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What were 4 improvements in agriculture during the T'ang and Sung dynasties?
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1. They developed fertilisers
2. Chinese travels from India introduced techniques to refine sugar from sugarcane 3. Cotton became a major crop 4. Chinese invented a variety of rice that let farmers grow more than one crop a year |
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Give 2 reasons why agricultre remained more important than trade.
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1)Because of the growing population
2)Government favored farming over commerce |
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How did the aristocracy change?
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Growth of urban life
Aristocrats flocked for a better life. |
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What was the Neo-Confucianism?
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The blend of Taoist and Buddhist ideas with Confucianism. Neo mean "new"
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At what kind of art did Sung painters excel?
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monochromes--> consisiting of many shades of the same color
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List 3 Chinese inventions that eventually had an impact worldwide
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1) Printing
2) Gunpowder 3) "junks" or hihgly maneuverable sailing ships |
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What's a Lord?
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a landowner
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What's a Fief?
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land the lord granted
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What's a Vassal?
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The person who recieved the fief or the land the lord granted
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From highest to lowest, name the feudal pyramid
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King
Nobles and Bishops Knights Peasants |
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What did the Nobles and Bishops do?
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they were wealthy landowners
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What did the knights do?
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they were mounted warriors who pledged to defend their lords' lands in exchange for fiefs
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What did the Peasants do?
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they worked in the fields. They had no land
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What are Serfs?
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they were people people who could not lawfully leave the place where they were born
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Where did this feudal pyramid system take place?
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Europe
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What is a Manor?
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The lord's estate
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What is a Tithe?
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Church tax that peasant familes owed to their willage priest (1/10 of their income)
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How big were manors usually?
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A few square miles
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In general, how many families lived on the village of the manor?
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15-30 familes
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What was it like for the peasants and serfs working on the manor?
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extremely brutal
serfs had 1-2 room cotages with dirt floors peasants had a simple and not that appitizing diet. |
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Name 3 Facts about Deserts in Africa
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1. Sahara desert largest in the world
2. As large as te U.S. 3.Desert covers nearly 40% of the continent |
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Name 3 Facts about The Rain forests in Africa
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1. Covers about 5% of Africa
2. Very little light gets through to the floor 3. Soil is poor- trees suck up nutrients quickly |
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Name 3 Facts about the Grassy Plains (Savannas) in Africa
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1. Covers about 40% of the continent
2. Hot, dry summers 3. Mild, rainy winters |
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What are some facts about the early african people?
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1. nomadic
2.hunted in small tribes 3.eventually here- sheep+cows 4.moving to find water during during the dry seasons 5. settled down in the savanna and began agriculture |
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What is Aksum and why was it good for trade?
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1) A city in Africa
2) Centerpoint of trade with Rome, Egypt, Byzantium and Muslin Empire |
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Aksum's achievements?
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-first sub-saharan empire to
mint gold coins -created terrace farming -traded with Rome, Egypt, Byzantium, Muslim Empire |
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What disease spread through Europe in the fourteenth century?
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Bubonic plague, also named black death
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What were the black death symptoms and 3 things Europeans beleived caused it
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1.poisonous gases in the air
2.God's anger at humans 3.Jewish people poisoning Christians' wells |
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What was a penitent?
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People who cried and beat themselves in the streets. People protected themselves with good-luck charms
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What actually did cause the plague and why did it spread so easily?
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small black asian rats and fleas that were on the rats
rats came onto ships from the east |
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What 2 great changes occurred in Europe as a result of the plague?
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1. Serfs dies...no one to work on the farms
2.Many people were ashamed of God |
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What should you feel while approaching the church
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-intimidated
-inferior -flabergasted -eyes are drawn to heaven |
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Where did the Golden Age happen?
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Baghdad
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What did Baghdad become?
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A city of museums, hospitals, libraries and mosques
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Social Classes for the Muslim's Golden age (hint- 4 classes)
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1-Muslim born
2-Converts 3-"Protected People" (Christians and Jews) 4-Slaves |
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Muslim Women had...
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- very few rights
- couldn't inherit land - had no say in marriage - baby girls killed and buried in sand if parents wanted a boy! |
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Muslim Women had...
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-had more rights than European women
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Muslim food restrictions
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-No drinking alcohol or eating pork
-no eating carnivorous animals -can't allow animal to suffer while slaughtered--> slit it's throat with a knife. -Drugs forbidden (except medical drugs) |
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Islamic fasting and feasting
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Muslims need to fast during the month of Ramadan. Can't eat from sunrise to sunset
(pregnant women, nurssing mothers, travelers and young children don't fast during this time) |
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What made learning possible?
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-paper replaced parchment
-paper made books affordable -text translated from Greek, Latin , ancient Egyptian, Chinese and languages from other parts of the world |
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Muslim empire included countries known today as...
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Iran, Syria, Iraw, Egypt, Palestine, North Africa, Spain and parts of Turkey
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House of Wisdom is...
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-**was the place to learn
-started by Calif al-Mamun -Without the H.O.W. the Renaissance wouln't have occured |
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Medicine
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-medicine and health care were the highest scientific achievements
-Qu'ran was a good help for medicine |
