The times of Pre-History
What does B.C stand for?
What is Before Christ?
What was the name of the Italian traveler/explorer who moved to China?
What is Marco Polo?
What was the invention that the Chinese invented that the Mongols were after?
What is gunpowder?
What major commodities were traded, and why were they significant?
What is gold and salt?
What is Christianity's hearth?
What is Jerusalem?
What are the main periods of the Stone Age?
What is Neolithic, Mesolithic, and Paleolithic?
What was the name of the founder of the Mongol Empire?
What is Genghis Khan?
The magnetic compass originated in what country?
What is China?
How did trade facilitate the spread of Islam and cultural diffusion?
What is the movement of Muslim merchants along the trade routes that introduced and spread Islamic beliefs, laws, customs, and languages into West Africa
What is the religion of ancient India?
What is Hinduism?
Where do all humans' ancestors originate?
What is Africa?
What was Mansa Musa known for? (Bonus Answer)
What is Mansa Musa was the ninth Mansa of the Mali Empire, which reached its territorial peak during his reign. (Mansa Musa is known as the richest man who ever lived)
What two Chinese innovations reached Europe and increased literacy
What is paper and printing?
What role did animals and technology play in enabling trade?
What is the camel, with its biological advantages, was essential for long-distance travel and the transportation of goods across the harsh Sahara desert, making regular trade possible?
Islam spread over ____ and the ___ Ocean via trade networks.
What is Africa and Indian?
What significant changes happened during the Neolithic period?
The invention of agriculture, the domestication of animals, and the move from nomadic life to sedentary communities.
How many generations did it take the Mongols to conquer China under Kublai Khan's rule?
What is three?
Describe the Caravel. What did it look like, and what was its use?
What is a shallow draft, rounded hull, and adaptable rig of triangular lateen or square sails?
What is exploration and trade?
How did trade contribute to the rise of powerful West African empires?
What is an empire like Mali, Ghana, and Songhai grew wealthy and powerful by controlling key trade routes and taxing valuable commodities like gold and salt?
___ adapted to new cultures: ___ Buddhism in China and ___ Buddhism in Japan.
What is Chin̄a-chan and Zen-Buddhism?
What was the survival rate till adulthood in the Paleolithic era? (percentage)
What is 30-50%?
What was the name of Genghis Khan's son?
What was he known for?
What is Ögedei Khan?
What is Genghis Khan's chosen heir and the second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire?
What was the Astrolobe?
What is a complex astronomical instrument used to tell time, measure the heights of objects, and for navigation, serving as a 2-dimensional model of the universe?
Beyond the historical trans-Saharan routes, how has trade impacted sub-Saharan Africa more recently?
What is in contemporary times, favorable commodity prices and increasing demand from emerging markets have driven economic growth for sub-Saharan African nations, particularly in oil and natural gas?
What is Dar al-Islam?
What is an Arabic term meaning "house of Islam" or "abode of Islam," which refers to any territory where Muslims are free to practice their religion without persecution?