Culture & Identity
What is emphasized in an individualism society?
What is personal achievement and self-expression?
What unified Mansa Musa and the ruling class in the Kingdom of Mali?
What is Islam?
What daily life activities helped create shared beliefs and traditions in Aztec society?
What are schools teaching social roles, ritual ball games, and religious practices?
What is the sacred book for followers of Hinduism?
What are the Vedas?
Christianity began as a sect of which religion?
What is Judaism?
What is emphasized in a collectivism society?
What is the common good of the group?
What did West Africa trade gold in exchange for?
What is Salt?
Why is the eagle with a snake in its mouth on Mexico’s flag?
What is to preserve and celebrate Aztec institutions and daily life as part of Mexico’s cultural heritage?
Which group of the Hindu caste system is often marginalized?
What are the Untouchables?
Why are Christianity and Judaism different religions today?
They have different beliefs and sacred texts
Why are art, music, and literature important to societies?
What is uniting people through shared ideas and cultural expressions?
In addition to goods, what spread as a result of trade routes?
What are ideas, knowledge, and technology?
How did the Aztec adapt the environment to meet their needs?
What are Chinampas?
How are followers of Hinduism rewarded for good karma?
They rise in the caste system and gain more rights and freedoms
What are the rules that followers of Islam live by called?
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
A government limits where a religious group is allowed to travel. What does this show about how that group is treated?
Why were griots important to West African societies even without written records?
They preserved West African culture and history through oral tradition.
In Incan society, everyone was expected to work and help the community. What value does this reflect?
What is collectivism?
What set of rules do Buddhists follow to help overcome desire and suffering?
What is the Eightfold Path?
Why did Christianity develop separately from Judaism over time?
Different beliefs and sacred texts
A society has very little contact with outsiders for hundreds of years. How would this most likely affect its identity?
What is it would strengthen shared traditions, beliefs, and group identity?
How did trade help West African kingdoms become wealthy and powerful?
Trade led to economic prosperity (meaning they were super rich because of trade)
What do Incan roads and terraced farming show about how the Inca interacted with their environment?
They adapted their environment to support and connect their empire
Why would Buddhists focus on ending desire in their daily lives?
To end suffering and reach enlightenment
What does the existence of Catholics, Protestants, Sunnis, and Shiites show about religion?
A range of beliefs often exists