Mesoamerica
What is terrace farming?
Who was the founder of the Mongol Empire?
Genghis Khan
Daoism is also known as?
Taoism
What city was mysteriously abandoned?
Great Zimbabwe
How did the Bubonic Plague (the black death) spread?
Silk Roads or trade routes
What was the Mayan calendar based on?
Astronomy
What animal was the most important to the Mongols?
The Horse
What is filial piety?
Having respect for your elders/ancestors.
What were the 2 most profitable trade goods?
Gunpowder was developed by what country?
China
What was the capital of the Aztec empire called?
Tenochtitlan
What do you call a powerful Japanese military leader?
Shogun
What is Nirvana?
Nirvana is the end of a cycle of rebirth and death. It is when you reach eternal peace.
Who was known as the wealthiest person in history?
Mansa Musa
Islamic scholars advanced math and science, which eventually led to them inventing what?
Algebra
What was the name of the ball game that The Mayas created?
Pok-Ta-Pok
How did the Mongols reunite China after it was split into the 4 Khanates?
The Yuan Dynasty
What concept describes 2 powers that represent natural rhythms of life?
Yin and Yang
What empire was brought down by a Moroccan army?
Songhai Empire
What country introduced Champa Rice to China?
Vietnam
What is the counting device that was made of knotted string, and was used to record data?
Quipu
How many generations did it take the Mongols to conquer China?
three generations
Buddhism believes that life is a cycle of ______.
Suffering and rebirth
What type of transportation enabled large scale trade along the African Trade Routes?
Camel Caravans
Who was known as a Christian Mystic that would visit holy Christian sites?
Margery Kempe