Unit 1: The Global Tapestry Review

Mesoamerican civilization concentrated in the Yucatan Peninsula and Guatemala but never unified into a single empire.

The royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215.

A center of learning established in Baghdad in the 800s.

Religion with belief in one god; originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people.

England's chief law-making body.

In Imperial China starting in the Han Dynasty, it was an exam based on Confucian teachings.

Largest and most powerful Andean Empire; controlled the Pacific coast of South America.

Inca religious center located at Cuzco; center of state religion; held mummies of past Incas

The teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire; Goal is to reach enlightenment

A monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus.

A society in which descent and inheritance come through the mother's kinship line.

An economic system in the Middle Ages that was built around large estates called manors.

Last of the mound-building cultures of North America

A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king.

An urban center established by Anasazi located in New Mexico.

A series of holy wars from 1096 - 1270 to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule.

Also known as Mexica; created a powerful empire in central Mexico. Forced defeated people to provide goods and labor.

Capital of Islamic Empire under the Abbasid Dynasty

City, now in ruins in modern day Africa in a country of the same name, believed to be built between 1250 and 1450.

The largest complex of Anasazi cliff-dwellings in the U.S. Southwest.

A type of labor commonly used in feudal systems in which the laborers work the land in return for protection.

The caliphate, after the Umayyads, who focused more on administration than conquering.

Religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammad which stresses belief in one god

Confucian response to Buddhism by taking Confucian & Buddhist beliefs and combining them.

Plant that is quick-maturing that allowed two harvests in one growing season.