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Sem. 1, Part 4
Final Exam--Americas/Africa
Term | Definition |
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Siberia | Scholars believe the first people who arrived in the Americas came from _______. |
Maya | the ________ lived in present-day Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Belize. They had the most sophisticated civilization of the Americas. |
Aztec | the nomadic people who migrated into the Valley of Mexico about 1200 are known as the ________. |
quipu | the Inca kept records of economic, religious, and other information with a system of colored strings called ____________ |
Cuzco | All roads in the great Inca network led through the capital city of _______. |
Sundiata | Who was the first king of Mali? |
Great Zimbabwe | the greatest southern African civilization called ______, means "Great Stone House" |
Mansa Musa | gave so much gold away on his hajj to Mecca that the world's price of gold went down |
Ghana | was the African kingdom that was also known as the "Land of Gold" |
Sahara | when camels were brought to Africa from Asia, trade increased across the _______ |
Berbers | Known as the "fleet of the desert", the ______ carried Islam and items such as gold and salt across the Sahara to the West African kingdoms |
Timbuktu | Mansa Musa created a cultural/capital center in Mali known as _________. |