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35 Cards in this Set
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Name a technological improvement to agriculture in the Song Dynasty. |
Water control projects, New quick ripening rice, A new crop which was tea |
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What are four key inventions of ancient China? |
Gunpowder, The Compass, Printing, and Paper |
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Who defeated the Sui Dynasty in 615 A.D.? |
Khatan |
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What was the compass originally used for? |
Fortune Telling |
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Who was Ghengis Kahn? |
The Leader of the Mongols |
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Name two things Japan adopted from Chinese culture. |
Writing and Religion |
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Name two things Korea adopted from Chinese culture. |
Politics and Culture |
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What was Korea's state religion? |
Buddhism |
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Why was the Great Wall of China built? |
To keep out the Mongols |
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What two choices did Charlemagne give people when he forced Christianity upon them? |
Convert or be beheaded |
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At what age did Mongol children learn to ride horses? |
Age 3 |
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What did England call the Vikings? |
Danes |
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What was Chivalry? |
The Code of the Knights |
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What was England originally called? |
Land of the Angles |
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What were the emblems for the houses of Lancaster and York? |
White Roses and Red Roses |
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What country was Joan of Arc from? |
France |
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What motivated Joan of Arc to fight? |
The voices in her head, or God, telling her to save France and put the right king in power |
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How was Joan of Arc killed? |
She was burned at the stake |
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Name two types of Black Plague. |
Bubonic, Pneumonic, Septicemic |
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How many major Crusades were there? |
3 Major Crusades |
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How was Black Death spread? |
From fleas on rats |
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Who won the War of the Roses? |
The Lancasters |
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What was the population of the Song Dynasty? |
About 100 million |
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What country was the origin of the Bantu Language? |
Modern-day Southeastern Nigeria |
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What does Matrilinael mean? |
Based on kinship with the mother or the female line |
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What Native Indigenous tribe was known as "The Children of the Sun"? |
Incas |
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Who was the most dominant indigenous society in Mesoamerica? |
Mayans |
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What Empire influenced Korea the most? |
The Chinese Empire |
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What were Japanese warriors called? |
Samurai |
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What was the ancient religion of Japan? |
Shinto |
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Who was Charlemagne king of? |
The Frankish |
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Where were the Vikings from? |
Scandinavia |
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What is Feudalism? |
The system of Classes |
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What event ended Feudalism in Europe? |
The French Revolution |
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What was the language of the Anglo-Saxons? |
Old English |