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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

What are four key inventions of ancient China?

Gunpowder, The Compass, Printing, and Paper

Who defeated the Sui Dynasty in 615 A.D.?

Khatan

What was the compass originally used for?

Fortune Telling

Who was Ghengis Kahn?

The Leader of the Mongols

Name two things Japan adopted from Chinese culture.

Writing and Religion

Name two things Korea adopted from Chinese culture.

Politics and Culture

What was Korea's state religion?

Buddhism

Why was the Great Wall of China built?

To keep out the Mongols

What two choices did Charlemagne give people when he forced Christianity upon them?

Convert or be beheaded

At what age did Mongol children learn to ride horses?

Age 3

What did England call the Vikings?

Danes

What was Chivalry?

The Code of the Knights

What was England originally called?


Land of the Angles

What were the emblems for the houses of Lancaster and York?

White Roses and Red Roses

What country was Joan of Arc from?

France

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

How was Joan of Arc killed?

She was burned at the stake

Name two types of Black Plague.

Bubonic, Pneumonic, Septicemic

How many major Crusades were there?

3 Major Crusades

How was Black Death spread?

From fleas on rats

Who won the War of the Roses?

The Lancasters

What was the population of the Song Dynasty?

About 100 million

What country was the origin of the Bantu Language?

Modern-day Southeastern Nigeria

What does Matrilinael mean?

Based on kinship with the mother or the female line

What Native Indigenous tribe was known as "The Children of the Sun"?

Incas

Who was the most dominant indigenous society in Mesoamerica?

Mayans

What Empire influenced Korea the most?

The Chinese Empire

What were Japanese warriors called?

Samurai

What was the ancient religion of Japan?

Shinto

Who was Charlemagne king of?

The Frankish

Where were the Vikings from?

Scandinavia

What is Feudalism?

The system of Classes

What event ended Feudalism in Europe?

The French Revolution

What was the language of the Anglo-Saxons?

Old English