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WorksheetsUnit 1 Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 35mins
Which dynasty in China during the Middle Ages was known for innovations such as gunpowder, paper money, and champa rice?
Ming Dynasty
Song Dynasty
Tang Dynasty
Yuan Dynasty
What is the dominant moral and political philosophy in China that emphasizes loyalty to the emperor and government based on educated scholar-officials?
Buddhism
Taoism
Confucianism
Legalism
Who are professionals that work full-time for a government and have trained expertise in their area of work?
Monks
Bureaucrats
Merchants
Artisans
What term describes the adoption of aspects of Chinese culture by neighboring states such as Korea, Vietnam, and Japan?
Sinification
Hellenization
Westernization
Globalization
Which religious tradition emerged in India and shares many similarities with Hinduism but rejects the caste system?
Jainism
Sikhism
Buddhism
Zoroastrianism
Which empire during the Middle Ages was ruled by Turkic-speaking pastoral nomads from Central Asia and was the third major ethnic group to convert to Islam?
Abbasid Caliphate
Seljuk Empire
Khmer Empire
Majapahit Empire
Which Islamic empire ruled during the peak of the "Islamic Golden Age" and was famous for the House of Wisdom in Baghdad?
Umayyad Caliphate
Ottoman Empire
Abbasid Caliphate
Fatimid Caliphate
What is the term for a religious way of life where individuals devote their lives to spirituality, often secluding themselves from society?
Pilgrimage
Monasticism
Asceticism
Evangelism
Which Hindu/Buddhist kingdom ruled the area around present-day Cambodia and built massive temples such as Angkor Wat?
Majapahit Empire
Khmer Empire
Delhi Sultanate
Gupta Empire
Which powerful Hindu-Buddhist state was based on the island of Java and extended its influence across Malaysia and Indonesia?
Khmer Empire
Majapahit Empire
Srivijaya Empire
Chola Empire
Which Islamic Empire ruled India during the Late Middle Ages and led to a situation where a Muslim elite ruled over a majority Hindu population?
Mughal Empire
Delhi Sultanate
Ottoman Empire
Safavid Empire
What was the Inca Empire known for?
Monumental architecture, extensive road networks, and a unique economy based on state-mandated labor service
Massive stone architecture and trading ivory and gold with the Swahili peoples
A decentralized political system with aristocratic land-owning nobles
Quick-maturing rice that allows two harvests in one growing season
Which kingdom in south-central Africa reached its height in the Late Middle Ages and built massive stone architecture?
Inca Empire
Great Zimbabwe
Abbasid Caliphate
Song China
What is Feudalism?
A system where promotion is based on individual ability or achievement
A decentralized political system with aristocratic land-owning nobles
An Islamic mystical tradition that desired a personal union with God
A group of people who controlled much of the land and produced most of the candidates for civil service
What is Manorialism?
The economic system that coincided with feudalism, involving forced labor by serfs
A system where promotion is based on individual ability or achievement
A quick-maturing rice that allows two harvests in one growing season
A virtue in Confucian thought, involving love and respect for one's parents and ancestors
What was Champa Rice known for?
Being a decentralized political system with aristocratic land-owning nobles
Allowing two harvests in one growing season
Producing most of the candidates for civil service in China
Being a virtue in Confucian thought
Who were the Scholar-gentry in China?
A group of people who controlled much of the land and produced most of the candidates for civil service
Military slaves who formed an important part of the armed forces of the Abbasid Caliphate
Famous Islamic scientists and philosophers
Great Muslim theologians, legal scholars, and Sufi mystics
What is Meritocracy?
A system where promotion is based on individual ability or achievement
A decentralized political system with aristocratic land-owning nobles
An Islamic mystical tradition that desired a personal union with God
A virtue in Confucian thought
What is Filial Piety in Confucian thought?
A virtue involving love and respect for one's parents and ancestors
A system where promotion is based on individual ability or achievement
A decentralized political system with aristocratic land-owning nobles
An Islamic mystical tradition that desired a personal union with God
What is Neo-Confucianism?
A version of Confucianism that mixed elements of Buddhism and Daoism
A system where promotion is based on individual ability or achievement
An Islamic mystical tradition that desired a personal union with God
A decentralized political system with aristocratic land-owning nobles
What is Sufism?
An Islamic mystical tradition that desired a personal union with God
A system where promotion is based on individual ability or achievement
A decentralized political system with aristocratic land-owning nobles
A virtue in Confucian thought
Who were the Mamluks?
