Aksum
Who was the king that made Christianity the official religion of Aksum?
Ezana
What trade made Ghana, Mali, and Songhai powerful?
Gold and salt trade
What writing symbols did the Maya develop?
Glyphs
Who was the ruler that expanded the Inca Empire through conquest and diplomacy?
Pachacuti
Who launched Zheng He's voyages?
Who captured Constantinople for the Ottomans?
Mehmed II
What was the chief seaport of Aksum?
Who was Mali's most famous ruler known for wealth and pilgrimage?
Mansa Musa
What was the Maya creation story book called?
Popol Vuh
What was the Incan labor tax system called?
Mita
What was the ritual required for foreign traders in Ming China?
Kowtow
Which Ottoman ruler was known as 'the Lawgiver'?
Suleyman
What farming innovation did Aksum use?
Terraces
What city became a center of Islamic learning in Mali?
Timbuktu
What was the Aztec capital city built on an island?
Tenochtitlan
"What was the knotted string system used for recordkeeping?
Quipu
Which dynasty was founded by the Manchus?
Qing Dynasty
Which Safavid ruler built the city of Esfahan?
Shah Abbas
"What led to Aksum's decline after 710 CE?
The rise of Islam cut off trade routes
Which Berber group controlled N. Africa and Spain before being replaced by the Almohads?
Almoravids
Which Toltec/Aztec god was known as the Feathered Serpent?
Quetzalcoatl
What language united the Inca Empire?
Quechua
What was Japan's 1639 isolationist trade restriction policy called?
Closed Country Policy
Who founded the Mughal Empire in India?
Babur
Which kingdom did Aksum replace as a major power?
Kush
What kingdom near the Niger River delta was powerful under Ewuare?
Benin
Who was the Aztec emperor when the empire weakened and the Spanish arrived?
Montezuma II
Who won the civil war between Atahualpa and Huascar just before Spanish conquest?
Atahualpa
Which Japanese port remained open only to Dutch and Chinese traders?
Nagasaki
Which Mughal ruler built the Taj Mahal?
Shah Jahan