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Completely Random Knowledge
Final Jeopardy
100
This trade network, created by the Han, was used by the Mongols
Silk Road
100
Increased trade between Europe and Asia led to this pandemic
Black Death (bubonic plague)
100
Trade on the sub-saharan network became easier with the use of this animal.
What is the camel?
100
Main city of the Aztec empire
Tenochtitlan
100
A city by this name exists on every continent except Antarctica.
Rome
100
Name the four trade routes shown here. Name them by color
blue: Indian Ocean Trade route
Red: Silk Roads
Green: Mediterranean Trade route
Brown: Trans-Saharan Trade Route
200
These wars restarted trade between europe and the middle east
Crusades
200
This maritime trade route connected the Middle East, East Africa and India
Indian Ocean trade routes
200
He travelled across Africa as a part of his pilgrimage to Mecca. All the while he showed his wealth and brought wealth to many places along his trip.
Mansa Musa
200
This religious ritual was commonly practiced by the Aztecs, Incas and Mayans as a way to pay tribute to the gods.
What is human sacrifice or ritual bloodletting
200
What is the only US state that can be typed using one row on the keyboard?
Alaska
300
This man traveled extensively across Sub-Saharan Africa, Persia, and the Middle East, leaving his writings about experiences and cultures.
Ibn Battuta
300
Merchants from East Africa and the Middle East would get stranded in South Asia due to these
Monsoons
300
Improved agricultural technology spread through much of sub-Saharan Africa because of the migration this group, known for their knowledge of ironworking.
Bantu-speaking people
300
Around the mid 13th century, after a long period of migration, this group settled in the region around Lake Titicaca
Incas
300
What is the only word in the English language that ends with "mt"
dreamt
400
The Trans-Sahara Trade routes led to the rise of these TWO empires
Ghana and Mali
400
the migration of Bantu speaking people spread languages along with what other technique to new areas of Sub-Saharan Africa?
agricultural technique
400
This language was created as a result of the connections between the African and Asian trade networks.
What is swahili?
400
This group aggressively exacted tribute from subjected people in order to grow wealth in both currency and resources.
Aztecs
400
What is the only US capital city without a McDonalds?
Montpelier, Vermont
500
these sub-Saharan story tellers passed the history of their clans and tribes on orally, rather than through written tradition.
Griots
500
The dominant two commodities on the Sub-Saharan trade network.
What is gold and salt?
500
This farming technique allowed for year round irrigation of arable land to increase crop production.
chinampa
500
There are 10 major (baseball, basketball, football, hockey) men's US professional sports teams that don't end with the letter "S". Name 7 of them.
white sox, red sox, heat, magic, thunder, jazz, avalanche, lightning, wild, kraken
600
Name the lakes that both the Aztec and Inca created their Empires around.
Lake Texcoco and Lake Titicaca