Trade Routes
African Kingdoms
Mesoamerican Civilizations
Islamic Civilizations
Indian Empires
100
What trade route connected China on the east and the Roman Empire on the west?
The Silk Roads
100
Where did the majority of African Kingdoms deveop?
sub-Saharan West and East Africa
100
What was the only Meso-American civilization that was not ruled by an emperor?
The Maya civilization
100
What language spread as a result of trade and the growing of the Islamic religion?
The Arabic language
100
Where natural barries protected the Indian Empire?
The Himalyas and the Hindu Kush
200
What trade route went across North Africa and was a source of gold and salt?
The Trans-Saharan trade route
200
Who was the richest man that came from the African Kingdoms?
Mansa Musa, king of Mali
200
What did most Meso-American civilizations practice for their religion?
Human sacrifices
200
What was the city that was at the center of trade routes and contributed to the Golden Age of Islam?
Baghdad
200
Which rivers provided water and fertile soil to the Indian Empire?
The Indus and the Ganges Rivers
300
What trade route linked with the Black Sea through the Dnieper River?
The Northern European trade route
300
What were the most important resources that the African Empires had?
Gold and salt
300
What led to the fall of the Aztec and Incan civilizations?
They were conquered by Spain.
300
Which battle prevented the Islam power moving to France and countries beyond the Iberian Peninsula?
Battle of Tours
300
What nomadic people conquered the Indus Valley and led to the creation of Hinduism?
The Aryans
400
What did the route that went across the Indian Ocean known for trading?
Spices and textiles
400
What city was known to be the center of trade and learning in the African Kingdoms?
Timbuktu
400
What Meso-American civilization was represented by Tenochtitlan?
The Aztec civilization
400
What improvements did Muslim doctors make on Greek medicine?
Surgery, sedatives, set bones, pharmacies, discovered more natural medicines
400
What leader of the Maryan Empire converted to Buddhism?
Ashoka the Great
500
What new technology came from China through trading?
Paper, Compass, and Printing
500
What was the main religion in the African Kingdoms?
Animism (belief that all natural objects in the universe had a soul)
500
Which Meso-American civilization is located in modern-day Peru?
The Inca civilization
500
What math systems were created in the Islamic civilization?
The decimal system, geometry, algebra, and trigonometry.
500
What were the mathematical achievements of the Golden age of the Gupta Dynasty?
Advanced astronomy, concept of zero, decimal system, arabic numerals