MCMC World History (Midterm Review)

What was the iconic religious ritual that had been a staple in the Mesoamerican region for centuries?

What was the name of the Inca state-run forced labor system?

Sub-Saharan African city-state that flourished as the tail end of a large interregional trade network into China

The Greeks of which city-state were most famous for their successful implementation of a democratic state.

Religion that was considered a foreign threat to Chinese social harmony, persecuted, largely destroyed by Tang Dynasty

Which conquistador ‘conquered’ the Aztecs?

This was the tax that applied to non-Muslims in Muslim states.

Who found the route to India around the tip of Africa?

Imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618-907, a high point in Chinese civilization, and golden age of civilization

Who had the first massive conquest-based colonial empire in the Americas?

Imperial dynasty of China (960-1279). It was the first in world history to issue banknotes, have a standing navy

Chinese philosophy that laid out 3 fundamental levels to maintain social harmony from individual, to family, to state

This was the foundational religion of Persian origin that established several theological precedents for Monotheism

This was the capital city of the Eastern Roman Empire until its capture by the Ottoman Empire in 1453 CE.

Europeans were motivated to explore for God, gold, and glory.  What did the ‘gold’ represent?

The Persians were most famous for their administrative policies, including the use of a large-scale _________ government

This is the term used to describe goods being purchased from another country.

What was the unique form of agriculture used by the Incans to combat flooding and collect water?

Renewed emphasis on traditional Chinese views under the Tang/Song which focused on the removal of mystical elements

Europeans were motivated to explore for God, gold, and glory.  What did the ‘glory’ represent?

City-states and kingdoms in West Africa that benefited from trade between the city states of the empires of Ghana, Mali

What was the term used to describe regular people funding exploration by paying for portions of the costs?

This is the terms ascribed to followers/adherents of Islam.

Term is used to describe one’s efforts in the current life impacting their hierarchal placement in the next life.

The status of second-class citizenship for the ‘protected’ peoples of Zoroastrianism, Judaism, and Christianity

Europeans were motivated to explore for God, gold, and glory.  What did the ‘God’ represent?

Concept which dominates major South/Southeast Asian religions that believes souls exist in a cycle of death and rebirth

What was the term used to describe kings, princes, and lords funding exploration?

Foundational practices of Islam which include acknowledgement of the one God & final prophet, fasting, charity, prayers

Who funded the first voyages along the western coast of Africa?

This is the foundational document that codifies that main teachings of the religion of Judaism.

Term used to describe an appointed Persian provincial official that governed according to policies set by the emperor

What was the name of the type of companies who were allowed to settle colonies for their mother country?

This was the Hebrew faith that borrowed from many of the key beliefs from Zoroastrianism

Famous Roman emperor who moved his administration closer to his Persian Rivals and legalized Christianity in 313 CE

The common state system in Medieval Europe and Japan that featured regional rulers protecting local people for labor

This is the name of the Persian Empire that functioned as the archrival to the Romans from the 3rd to 7th centuries CE.

This was the name for Roman provincial rulers that carried out the policies of the Roman Republic and Empire.

Song institution that attempted to facilitate interregional trade by sea by incentivizing the buying/selling of imports

This was the sub-Saharan African state that remained an independent Christian kingdom until the 20th century

This is the term used to describe goods being sold to another country.

What was the name of the new European economic policy/technique for colonial empires?

This is the name for the rigid social hierarchy practiced by adherents of the religion of Hinduism.

This was the ruler who began the process of unifying the independent Greek city-states into an empire.

Chinese philosophy that emphasized the existence of a strong state built on moral law, strict secular laws/punishments

the labor system that featured the oversight/management of large estates by the nobility in Medieval Europe and Japan

an oath of loyalty from vassals to their superiors within the hierarchical system of feudalism

son of the first ruler of Greece who setout on an undefeated expedition that conquered the entire Persian Empire

This is the name of the text cataloged by Muhammad which contains the foundational doctrines of Islam.

This term is used to describe the fulfillment of one’s life [caste] duty.

The set of oral Vedic religions brought by Indo-Aryan invaders around 1500 BCE that dominated the Indian subcontinent;

What was the capital of the Aztec confederacy?

What was the name of their unique form of agriculture that farmed from small islands?

Primary Arabic city which hosted the pagan tradition of pilgrimage that was captured by adherents of Islam in 629 CE.

The peasant class—had the right to forage, hunt, fish, farm on this land in which they are legally bound

This was the name for the academic and cultural ‘rebirth’ of Europe

What was the overall goal of Mercantilism?

Which conquistador ‘conquered’ the Incans?

Network of loose relations focused on China, facilitated trade/foreign relations by admitting China's dominance in Asia

Period of time from roughly 795-1100 CE in which Europe /Mediterranean were subject to violent raids by Nordic invaders

The series of cities and settlements in the Mesoamerican region that had step pyramids, astrological calendars, and #0.

What was the role of Europeans in Asian trade after exploration?