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Who's Who Review: Eastern Hemisphere

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I am the spread of ideas and culture for one area of the world to another. What am I? Cultural Diffusion
I am a trade route. I reached from Asia to the Mediterranean basin. What am I? Silk Road
I am a trade route that crossed the Indian Ocean. What am I? Maritime Route
I am a trade route that crossed North Africa. What am I? Trans-Saharan
I am a trade route that linked with the Black Sea. What am I? Northern European
I am a trade route that took place on the seas and rivers of Europe. What am I? Western European
I am a trade route that took plance around the lands of Southeast Asia. What am I? South China Sea
I am a trade good that came from West Africa. What am I? Gold
I am a trade good that came from the lands around the Indian Ocean. What am I? Spices
I am a trade good that came from India, China, the Middle East, and later Europe. What am I? Textiles
I am a trade good that came from China and Persia. What am I? Porcelain
I am a trade good that came from the Baltic region. What am I? Amber
I am a trade good that came from China. What am I? Paper
I am a new crop that came from India. What am I? Sugar
We are new technologies that came from the Middle East. What are we? Waterwheels and windmills
I am a new technology that came from China. I am used to nagivate. What am I? Compass
I am a new technology that came from the Indian Ocean region. I am used on ships. What am I? Lateen sail
I am a religion. I spread from China to Korea and Japan. What am I? Buddhism
We are religions. We spread from India to Southeast Asia. What are we? Hinduism and Buddhism
I am a religion. I spread from Arabia to West Africa and Central and Souteast Asia. What am I? Islam
We are new technologies from China. We are used in the creation of books and money. What are we? Printing and paper money
I am a country. My culture was influenced by China. My name means "land of the rising sun." What am I? Japan
I am a chain of islands. What am I? Archipelago
I am a strong tropical storm. What am I? Typhoons
I am the name given to the area in Asia that are susceptible to earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis. What am I? Ring of Fire
I am a language written with phonetic symbols for syllables. What am I? Kana
I am the author of the first novel, Tale of the Genji. Who am I? Lady Murasaki-Shikibu
We are clan gods. Who are we? Kami
I am a religion. I am unique to Japan and based on nature and ancestral worship. What am I? Shinto
I am a type of architecture associated with Buddhism. What am I? Pagoda
I am the first emperor of Japan. Who am I? Emperor Jinmu
I am the dynasty that ruled Honshu for 1000 years. Our rulers claimed to be descendants of the sun goddess. Who are we? Yamato Clan
I am a large wave. What am I? Tsunami
We were a noble family that ruled Japan. Who are we? Fujiwara
I am the sun goddess. Who am I? Amaterasu
I am the belief that spirits inhabit everything. What am I? Animisim
I am the enterance to a Shinto shrine. What am I? Torii
I am the figurehead of the Japanese government. I was worshipped as a god. Who am I? Emperor
I am a supreme military commander who controlled the military, finances, and law. Who am I? Shogun
I am a local lord who owned land and was served by samurai. Who am I? Daimyo
We are warriors who live by a code of behavior. Who are we? Samurai
I am a code of behavior followed by Samurai. My name means "way of the warrior" and I emphasize courage, reverence for the goods, fairness, and generosity. What am I? Bushido
We make up the majority of the population in Japan. We were laborers. Who are we? Peasants
I am an East African kingdom. I was located near the Ethiopian Highlands and the Nile River. I was a Christian kingdom. What am I? Axum
I am a farming technique. I involve cutting step-like ridges into the sides of mountains. What am I? Terrace farming
We are the West African kingdoms that developed near the Niger River and the Sahara Desert. Our economies were based ont he gold-salt trade on the Trans-Saharan trade route. What are we? Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
I am a West African Kingdom. Mansa Musa was our leader and I was an Islamic state. Timbuktu was an important center for trading and learning. What am I? Mali
I am a West African kingdom. My capital city was Gao and I was located along the Niger River. What am I? Songhai
I am a South African kingdom located near the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers. My capital city was Great Zimbabwe. What am I? Zimbabwe
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