Trade
Cultural Diffusion
Geography
Where did that come from?
Potpourri
100
During this period, several major trading routes developed in the Eastern Hemisphere.
What is the Medieval Period or Middle Ages?
100
This religion originated in India, then diffused to China, Korea, and Japan.
What is Buddhism?
100
The Ethiopian Highlands and the Nile River mark the geographic location of this ancient trading center.
What is Axum?
100
Paper, printing, and paper money originated here; then diffused through the Muslim world to Byzantium and Western Europe.
What is China?
100
This east African civilization of Axum was a stronghold for this religion.
What is Christianity?
200
This overland trade route linked Asia with the Mediterranean Basin.
What is the Silk Road?
200
This religion originated in Southwest Asia, then diffused into West Africa, and Central and Southeast Asia.
What is Islam?
200
Japan’s geography could best be described in this way?
What is a mountainous archipelago?
200
Waterwheels and windmills came from this region.
What is the Middle East or Southwest Asia?
200
This city was the capital of a prosperous empire in Southern Africa, inland from the Indian Ocean coast.
What is Great Zimbabwe?
300
This contribution from China revolutionized maritime trade and exploration.
What is the compass?
300
The culture of this civilization had a major impact on the writing, architecture, and religion of Japan.
What is China?
300
This sea separated Japan from the mainland of China and Korea.
What is the Sea of Japan or East Sea?
300
Amber, or fossilized tree sap, came from this region.
What is the Baltic region?
300
These two items were critical in trans-Saharan trade.
What are gold and salt?
400
Sea and river trade was important in this region.
What is Western Europe?
400
This religion diffused from North Africa to West Africa, and was blended with Animistic practices.
What is Islam?
400
The kingdom of Zimbabwe was between these two rivers.
What are the Zambezi and Limpopo?
400
This region contributed spices, sugar cane, textiles, and the lateen sail.
What is India?
400
This ethnic religion, unique to Japan, emphasizes the importance of natural features, forces of nature and ancestors.
What is Shinto?
500
China and Persia contributed this product along trade routes of the Eastern Hemisphere.
What is porcelain?
500
These two religions diffused from India to Southeast Asia.
What are Hinduism and Buddhism?
500
These three civilizations were dependent on the Niger River.
What are Ghana, Mali, and Songhai?
500
The wealth of gold in this region became widely known when Mansa Musa made the Hajj.
What is West Africa or Mali?
500
This West African city was a center for trade and learning.
What is Timbuktu?
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