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T/F The Toltec people were conquered by the Mayan people
False
The capital of the Aztec people was located
On an Island
A chinampas using ticks and reeds was used to
Elevate swamp land
T/F THE Aztec people did not allow local leaders to stay in conquered areas
False
Aztec women played a more prominent role in daily life because
women were responsible for weaving cloth
The Inca Empire stretched from what modern day countries
Ecuador to Chile
Into how many provinces was the Inca Empire divided
Four
What did the Mita system require?
Men between 15-50 had to work for the government
3 main Crops that the Inca grew on their terraced farms
Squash, Corn, Bsans
T/F Cortez was responsible for the decline and destruction of the Aztec people.
True
T/F The African Continent has 3 climate zones
False
What evidence demonstrated that the Sahara was once a fertile environment?
Cave Paintings
What herders overtake cattle herders in Sahara trade routes?
Horse
What good was primarily traded southward in Africa?
Salt
Sahel Means
The coast
T/F East west travel was increasingly difficult in Sub-Saharan Africa
False
What are the three commonalities that demonstrate African culture?
Music, Art, Masks
T/F The common African quality is called "Africanity"
True
What language is evidence of extensive contacts in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Bantu
What are two examples that demonstrate the spread of Ideas learned in inherent behavior?
Christianity, Taboo (pork being unholy)
What empire tuned against the Song after helping them dispose of the Liao?
Jin
What type of Buddhism did the Tangut practice?
Tibetan
Where did the Southern Song establish a new capital?
South of the Yangzi River
What was Su Song's engineering achievement?
A water-powered clock
What is one example of what the Song used Iron for?
Building Bridges
T/F The Song army was roughly twice the size of America's current standing army
False
The Song created a credit system known as
Flying Money
T/F Was footbinding popular among the lower class of the Song Dynasty?
False
T/F The Song Chinese used gunpowder in offensive military battles
False
What advances helped spread agricultural knowledge and best practices in China?
Book Printing
What short lived dynasty set the stage for the rise of the Tang Empire?
Sui
T/F The Tang Dynasty's land were mostly on the east coast of China
False
What smart decision did Li Shimin make in regards to government
He would give power to local nobles and relgious
Tang leaders reach more into
Buddhism than Confuciansm
Mahayana Buddhism put emphasis on what?
Enlightened people postponing Nirvana to help others achieve it
Why was Chang'an described as Cosmopolitan?
Due to its diverse culture and people
What two bodies of water did the Grand Canal connect?
Yellow and Yangzi
T/F A tributary system of government is one in which the emperor has total control over all the areas of the empire
False
What was a primary factor in the decline of the Tang Dynasty?
Buddhism undermining Confucianism, military stalement with rival power, and crushing of monasteries
What is the capital of the Tang Dynasty?
Chang'an
Where did the Yuan Empire place its capital?
Beijing
What was at the bottom of the Yuan social structure?
The Southern Chinese
What was one source of revenue in the Yuan Empire
Tax Farming
Zhu Yuanzhang led revolts to overthrow the Yuan and establish the
Ming
What religion did Zu Yuanzhang believe in and switched to once in power
Buddhism, COnfucianism
Where did Zheng He travel all the way to?
Madagascar
T/F Due to peace, did the Ming innovate at a more rapid pace than the Song?
False
What did the Koreans surpass the Yuan in improvements to
Moveable Type
What does the Japanese term of "Kamikaze" reference to?
The typhoon that thwarted the second Mongol invasion
What was one of Vietnams greatest contribution to Chinese life?
The introduction of rice well suited to southern climate
What did the people of Teotihuacan build which was modern?
An Orderly Grid city
What primary group worked and lived together in early Mesoamerica?
Pottery and Obsidian Workers
T/F The priests and hierarchy in charge of day to day life ived in multi-unit dwellings
False
One reason for the decline of the Teotihuacan people
Conflict between the ruling elites
What peninsula did the Maya establish themselves on?
Yucatan
What farming technique did the Mayans use?
Slash and Burn
T/F The Maya were largely governed by one single ruler, ruling from a dedicated city.
False
One scientific achievement of the Maya
Created an accurate solar calendar
List one primary reason caused the decline of the Mayan Empire
Deforestation (Slash and Burn)
T/F Did competition cause he early Chinese states to separate farther
False
What river played a major factor in settling China
Yangzi
Why did Shi Huangdi and Li Suh crackdown on Confucianism?
Its a nonviolent approach and created problems
List one of the statewide standards that the Qin dynasty created that helped advance their society
A law code
T/F Did the Han dynasty emerge from the remains of the Zhou dynasty?
False
The Han government took a more benevolent approach to the people. This means that they
Were more fair and helpful
What was the class of people that were aligned with the emperor and government?
gentry
What was one technological advancement that the Han Dynasty created?
Crossbow Action with Calvary
What commodity was China known for exporting?
Silk
T/F Disease spread from abroad was a actor in the decline of the Han Dynasty
True
What was the shared characteristic of Tropical Africa and Asia?
Islam and Arabic language
T/F The rural communities played no role in the growing empires (Mali)
False
What was the main cause of rainy and dry seasons to alternate in Africa?
Centers of low and high pressure
What are two factors that affect a empires culture?
Societies, ecosystems
T/F Up until recent times, cultivation was extensive rather that intensive.
False
What was the main reason that the Niger river area was cultivated differently?
It flooded local areas
What was copper mined in Southeast Africa was used for?
Currency
Who founded the Mali Empire?
Arab merchants and scholars
T/F Mansa Musa's pilgrimage trip to Mecca increased the value of Gold along the way
False
In the Delhi Sultanate, Turkish leaders rely on what to enforce their rule?
Fear and Terror
T/F Between 1100-1345 Europe's population nearly tripled
False
How did the Bubonic plague spread in to Europe?
In the hosts of rat infested ships
T/F After the Black Death, although he overall economy shrank, overall per capita production rises
True
What was a guild?
A loose organization of similarly skilled workers
What did Humanism try to link?
Reason with faith
What is Usury?
The concept of too much interest being illegal and banned by leaders of the Church
Erasmus of Roterdam was know for..
Translating the Bible into Latin
What did is one famous renaissance masterpiece did Michelangelo paint?
The Sistine Chapel
T/F The Greatest Western Schism was a break between the Greek speaking church and Latin speaking Church
False
Which document written in England gave the citizens more rights?
Magna Carta
Where is Aden
Yemen (left bottom tip of the Arabian Peninsula)
Where is the Straight of Malacca
Waterway in between Malaysia and Indonesia
Where is the Malabar Coast?
Southwestern tip of India (Port trade)
Where France
South of England
Where England
North of France
Where was the Holy Roman Empire?
Most of Western Europe
Here is Moscow
Lower Western Tip of Russia
Under Prince Vladimir of Kiev, early Russians adopted which religion as their official state religion?
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Unlike in western society at the time, eastern Russian economic activity was
based on trade rather than landholding
T/F In Kievan Russia, as in Western Europe, medieval nobles lived in manors from which they ruled their peasants
False
As independent city states began to emerge in Flanders and Italy, the barter system dropped and what emerged?
Coinage rather than barter
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