global tapestry
What is the name of the river that supported Ancient Egypt?
What is the Nile River?
What major land route connected China to Europe?
What is the Silk Road?
What Hindu belief explains how one’s actions affect their next life
What is karma?
What traded good made West African kingdoms wealthy
what is gold
What’s the world’s longest river
What is the Nile River
What two rivers supported Mesopotamia?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
What trade route connected Africa, the Middle East, and Asia by sea?
What is the Indian Ocean trade network?
What Buddhist goal represents release from suffering and rebirth?
What is nirvana?
What desert trade route connected West Africa to the Mediterranean
What is the Trans-Saharan trade route?
What ancient structure in Egypt was built as a tomb for pharaohs
What are the pyramids
What technology did early farmers in Mesopotamia develop to control water flow?
What is irrigation?
What good was traded from West Africa for salt?
What is gold?
What Confucian concept describes respect for parents and elders
What is filial piety
Who was the wealthy Muslim ruler of Mali who made a famous hajj
What is Mansa Musa
What tool did ancient people use to tell direction before the compass?
What is the North Star
What technology did early farmers in Mesopotamia develop to control water flow?
What is irrigation
What technology helped sailors navigate across oceans?
What is the magnetic compass
What intellectual movement in Europe emphasized reason over faith in the 1600s?
What is the Enlightenment
What powerful East African city-state grew rich from Indian Ocean trade
What is Kilwa
Which modern-day country has the Great Wall
What is China
What was one reason river valley civilizations developed near rivers?
What is fertile soil for farming
What was one cultural or technological impact of long-distance trade?
What is cultural diffusion
What blending of beliefs occurred in West Africa due to Islam’s spread?
What is religious syncretism
What invention from China helped merchants track credit long-distance
What is paper money or letters of credit
What’s the term for people who move from place to place with their animals?
What are nomads?