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COMPTON, Africa etc.
Compton Africa, Japan, Trade Routes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Escarpments in Africa was | restricted movement |
| a desert in North Africa | Sahara |
| where Great Rift Valley is located | Eastern/middle of Africa |
| term for grassy plans of Africa | Savannah |
| expansion of an arid region | desertification |
| African trade routes found mostly in | North(across the sahara) |
| what were important resources in Africa | gold/salt |
| Best category for Ghana, Mali and Songhai | West African Kingdoms |
| Best category for Nubia, Axum and Zimbabwe | East African Kingdoms |
| River that's imortant to Ghana, Mali and Songhai | Niger |
| Controlled by Ghana, Mali and Songhai | gold/salt trade routes |
| The items dominated trade in West Africa | gold/salt |
| What African kingdom had a Christian heritage | Axum (Ethiopia) |
| A great city-state that developed near Limpopo River in sotheastern Africa | Great Zimbabwe |
| Kingdom in the siuthern Nile region famous for it's iron working | Nubia (Kush) |
| West African kingdom placed women in high status | Mali |
| West African kingdom that expanded under the rule of Mansa Musa | mali |
| What religion was adopted by Mansa Musa | Islam |
| city that was cultural center of Songhai | Timbuktu |
| had a great trading city (Songhai)and university | Timbuktu |
| people who migrated from West Africa to South and East | Bantu |
| people migrated from West Africa to south and east and gave Africa it's root language | Bantu |
| trading language for Africa-a mixture of Arabic on a Bantu base | Swahili |
| Religion that spread across North America | Islam |
| Lineage that traces its through the mother's side of the family | Matrilineal |
| Lineage that traces its through the father's side of the family | Patrilineal |
| Person responsible for keeoing an oral history alive for Africa by telling stories called | Griots |
| Japan's physical geography is best described as | an archipelago |
| The four major Islands of Japan | Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| The islands of japan are dominated by what geopgraphical feature | mountains |
| Culture that heavily influenced Japanese culture | China |
| Religion introduced to Japan by Korean missionaries | Buddhism |
| religion developed in japan focuses on nature, ancestor spirits and shrines to honor those spirits | Shintoism |
| japnaese poetry cconsisting of 17 syllables is called | haiku |
| who held real power in japanese feudal society? | shogun |
| a japanese warrior was called a | Samurai |
| the code of honor among the samurai was called | Bushido |
| waht area served as a cultural bridge between China and Japan | Korea |
| What group of people originated in the harsh steppes of central Asia | Mongols |
| Wind swept plains with short, hardy grasses that recieved very little rain fall and extreme temperatures are known as | Steppes |
| What Mongol leader unified the calns of the steppes and starting 1200 will conquer most of Asia within 21 years? | Genghis Khan |
| Temujin changes his name to ___ which means "universal ruler." | Genghis |
| What mongol leader ruled from 1260 to 1294 adn was responsible for conquering china and dealking with Marco Polo. | Kublai Khan |
| Waht connected areas in the eastern hemisphere during the Medieval Era? | Trade routes |
| What product came from West Africa? | Gold |
| What product came from India? | Spices |
| What product came from China and Persia? | Porcelain |
| What product came from the Baltic region? | Amber |
| What technologies came from China? | paper, compass |
| What technology came from India? | New crops |
| What technology came from the Middle East | waterwheel; windmills |
| What technology came from the Indian Ocean region | Lateen sail |
| What religions spread to Southeast Asia? | Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam |
| Waht trade routes connected Asia to the Mediterranean Basin? | Silk Road |
| What type of trade routes existed between eastern Africa and India? | maritime routes |
| Where were the trade routes located for North Africa? | across the Sahara |
| Reflecting to the map of trade routes from class, what type of physical featurewas used predominately for trade routes? | water! |
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