Q Terms

1. Q Terms

2. What’s the Term? #1) Muslim judges who carried out the judicial functions of the state.

3. qadis #1) Muslim judges who carried out the judicial functions of the state.

4. What’s the Term? #2) In Chinese belief, the vital energy of the cosmos. The concept of qi and li (principle) were developed by Confucian teachers during the eleventh century in response to the sophisticated metaphysics of Buddhism.

5. qi #2) In Chinese belief, the vital energy of the cosmos. The concept of qi and li (principle) were developed by Confucian teachers during the eleventh century in response to the sophisticated metaphysics of Buddhism.

6. What’s the Term? #3) The official language of the Incas in the fifteenth century. Conquered peoples were forced to adopt the language, and it is still spoken by most Peruvians.

7. Quechua #3) The official language of the Incas in the fifteenth century. Conquered peoples were forced to adopt the language, and it is still spoken by most Peruvians.

8. What’s the Term? #4) The one-fifth of all precious metals mined in the Americas that the Spanish monarchy claimed as its own, beginning in 1504. Gold and silver from the colonies made up 25 percent of the Crown’s income.

9. quinto #4) The one-fifth of all precious metals mined in the Americas that the Spanish monarchy claimed as its own, beginning in 1504. Gold and silver from the colonies made up 25 percent of the Crown’s income.

10. What’s the Term? #5) The book recording the revelations of the prophet Muhammad (ca.570-632 C.E.) that is regarded as the most sacred scripture in Islam.

11. Quran #5) The book recording the revelations of the prophet Muhammad (ca.570-632 C.E.) that is regarded as the most sacred scripture in Islam.