Vocabulary
Climate & Geography of the Steppe
Pastoralist Lifestyle
Cultural Diffusion across the Steppe
General History
100
This vocab word makes petting zoos possible.
What is domestication?
100
This describes how the steppe looks compared to nearby mountains.
What is flat or rolling hills?
100
The main source of food for pastoralists.
What is their animals/livestock?
100
A material widely desired for its comfort, originating in China.
What is silk?
100
Medieval Europeans believed this common spice could cure everything from plague to indigestion.
What is pepper?
200
This action allows both people participating to get what they need.
What is trade?
200
Due to its distance from the equator, temperatures on the steppe can be both of these.
What is extreme hot (summer) and cold (winter).
200
The MAIN way in which pastoralists would choose to interact with sedentary neighbors.
What is trade?
200
While common today, this Indian product was very valuable.
What are spices?
200
In the Middle Ages, people believed this disease was caused by bad air, giving us its modern name.
What is malaria? (Mala - Bad / Aria - Air)
300
Man, it feels like we had the same weather last year around this time...feels patterned.
What is climate?
300
The steppe has this quality which makes agriculture difficult. It is caused by mountains blocking precipitation.
What is dry?
300
The difference between gender roles in agricultural societies compared to pastoral societies.
What is pastoral societies are general more equal?
300
Often times, pastoralists would offer this product to agriculturalist.
What is animal products? (Protection across the steppe also works here.)
300
During the Cold War, students were taught this tactic to protect themselves during a nuclear attack.
What is hide underneath their desks (Duck, and coverrrr)?
400
This type of individual would not have a permanent home or even animals to provide them with food.
What is a nomad?
400
Describe the location of the Eurasian Steppe compared to the civilizations discussed in class.
I'll be the judge of that
400
Reasons that pastoralists migrate across the steppe.
What is to find new grazing lands, avoid seasons that are too hot or cold, or to trade with sedentary neighbors?
400
An item that China refused to trade to pastoralists and one that pastoralists could not consistently make due to their nomadic lifestyle.
What is iron? (Bronze works too)
400
During World War II, this code was so secure that it was never broken—and it was based on an Indigenous language.
What is the Navajo Code (Code Talkers)?
500
___________ live on the __________.
What is Pastoralists live on the Steppe.
500
The technical term for when a mountain range stops water/rain from making it to the other side causing a steppe.
What is a rain shadow?
500
Due to raids from pastoral groups like the Xiongnu, Chinese dynasties built this.
What is the Great Wall of China?
500
A religion that became popular across the steppe as it spread from India to China.
What is Buddhism?
500
How old was the youngest soldier to serve in the United States military during WWII?
What is 12 years old?