Military slaves who formed an important part of the armed forces of the Abbasid Caliphate
A group of people who controlled much of the land and produced most of the candidates for civil service
Famous Islamic scientists and philosophers
Great Muslim theologians, legal scholars, and Sufi mystics
Who was Ibn Sina?
Famous Islamic scientist and philosopher who organized the medical knowledge of the Greeks and Arabs into the Canon of Medicine
A group of people who controlled much of the land and produced most of the candidates for civil service
Military slaves who formed an important part of the armed forces of the Abbasid Caliphate
Great Muslim theologian, legal scholar, and Sufi mystic
Who was Al-Ghazali?
Great Muslim theologian, legal scholar, and Sufi mystic who was credited with incorporating Sufism into mainstream Islamic thought
Famous Islamic scientist and philosopher who organized the medical knowledge of the Greeks and Arabs into the Canon of Medicine
Military slaves who formed an important part of the armed forces of the Abbasid Caliphate
A group of people who controlled much of the land and produced most of the candidates for civil service
What was the House of Wisdom known for?
A military training center
A combination library, academy, and translation center
A royal palace
A marketplace
Who was Averroes and what was he known for?
A Hindu saint who promoted the Bhakti Movement
A Muslim philosopher who used Greek philosophy to explain Islamic truth
A Chinese emperor who built the Great Wall
A European scientist who discovered gravity
What was the Bhakti Movement?
A political movement in ancient Greece
A popular development in Hinduism advocating intense devotion toward a deity
A trade route in the Middle East
A military campaign in Europe
Which empire controlled the Strait of Malacca from the 600s to 1200s?
Aztec Empire
Srivijaya Empire
Maya city-states
Sinhala Dynasties
Which Southern Indian kingdom existed from 1336 to 1565 and later fell to the Mughals?
Sukhothai Kingdom
Sinhala Dynasties
Vijayanagara Empire
Cahokia
Who was Zhu Xi and what was he known for?
A prominent Neo-Confucian scholar during the Song dynasty
A famous general in the Roman Empire
A king of the Aztec Empire
A philosopher in ancient Greece
Which kingdom existed in the area around the city Sukhothai in north-central Thailand from 1238 until 1438?
Maya city-states
Sukhothai Kingdom
Aztec Empire
Cahokia
Where was the Sinhala Dynasties kingdom based?
Southern Mexico
Central America
Sri Lanka
East St. Louis
Which culture in Southern Mexico and Central America featured monumental architecture, written language, and a calendar system?
Aztec Empire
Maya city-states
Chaco Canyon
Mesa Verde
Which empire was constructed by the Mexica and expanded greatly during the fifteenth century?
Aztec Empire
Srivijaya Empire
Vijayanagara Empire
Cahokia
What was Chaco Canyon known for?
A trading empire in Southeast Asia
An urban center established by Anasazi in southern New Mexico
A Buddhist kingdom in Sri Lanka
A settlement near present-day East St. Louis
What is Mesa Verde known for?
The largest complex of Anasazi cliff-dwellings in the United States Southwest
A trading empire in Southeast Asia
A Buddhist kingdom in Sri Lanka
A settlement near present-day East St. Louis
Where was the Mississippian settlement of Cahokia located?
Southern Mexico
Central America
Near present-day East St. Louis
Southern India
What was the Mita System in the Incan Empire?
A system for payment of taxes with labor
A religious movement
A trade route
A military strategy
What is a Quipu?
A type of labor system in feudal societies
An arrangement of knotted strings used by the Inca to record numerical information
A special merchant class in Aztec society
A trade route originating in Mesoamerica
Which trade route connected Mesoamerica with the Southwestern United States region?
Silk Road
Turquoise Road
Spice Route
Amber Road
Who were the Pochteca in Aztec society?
Professional oral historians
Special merchant class specialized in long-distance trade in luxury items
Christian followers in the Eastern Roman Empire
African societies organized around kinship
Which kingdom retained Christianity in the face of Muslim expansion in Africa?
Hausa Kingdoms
Byzantine Empire
Ethiopia
Al-Andalus
What was the Bantu Migration?
The movement of the Bantu peoples southward throughout Africa
The spread of Christianity in the Eastern Roman Empire
The establishment of bank houses in Italian city-states
The rise of the Byzantine Empire
Who were the Griots?
Special merchant class in Aztec society
Professional oral historians in West Africa
Christian followers in the Eastern Roman Empire
Muslim rulers in Al-Andalus
What are stateless societies?
