trans-Sahara Trade	Gold, ivory, slaves, and spices-Sub Sahara; salt, cloth, metalware-Sahara; route between North Africa, Europe and to West Africa	0
377692513	Indian Ocean Trade	Slaves, ivory, gold, and iron- Africa; Porcelain- China; Pottery- Burma; Cloth-India; route between East Africa and Asia	1
377692514	Silk Routes	silks and porcelain- China; woolen and linen cloth, glass, horses, ivory; route between China, Asia to Middle East	2
377692515	Contacts between major religions: Islam and Buddhism	Trade; peace	3
377692516	Contacts between major religions; Islam and Christianity	crusades; war	4
377692517	Impact of Mongol Empire	Largest land empire; spread cultures; improved trade in Asia and Eastern Europe; paper money, banking, credit; period of extended peace	5
377692518	Importance of Mongols	13th century influential; conquered China, India, Middle East, Russia	6
377692519	Rise of Mongols	Origin in Central Asian steppes; pastoralists; organized in clans; skilled as horsemen	7
377692520	Importance of Tang and Song Economic Revolutions	Paper money; Mass production of tea; porcelain; silk; Champa rice; Canton city is major trading city; exploration and trade(Zheng He)	8
377692521	Economic Revolutions of the Tang and Song Dynasties	Increasing agricultural production, Increasing Population, Urbanization, Technological innovations, financial inventions	9
377692522	Increasing Agricultural Production	Tang conquest of southern China and Vietnam lead to cultivation of rice; Agricultural techniques- heavy iron plow, water buffaloes, irrigation systems.	10
377692523	Increasing population	Because of agricultural revolution, distribution of food improved,.	11
377692524	Urbanization	Because Agricultural revolution cities grew and new ones were created.	12
377692525	Technological Innovations	New techniques for making lighter, thinner porcelain-Chinaware; new methods to produce iron and steel- increased by 10; gunpowder, movable type printing, magnetic compass	13
377692526	Financial Inventions	Paper money, letters of credit, checks	14
377692527	Chinese influence on Japan	copied Tang government, architecture, buddhism	15
377692528	Neoconfucianism	reconciled conflicts with buddhism and confucianis;familiar with buddhist beliefs- nature of the soul, individuals spiritual relationship; influenced philosophy in China, Korea, Vietnam, and Japan	16
377692529	Li	concept that defined a spiritual presence similar to the universal spirit of both hinduism and buddhism	17
377692530	Restructuring of European economic, social, and political institutions	Church took control of society after fall of roman empire; pope ultimate religious authority; feudalism- main source of defense and government; kings and knights support crusades;	18
377692531	Division of Christendom into eastern and western christian cultures	Church divided 1054 made Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic church	19
377692532	Maya economy	Agricultural trade; craftwork in jade	20
377692533	Maya Cultural Religious Architectural and gender roles	Mathematics; astronomy; medicine; pyramids; hieroglyphic writing; patriarchal	21
377692534	Maya Political Structure; reason for collapse	city-states; causes: overuse of resources, warfare	22
378871299	Aztec Economy	Mercernaries; war provided slaves	23
378871300	Aztec Cultural Religious Architectural	Human sacrifice; Capital- Tenochtitlan	24
378871301	Aztec Political Structure; Reason for Collapse; and Gender Roles	Emperor, rigid class system, tributary states, lack of immunity to AfroEurasian diseases; tributary states allied with spanish; Patriarchal	25
378871302	Inca Economy	Agricultural inherited array of domesticated plants and animals, potatoes, quinoa, guinea pigs, trade tribute roads	26
378871303	Inca Cultural Religious Architectural	Quipu for record keeping; textiles important for religious ceremonies	27
378871304	Inca Political Structure; Reason for Collapse; Gender Roles	Dynastic emperor, rigid class system, lack of immunity to AfroEurasian diseases like smallpox; tributary states allied with spanish; Patriarchal	28
378871305	Arabs: Areas Conquered	North Africa, Spain, West Africa, Central Asia, East Africa	29
378871306	Arabs Impact	Unified political unit, spread or religion, religious toleration, preservation of Greek and Roman Culture	30
378871307	Turks: Areas Conquered	Central Asia, Middle East, Asia Minor	31
378871308	Turks Impact	Islam, Defeated Byzantine Empire, Takes Jerusalem-Crusades	32
378871309	Mongols: Areas Conquered	Persia, China, Russia, Eastern Europe	33
378871310	Slavs: Areas Conquered	Eastern and Central Europe	34
378871311	Slavs Impact	Trading, Orthodox Christianity	35
378871312	Aztecs: Areas Conquered	Central Mexico	36
378871313	Aztecs Impact	Conquered large areas, Human sacrifices, Large trading network	37
378871314	Vikings: Areas Conquered	Raped and pillaged along European water routes	38
378871315	Vikings Impact	Led to Europeans seeking better protection methods, Some women taken as slaves to scandanavia	39
378871316	Bantu Migrations	Agricultural people, traveled through Africa, spread lanquages, slave trade networks established	40
378871317	Germanic and Slavs Migrations	Moved throughout Europe; caused political instability	41
378871318	Consequences of Plague Pandemics in 14th cent.	killed many people, major changes in economic sytems, affects population centers, lawlessness	42
378871319	Growth and Role of Cities	Many cities became prominent due to trade, centers of education, Cultural diffusion	43
378871320	Japanese Feudalism: Main ruler and length of office	Mid-800s; Emperor as figurehead, shogun as real power 1100s and 1945; Emperor hereditart, shogun by force and intrigue	44
378871321	Japanese Feudalism: Ranks and economic base	Emperor, Provincial aristocrat as lord, Vassal as lord, Samurai; small agricultural population	45
378871322	European Feudalism: Main ruler and length of office	800s; King, Queen, Emperor; Hereditary unless deposed	46
378871323	European Feudalism: Ranks and Economic Base	Ruler, Vassal as lord, knight who had no vassal ruler under him; Large population engaged in agriculture, change over time as trade cities grew.	47
378871324	Marco Polo	late 13th century; traveled in China and served Kublai Khan for 17 yrs, his stories made into a book.	48
378871325	Ibn Battutu	14th century; visited in Islamic Empire, traveled through mesopotamia and Persia, sailed down the Red Sea and East Coast of Africa to Kilwa.	49