The Americas
The Incas used this type of farming to grow crops on mountainous hillsides.
Terrace Farming/Terracing
This system was used in Medieval Europe and involves providing land to lords in exchange for the military protection of knights.
Feudalism
This geographic feature most directly affected trade from the Mali, Ghana and Songhai Kingdoms.
The Sahara Desert
Cultures are frequently spread through these.
Trade routes
African Caravans carried this resource from West Africa to trade with the nomads in the North for salt.
Gold
The Aztecs built these types of farms to adapt to their overwatered environment.
Chinampas/Floating Gardens
Considered a Golden Age, this era saw growth in European Arts, Sciences, Government and Philosophy.
The Renaissance
After conquering Timbuktu, the Mali Kingdom established a Golden Age by building schools, businesses and these Muslim houses of worship.
Mosques
This explorer brough the Spanish language to South America were he conquered the Aztec Civilization
Hernan Cortez
The Incas had to build these through the Andes Mountains to make trade possible.
Paved Roads/Road Systems
Glyphs/Hieroglyphics
Spain sent this man to Mexico to conquer the Aztecs during the Age of Exploration.
Hernan Cortes
These 2 areas of Africa were connected by the Salt/Gold Trade
North and West Africa
Not all cultural diffusion is positive; this infectious disease spread from trade interactions in Europe.
The Black Plague
Through out Europe, the Plague spread on trading ships through this animal.
Rats
This man was the first European to set foot in Peru, later conquering the Incan Empire.
Francisco Pizzaro
Colony
The Mali, Ghana and Songhai Kingdoms all based their economies on this industry.
Trade/Gold and Salt Trade
Trade between Africa and the Middle East led to this religion becoming a key part of the African kingdoms.
Islam
The cultivation of sugar in the Americas led to the the exportation of this resource from Africa.
Spain sent this man across the Ocean to find new land in India, instead landing in Cuba to return with slaves and natural resources.
Christopher Columbus
Europe colonizing and taking cotton from America to produce clothing goods is an example of this economic system.
Mercantilism
After the fall of Ghana, the Mali Empire was the next to fall to this third African Kingdom.
The Songhai Kingdom
After the Incas invaded the Chimus they began using their pottery and art, proving the Chimu culture diffused through...
Conquest/conflict
Moroccan forces taking over the salt/gold trade in Africa led to the decline of what kingdom?
The Songhai Kingdom