Silk Road Studies
A smooth and luxurious cloth, this material was exported by the bolt from the East China Sea region
What is silk?
This semi-mythological figure is said to have found Aoteorra, the Land of the Long White Cloud.
Who is Kupe?
These farms floated on Lake Mexico surrounding the Aztec capital, and fed their whole population!
What are chinampas?
This mountain range is home of Cusco, the Inca capital, and most of the Inca empire!
What are the Andes mountains?
This building was so popular among the Haudenosaunee that they named themselves after it!
What is a longhouse?
This quickly spread from the middle of Asia to Europe, and devastated the cities that made up the Silk Roads
What is the Black Plague?
This tiny island of stone heads was the easternmost point of Polynesian society.
What is Easter Island (AKA Rapa Nui)
The Aztec demanded this of their conquered subjects, usually collected in the form of food and human captives.
What is tribute?
What is the labor tax?
This type of government, where groups of people vote on laws, was developed by the Haudenosaunee and helped inspire the US government.
What is democracy?
This religion, spread along the Silk Roads, became the primary belief system for trading cities in India, leading to many of them speaking Arabic.
What is Islam?
What is egalitarianism?
The Aztec did this in order to appease their gods and feed the earth, and they did it often!
What is human sacrifice?
This invention of the Inca was used to track their resources and population via ropes
These core foods of the Haudenosaunee were known as the "Three Sisters."
What is squash, beans, and corn?
This region of the Silk Road, home of cities like Flanders and Genoa, was well known for its animal product exports.
What is Western Europe?
Who needs a compass? The Pacific Islander people looked to these to guide them instead.
What are stars? (Also accepts clouds and/or native birds.)
This floating city was the capital of the Aztec empire, and is Mr. Pinnel's favourite city from this time period!
What is Tenochtitlan?
The Inca used this method to preserve anything from potatoes to people up in the mountains!
What is freeze-drying?
This person's role in Haudenosaunee clans was to lead the people, make decisions, and appoint chiefs to represent them in the Great Law of Peace
What is a Clan Mother?
This city, located at the perfect point for trade between Asia and Europe, was known as the "gate" between the continents and for it's exquisite jewellery and fine silk clothes.
What is Constantinople?
This island near Africa represents the westernmost point we've found Pacific Islander influence!
What is Madagascar?
This was the primary god of the Aztec religion, who represented war and the Sun.
Who is Huizalipotchli?
Opposite to the Sun God Inti, this goddess represented the moon in Inca culture.
Who is Mama Kilya?
These belts of white and purple beads were made to represent contracts, like the Great Law of Peace.
What is a wampum?