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37 Cards in this Set
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What are the 3 major empires in W. Africa that trade with Asian world?
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1. GHANA
2. MALI 3. SONGHAI GOLD, SALT, AND SLAVES |
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What are three impacts of Islam in Africa?
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1. AFRICA BECOMES PART OF TRADING NETWORK
2. RATES OF LITERACY RISE WHERE ISLAM SPREADS 3. STATE BUILDING AND POLITICAL COHESION (shift from feudalism to bureaucracy) |
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What became a cultural capital after the arrival of Islam?
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TIMBUKTU
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Who traveled in West Africa and Timbuktu and saw an advanced society in terms of medical care, justness, and literacy?
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IBN BATTUTA
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A _______ is easily identifiable because of its spires where people are called to pray 5 times a day.
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MOSQUE
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This Sudanese Empire peaked in the 11th Century and was powerful because of salt and gold trade.
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GHANA
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This Sudanese Empire peaked in the 14th Century, founded by Sundiata who people associated with success.
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MALI
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Who was the founder of Mali?
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SUNDIATA
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This Sudanese Empire replaced the Mali Empire whose greatest leader was Askia the Great - a super patron of learning and literature.
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SONGHAI
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________ was the greatest leader of Songhai who was a super patron of learning and literature.
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ASKIA THE GREAT
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This is a geographical and cultural expression which is the Eastern strip down the coast of Africa.
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ZANJ
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What was Imperial China like?
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CHINA EXPANDS SUBSTANTIALLY
MULTICULTURAL GROUP CHINESE BY DYNASTIES |
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This was a period of openness and embracing of foreigners - part Chinese, part Turkish.
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TANG DYNASTY
618-907 |
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Who was a Chinese emperor that was successful militarily and expanded China, humane and well-educated, liked foreign things?
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LI SHIMIN
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What was Li Shimin's capital - world's largest city at the same time, laid out on a grid?
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CITY OF CHANG'AN (XI'AN)
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What were the major foreign influences in Asia?
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BUDDHISTS
JAPANESE TURKISH |
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Tang China was the center of what religion?
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BUDDHISM
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Poetry flourished. Who was one of the greatest poets?
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LI BO
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Who was a commander that used his mercenary troops to stage a rebellion which turned into an 8 yr Civil War?
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AN LUSHAN
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Which two things did the Song Dynasty embrace?
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CONFUCIANISM
SCHOLAR-GENTRY |
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Who took Confucianism and drew from it the idea that we need to think more about personal morality?
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ZHU XI
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What brought down the Song Dynasty?
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THEY NEGLECTED MILITARY BECAUSE THEY WERE SUSPICIOUS OF THE MILITARY AND PUT ALL THEIR EMPHASIS ON THE BUREAUCRACY
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Who conquered China after the Song Dynasty?
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MONGOL EMPIRE
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Who takes Mongolian tribes, and in the 12th century, pulls them together under unity?
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GENGHIS KHAN
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How does Genghis Khan expand his territory?
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WARFARE
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Who was Genghis Khan's grandson that finished the warfare he started?
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KUBLAI KHAN
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What was the Mongol Empire like?
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PASTORALISTS (GOOD HORSEMEN)
ARMY WAS SYSTEMATIC CREATED A WAY OF COMMUNICATION FROM LONG DISTANCES EXPERIENCED IN USE OF BOW AND ARROW OPENNESS |
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Who traveled through China for 17 years in the 12th Century, writing about his travels?
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MARCO POLO
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Who was the founder of the Ming Dynasty?
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HUNG WU
born a peasant, orphaned, raised by Buddhist Monks participated in anti-mongol society |
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What type of government did Hung Wu carry out?
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AUTHORITARIAN (addressed 1600 letters per week)
INFLUENCED BY LAW AND ORDER OF LEGALISM "MAINTAINED A PERSONAL RULE WITH AN ACTIVE HAND" |
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Taizu relied on bureaucracy, and emphasized education and the __________.
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CIVIL SERVICE EXAM
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Who is the king that ruled the Mali Empire and remembered for his fabled hajj and as a benefactor of Islamic scholarship?
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MANSU MUSA
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Because of the Ming's aggressive travel by sea, who sailed around SE Asia, Indian Ocean, Africa and the Arabian Peninsula - series of long-term voyages?
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CHENG HO (ZHENG HE)
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Why did China turn in with trade by sea after 1433?
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CHINA BELIEVED SECURITY RESTED ON LAND DEFENSE - VULNERABLE TO N AND NW. SCHOLAR GENTRY CLAIMS THEY NEED TO FOCUS ON agriculture.
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Who was a Jesuit that tried to convert the Chinese to Christianity but had problems for the beginning by discouraging the Chinese from ancestral worship?
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MALTEO RICCI
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Time period in which Christian missionaries (Jesuits and Franciscans) argue over the language of the mass.
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RITES CONTROVERSY
*Jesuits think it should be in Chinese *Franciscans thought it should be in original language - Latin |
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What was the status of women like in China?
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PATRIARCHAL (family controls daughter)
FOOT BINDING (lotus petal - confined women to household even more) |