Societies with a centralized political power
Societies organized around kinship or other forms of obligation
Societies with a strong military presence
Societies with a formal government structure
Where were the Hausa Kingdoms located?
Eastern Africa
Northern Nigeria
Southern Africa
Western Europe
What religion provided a sense of unity in Western Europe after the fall of Rome?
Islam
Hinduism
Catholicism
Buddhism
Which church split from the Roman Catholic Church and shaped life in Eastern Europe?
Eastern Orthodox Church
Anglican Church
Lutheran Church
Methodist Church
What is serfdom?
A type of labor system where laborers are bound to the land and cannot leave
A trade route connecting Mesoamerica with the Southwestern United States
A special merchant class in Aztec society
A Christian kingdom in eastern Africa
Which empire survived the fall of the Western Roman Empire and eventually broke away from the Roman Catholic Church?
Byzantine Empire
Ottoman Empire
Holy Roman Empire
Persian Empire
What was Al-Andalus known for?
Its centralized political power
Its wealth, religious diversity, and intellectual culture
Its long-distance trade in luxury items
Its professional oral historians
What were bank houses used for in Italian city-states?
Places for merchants to put money and exchange bills of credit for imported goods
Centers for religious worship
Schools for higher education
Military training facilities
What was the primary purpose of guilds in medieval society?
To provide education to the masses
To protect the economic interests of merchants or artisans
To spread religious teachings
To establish political dominance
Who was Thomas Aquinas and what is he known for?
A military leader known for his conquests
A theologian known for reconciling faith and reason with Scholasticism
A merchant who established trade routes
A king who signed the Magna Carta
What was the Black Death?
A series of religious wars
A major outbreak of plague in the 1300s
A document signed by the English monarchy
A trading city in Malaya
What were the Crusades?
A series of holy wars undertaken by European Christians
A method of dealing with foreign lands in China
A series of military campaigns by the Incas
A series of wars between France and England
Who were the Ulama?
Muslim religious scholars
Military leaders in a Muslim country
Supreme political and religious leaders in a Muslim government
Japanese religious followers
What was the Hundred Years War?
A series of holy wars undertaken by European Christians
A series of wars between France and England
A major outbreak of plague in the 1300s
A document signed by the English monarchy
What was the Magna Carta?
A document signed by the English monarchy in 1215
A flourishing trading city in Malaya
The capital of the Aztec Empire
Raised fields constructed along lake shores in Mesoamerica
What was Malacca known for?
Being a flourishing trading city in Malaya
Being the capital of the Aztec Empire
Being a method of dealing with foreign lands in China
Being a series of military campaigns by the Incas
What was Tenochtitlan?
The capital of the Aztec Empire
A method of dealing with foreign lands in China
A series of military campaigns by the Incas
A supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government
What were Chinampas?
Raised fields constructed along lake shores in Mesoamerica
A method of dealing with foreign lands in China
A series of military campaigns by the Incas
A supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government
What was the Tribute System in China?
A method of dealing with foreign lands and peoples that required the payment of tribute
Raised fields constructed along lake shores in Mesoamerica
A series of military campaigns by the Incas
A supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government
Who was Pachacuti?
Ruler of Inca society who launched a series of military campaigns
A supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government
A military and political leader with absolute authority over a Muslim country
A Japanese religious follower
What is a Caliph?
A supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government
A military and political leader with absolute authority over a Muslim country
A Japanese religious follower
A ruler of Inca society
What is a Sultan?
A military and political leader with absolute authority over a Muslim country
A supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government
A Japanese religious follower
A ruler of Inca society
What is Shinto?
A Japanese religion whose followers believe that all things in the natural world are filled with divine spirits
A supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government
A military and political leader with absolute authority over a Muslim country
A ruler of Inca society
What is the three-field system in agriculture?
A system where one field grows grain, one grows legumes, and one lies fallow.
A system where all fields grow the same crop.
A system where two fields grow grain and one lies fallow.
A system where one field grows grain and two fields lie fallow.
What was the Medieval Warm Period?
A time of cold climate in the North Atlantic region.
A time of warm climate in the North Atlantic region from about AD 800-1300.
A time of warm climate in the South Atlantic region from about AD 800-1300.
A time of cold climate in the South Atlantic region.
What was the Little Ice Age?
A temporary but significant warming period between the fourteenth and the nineteenth centuries.
A temporary but significant cooling period between the fourteenth and the nineteenth centuries.
A permanent cooling period between the fourteenth and the nineteenth centuries.
A temporary but significant cooling period between the tenth and the fourteenth centuries.
