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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What geographic zone is AFrica gets less than 8' of rain per year and cover 40% of the continent? | desert |
| What geographic zone is AFrica gets more than 80' of rain per year? | Congo Basin |
| The two major deserts in Africa are the Sahara and the _________________ | Kalihari |
| This kingdom was located in Nubia, south of Egypt, and was defeated by the Axum. | Kush |
| The kingdom of Axum was located in what present day country? | Ethiopia |
| The Great Rift Valley that stretches along the eastern part of Africa was formed by _________. | plate tectonics |
| Early Japanese and Mongol society were organized into these, until being unified by a strong leader. | clans |
| _______________became a prosperous trade kingdom in the East due to its location on the Red Sea. | Axum |
| Ghana was the first trading state to emerge in ________________Africa. | West |
| The tsetse fly in the __________________causes the sleeping disease and prevents the raising of livestock. | Congo |
| THe peope of Ghana trade its ________and gold for salt. | iron |
| King_____________ruled Axum and converted to Christianity. | Ezana |
| __________ was originally an Arab colony. | Axum |
| "The strong ruler" of the Mongols. | Genghis Khan |
| the divisions of the world's largest land empire | Khanates |
| What was the given name of Kublai Khan's grandfather? | Temujin |
| Japanese whose purpose was to protect thier aristocratic employers | Samurai |
| Kublai Khan was not successful in invading ___________________because of a typhoon that hit. | Japan |
| The strict code of the Samurai based on loyalty to ones lord/employer | bushido |
| Yuan was the first MOngol dynasty in what country? | China |
| Early Yamato princes in Japan considered themselves _______________. | divine |
| the Mongols, under Kublai Khan, overthrew the ___________________dynasty in China. | Song |
| ______________'s book written about China, under MOngol rule, increased Europe's demand for trade with Asia. | Marco Polo |
| the trading city turned into an Islamic center by king Mansa Musa | Timbuktu |
| Although there was an emperor, a _____________had the real power in feudal Japan. | shogun |
| Power was ___________________under feudalism. | decentralized |
| Societal leaders in Japan who inherited thier wealth from thier parents and paid no taxes for land; later employed Samurai | aristocrats |
| people who were forced to build boats for the Mongol invasion of Japan | Koreans |