Geography
What desert occupies the majority of North/West Africa?
Sahara
Aztec, Mayan, Olmec
Olmec, Mayan, Aztec
Power in West Africa depended on control of the _____ & ______ trade.
salt & gold
What were allyu?
Inca family clans
Describe the Mit'a System, and identify where it was used.
Labor Tribute system in the Inca empire.
What does "MesoAmerica" translate to, and what is one civilization that developed there?
Middle America
Olmec, Mayan, and Aztec
What three food items were staples in MAI diets?
What high-carb item did Incas have that the others did not?
Maize, beans, squash
Inca also had potatoes.
Who was the richest man in history, and what was his religion?
Mansa Musa; Islam
What river did the Kush kingdom depend on for agriculture?
Nile!
(They were to the south of the Egyptians.)
What is the main source of historical knowledge about the Aztec and Inca Empires?
Records created by Conquistadors and Spaniards who played a role in conquering the Aztec/Inca.
Name of the rainforest in Central Africa
Congo
Explain how specific geographic features impacted the development of Aztec and Inca empires.
Lake Texcoco - Due to Aztec prophecy, the capital cities of Tenochtitlan and Tlateloco were developed on the lake. Agriculture and building were adapted considering geographic context.
Andean Mountains - Made travel and trade a challenge in the Inca empire until the extensive road system was developed. Llamas and Alpacas were used to transport items along steep slopes.
Identify three factors that contributed to the spread of Islam in Africa.
Trans-Saharan Trade
Griot Storytellers
Fulbe Nomads
Related to Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade ... Define/Describe ...
First Passage
Middle Passage
Third Passage
First Passage: capture to coast
Middle Passage: across Atlantic Ocean to Americas
Third Passage: coast to market to destination
Bantu, Arabic, Asian
Lake where Aztecs built their capital city
Lake Texcoco
Aztec - illustrations (e.g. tribute record)
Inca - quipu knot reference device
Describe the historical significance of Timbuktu.
Center of learning and trade in West Africa. Center of Islam and Education. Control of Timbuktu became important for African Kingdoms.
Terms for Aztec & Inca spoken languages.
Aztec - Nahuatl
Inca - Quechua
Compare Fulbe and Bantu nomads, including mention of their native regions.
Fulbe: NW Africa, their movement spread Islam in Africa
Bantu: From Central Africa, migrated to and populated East Africa.
Group of people were the first to populate southeastern Africa
Bantu-speaking people
Explain one element that aided the Spanish in conquering the Aztec AND one element that aided the Spanish in conquering the Inca.
(Cannot use the same factor for both.)
Aztec - Cortes was thought to be a god, La Malinche, Smallpox, European weaponry
Inca - Pizarro took advantage of civil war among Inca groups, Smallpox, Atahualpa lost faith in unity
Which African Empire had a centralized bureaucracy with ministries of the treasury, defense, commerce, etc?
Songhai
Names of the final Aztec & Inca Emperors
Montezuma II (Aztec)
Atahualpa (Inca)
What did the Kingdom of Axum (and the present-day Ethiopian Church) claim to have, and why is that item important?
Ark of the Covenant; contains the original tablets of the 10 Commandments