These persons followed a warrior code simialr to European Chivalry.
Who are the Samurai?
100
This Mongol leader united all his people and conquered MOST of Asia.
Who is Genghis Khan?
100
These products were traded in the West African Trans-Saharan trade and were the primary sources of Malian wealth.
What are gold and salt?
100
Jaanese Terrace Farming and the Trans-Saharan trade are both examples of this important human ability in relationship to geography.
What is adaptation?
100
This early Revolution was the change from nomadic hunter gatherers to settled farmers.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
200
The Knights called their warrior code chivalry but the Samurai had a different term.
What is Bushido?
200
The Batu, Golden Horde conquered this country and cut it off from Western Europe.
What is Russia?
200
DAILY DOUBLE: Mansa Musa had a huge impact in spreading this religion throughout Western Africa.
What is Islam or Muslim religion?
200
This river was the most important river in West Africa.
What is the Niger River?
200
DAILY TRIPLE: This Indian belief system while embracing the concept of reincarnation totally rejects the caste system and was more popular in East Asia than in its country of origin.
What is Buddhism?
300
While the Japanese maintained their own unique culture they did borrow heavily from these two people.
Who are the Chinese and Koreans?
300
This period of Mongol domination actually increased trade and travel between China and Europe (East and West).
What is Pax Mongolia?
300
Despite the prevalence of institutional racism and old stereotypes, African history shows that Africans were able to produce advanced civilizations prior to this people's involvement.
Who are Europeans?
300
The instability and volatility of the Japanese ring of Fire has influenced Japanese religious thought.
What is Shinto?
300
How much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck couldn't chuck wood?
What is none or no wood?
400
DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE: Feudal Japanese governments were organized so that the Dymiao had local control over samurai. Therefore power was NOT at the center.
What is decentralized governments?
400
This includes superior strategy, superior horsemanship, swordmanship and superior skills in this area that are the reasons the Mongols were able to conquer the Asian Steppes.
What are superior military skills?
400
This valued commodity was considered to be just as valuable as gold in the city of Timbuktu
What are books?
400
The Japanese did this in response to a mountainous topography.
What is terrace farming?
400
Harsh laws, strict punichments, Medieval feudalism and Confucianism's 5 relationships are all designed to have this effect on society.
What is social stability or stability(order)?
500
While this person was greatly revered and culturally significant he rarely held any real political power. That power belonged to the Shogun.
Who is the emperor?
500
Random killing, torture, slaughters, terror and brutal methods of conquering all contributed to the success of the Mongols.
What is psychological warfare?
500
Axum, Kilwa and Kush were all trade states in this geographic location on the African continent.
What is East Africa?
500
Most African rivers are wild rapids and waterfalls and therefore limit these key opportunities rivers tend to provide.
What are migration(transportation) and trade?
500
The Tang and Song, the Gupta Empire and the Empires of Mali and Songhai are all examples of these kinds of periods(ages).