1. Front of Game Pieces Devshirme Yuan Scholar-gentry Caravel Humanism
Puzzle 2 - April 2016
Scholar-gentry
Caravel
Humanism
Concert of Europe
Five Pillars
Kublai Khan
First document that limited
the power of a monarch
and provided some
power to people
Small, easily maneuverable trade ship used by Spain and Port.
Monopoly
Magna Carta
Mongol ruler
Title of a
Khan
Concordat of 1801
Junks
Islamic political leader
Capitalism
Caliph
Economic system based on private ownership
Large Chinese trade ships
Landowning class in China; produced govt. employees
Bubonic Plague
Descriptor for the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals
spread rapidly along trade routes
Virus that
Devshirme
Mansa Musa
Queen Elizabeth
“blood tax” used by Ottomans to recruit soldiers
Gunpowder Empires
Byzantine
legal code influenced by Roman tradition
Japan
Pax Mongolica
Ming Dynasty
Front of Game Pieces
Time of secure trade routes across Eurasia
Sponsored Zheng He’s voyages, but then suddenly stopped exploration
Mongols failed to conquer this region
Justinian’s Code
system. Typically associated with Russia. Unable to own land. No rights
or servitude in a feudal
A person in bondage
Ibn Battuta
Yuan
Branch of Christianity in Byz Empire, spread to Russia
Muhammad
Chinese dynasty ruled by Mongols
Eastern Orthodoxy
Serfs
Primary crop
grown on Caribbean plantations
Practice that
inhibited upper-class women in Post-Classical China
Eastern part
of Roman Empire. Spent
700 yrs defending Europe
from Muslims.
Nationalism

2. Front of Game Pieces Chattel slavery China Sugar footbinding
Puzzle 2 - April 2016
Love of country vs a ruler
Many have willingness to
protect and defend
for it
Chattel slavery
China
Sugar
footbinding
Byzantine Empire
Vodun
Peter the Great
Absolute monarchy
Syncretic belief system in the Caribbean
Leader that Westernized Russia
Absorbed most of the world’s silver
Code of Bushido
Biological exchange
of plants, animals and
diseases between “Old World”
Europe and the “New World” in the Americas
Zheng He
Nicolas Copernicus
Led voyages to build China’s prestige in
Indian Ocean
Argued that Earth revolved around Sun
Columbian Exchange
People bought and sold as property
South American mandatory labor system, exploited
by Spanish
Crops that increased Europe and Asia;s populations
Scientific Revolution
Economic policy focusing on gold, silver, and
colonies as wealth
Mercantilism
Mita
Maize and potatoes
Feudal manors
Paper currency developed by Song dynasty
Spanish colonial
governor
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
Sufis
Viceroy
Front of Game Pieces
Mystics who spread Islam into India and SE Asia
Sudanic Kingdoms in W. Africa made rich by gold-salt trade
Flying money
Europe. Little impact on lower classes
that affected mostly the elites of
Was a cultural and artistic era
“DarkAges”in Europe.
Followed the
Wars that led to increased cultural diffusion between Europe and the East
Renaissance
Crusades
Held political power in feudal Japan
Shogun
Indulgences
Battle of Tours
95 Theses
Shia kingdom in modern day Iran
Encomienda
Sikhism

3. Front of Game Pieces Luther’s complaints against the Catholic Church
Puzzle 2 - April 2016
Grants of land and native laborers in Spanish colonies
Luther’s complaints against the
Catholic Church
Mestizo
Champa
Safavid Empire
Syncretic faith blending elements of Hinduism and Islam
Neo-Confucianism
Arose as a response to the spread of Buddhism in China
Trade centers on East African coast
Fast-growing rice from Vietnam, caused pop. Boom in China
peninsulares
Swahili city-states
Camels
Created cultural and linguistic ties in Sub-Saharan Africa
Vikings
Smallpox
Expanded throughout N Europe with their sea-faring strength
Decimated the native populations in the Americas
Person of European and Native American descent
Bantu migrations
creole
Movement that applied reason to understand society, Led to many revolutions
Catholic missionaries sent to Asia and the Americas
Full blooded Spanish, but born in the Americas
Mulatto
Enlightenment
Jesuits
mosque
Unified Japan
under one leader after centuries
of warfare. Made Edo [Tokyo] the capital. Used a feudal system of warlords, samurai and peasants
Aztec agricultural innovation of floating gardens
Manchus
Ottoman Empire
Front of Game Pieces
This group formed the last dynasty in China (Qing)
Sunni kingdom that conquered the Byzantines and formed in modern day Turkey
Tokugawa Shogunate
chinampas
Tribute payment
Traditional Japanese belief based on veneration of nature and ancestors
Dar al Islam
People unified under the Muslim faith
Shinto
Incan form of record keeping, consisting of series of knots
quipu
Islam
Incas
[Quechua]
Samurai
Caravanserai
Mongols

4. Puzzle 2 Edges Belief system that stresses the
importance of people’s needs
rather than the divine
LIst of the basic
tenets of Islam. Include
pilgrimage to Mecca, charity
prayer 5X per day, fasting
Mongol prince
who established the
Yuan Dynasty in China,
Befriended Marco Polo [maybe]
Post-French Revolution
Agreement between monarch
of Europe to help each other
in event of democratic uprisings
Group of
nomadic warriors from
the steppes region. Largest
land empire in world history
Rest stops along
the Silk Road. innovations,
religions, and trade exchanged,
provided safety from bandits
Native American
group from the Andes
region of South American.
Linked by 1000s miles of footpaths
Warrior class
of feudal Japan.
Lived by Code of Bushido
Committed suicide if they lost battle
Agreement between
Napoleon & Catholic
Church. Napoleon realized that
Church could help bring order to
France. Wanted to end chaos.
Wealthy Mali king
who gave away gold on his
Hajj to Mecca. Upset economic
balance for decades
A Muslim qadis [judge]
who visited nearly all
of the known Muslim world
during a 30 year journey.
Puzzle 2 Edges
Japanese warrior
code of conduct,similar
to the chivalry system in Europe.
Feudal system where lord
provided safety and defense
for villages during the Middle
Ages. Key part of feudal system,
Battle that stopped
the Muslim advance into
northern Europe. Pope honored
Charles Martel with power. [basis for
Holy Roman Empire]
A place of worship
for followers of the
Islamic faith.
Religion originating
on Arabian peninsula; Means
“submission;” Based on prophecy
of Muhammad. Holy book Quran
used as religious and political text
Pack animal who
can handle heavy loads and
the elements of desert travel.
Made Gold and Salt Roads possible
An offering made to
a leader in exchange for
something else such as trade rights
or your life
Person in Americas
who is a mix of European
& African bloodlines. Early mulattos
were often the result of rape
People born in Spain
who relocated to Latin
America. Only social class able to
hold political power in the New World
System of
government where the monarch claims absolute or divine power granted to them by God.
Granted by Pope
to entice soldiers to
fight in Crusades. Was catalyst
in starting the Reformation. Disliked
by Martin Luther
Era where logic
and reason.prevailed and
science replaced religious
explanations about how things happen. Led to Enlightenment.
Monarch on the
throne of England who
was attacked by the Spanish Armada
Exclusive control
over production or supply
of a commodity or service Restricts competition.
Successful trader, who
went on to become the
founder of Islam.