The trade route that connected China to the Mediterranean and spread silk, paper, and gunpowder.
What is the Silk Road?
The founder of Christianity.
Who is Jesus Christ?
The belief in rebirth after death, common in Hinduism and Buddhism.
What is reincarnation?
The river that supported ancient Egyptian civilization.
What is the Nile River?
The Mesoamerican civilization known for its step pyramids and calendar.
What is the Maya?
The trade route that connected West Africa to North Africa across the desert.
What is the Trans-Saharan trade route?
The founder of Islam who is considered the final prophet.
Who is Muhammad?
The founder of Buddhism.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha)?
The first written code of law created in Mesopotamia.
What is Hammurabi’s Code?
The empire in Mexico conquered by Hernán Cortés.
What is the Aztec Empire?
The main good traded from West Africa that gave the nickname “white gold.”
What is salt?
The oldest monotheistic religion among Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
What is Judaism?
The river in India considered sacred to Hindus.
What is the Ganges River?
The ancient Indian civilization that developed along the Indus River.
What is the Indus Valley Civilization?
The empire in the Andes Mountains of South America.
What is the Inca Empire?
The sea-based route that connected East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
What is the Indian Ocean trade network?
The holy book of Islam.
What is the Qur’an?
The Chinese philosophy/religion that emphasizes harmony with nature.
What is Daoism (Taoism)?
The dynasty that ruled early China along the Huang He (Yellow River).
What is the Shang Dynasty?
The farming method used by the Aztecs on lakes to grow crops.
What are chinampas?
The Mediterranean Sea trade was dominated by which two classical civilizations?
What are Greece and Rome?
The branch of Christianity that split from Catholicism in the 1500s during the Reformation.
What is Protestantism?
The Hindu belief in moral law and duty that influences reincarnation.
What is Dharma?
The writing system developed in Mesopotamia.
What is cuneiform?
The Inca’s system of knotted strings used to keep records.
What is a quipu?