Vocabulary
A green area in a desert fed by underground water.
What is an oasis.
How did the geography of the Arabian Peninsula affect the lives of people who lived there?
The long distances and harsh climate kept other civilizations from invading the region, so they were relatively isolated.
Because of the dry plains and deserts, the people became nomads who traveled from oasis to oasis.
Name of the natural barrier that limited trade between North Africa and other parts of the continent.
The Sahara Desert
Some scientists think that people first arrived by ________, others think that the first people arrived by ________.
1. walking across the Bering Strait
2. boat and traveled south along the Pacific coast
List three ways that the Sui and Tang dynasties rebuilt China.
1. Centralized the government
2. expanded trade
3. Built the Grand Canal
4. Strengthened the Great Wall
5. Strengthened the military and added more officials to the government
The holy book of Islam.
What is the Quran.
List two reasons why the Arabs were able to create an empire.
1. Muhammad's death created a line of caliphates who believed that it was their duty to spread Islam.
2. The Arab soldiers in Muhammad's army were skilled horse riders and warriors who used their skills to conquer weaker people.
3. Missionaries and traders won followers by teaching people in the Byzantine Empire, Spain, Southeast Asia, Africa, and other parts about Islam.
4. The Arabs usually let conquered people practice their own religions, so they were more likely to accept Arab rule.
List of four distinct geographic zones of Africa.
1. Grasslands
2. Deserts
3. Rainforest
4. Mediterranean
The _____ used swamps and sinkholes as sources of water. They cleared forested areas to plant corn and other crops, and set up 50 independent city-states, each with its own government.
Maya
____________ was the school of thought or philosophy that had the official support of the Tang and Song Dynasties because it taught that people should take an active role in society.
Confucianism
1. A group of Muslims who believed the descendants of Ali should rule.
2. A group of Muslims who accepted the rule of the Umayyad caliphs.
1. What is Shia
2. What is Sunni.
List of three Muslim contributions to science, math, art, and or architecture.
1. astrolabe- measure the distance around the earth
2. Chemistry- Al-Razi labeled substances as animal, vegetable, or mineral
3. Algebra- Al-Khawarizmi
4. First to publish medical findings
5. Published non-religious literature- Arabian Nights and Rubaiyat
6. Minarets
_______ was situated between the salt mines of the Sahara and West African gold mines; the Niger River linked the region to other parts of the continent. In this way, it was able to become a great trading kingdom.
Ghana
The ______ believed to have been promised a new home in Lake Texcoco by their feathered serpent sun-god- Quetzalcoatl. Their wondrous capital city was called _______.
1. Aztec
2. Tenochtitlan
_________ was the Sui Dynasties most important contribution, as it reunited China and improved its economy by making trade and travel between northern and southern China easier.
Construction of the Grand Canal
1. The holiest shrine in Islam located in Mecca.
2. A nomadic Arab of the desert.
1. What is the Kaaba.
2. Who is a Bedouin.
The Muslims quickly spread the _______ _______ throughout their world, which made trading with other countries easier. Merchants kept _______ of their trading allowing them to determine how much they were earning.
1. Arabic language
2. records
______ and ______ both had strong central governments that were divided into provinces.
Ghana and Mali
The social structure below was that of the ________.
Emperor and his family, followed by the head priest and leading commander of the army, followed by the army leaders, then temple priests, then local army commanders, then skilled workers, then farmers-herders- and soldiers.
The Inca
List the name and country of origin of the original Buddha.
Siddhartha Gautama
India
1. Name of traditional African storytellers.
2. The African tradition of tracing family descent through mothers.
3. A narrow piece of land linking two larger pieces of land.
1. Who is a griot.
2. What is matrilineal.
3. What is an isthmus
Name the three great Muslim Empires of Turkey, Persia, and India.
1. Ottoman Empire- Turkey
2. The Safavids- Persia
3. The Mogul Empire- India
Bantu Migration
_______ _______ was a retreat for Inca emperors, constructed or white granite and thousands of feet high. It was located in the Andes Mountains of Peru.
Machu Picchu.
1. Name of first and only female empress of China to rule solely.
2. List two of her greatest accomplishments.
1. Empress Wu
2. She added more officials to the government and strengthened the military.