classical civilizations
Confucianism
What is the major trade rout that connected China to the middle east?
The Silk Road
what is the birthplace of Muhammed?
Mecca
what explorer sailed the ocean blue in 1492?
columbus
what is the name of the Portuguese explorer that first sailed around Africa to India?
Vasco Da Gama
What religion started by Muhammad spread across the Middle East?
Islam
What winds helped sailors travel across the Indian Ocean?
Monsoon winds
What Chinese dynasty improved civil service exams and built the grand canal
tang dynasty
what is the name of the disease that killed millions of Native Americans after Europeans arrived?
smallpox
What civilization was fooled by Hernan Cortes
The Aztecs
What religion's final resting place called Nirvana?
Buddhism
what was the name of the east african coast known for trading gold?
Swahili coast
who is the leader of the Mongols?
Genghis Khan
what is the name of the exchange that involved plants, animals, and diseases linking the old and new world?
the Columbian exchange
Conquistadors
the maya
what is the term for map making
cartography
what empire in ease asia used samurai warriors to maintain order under a shogun
tokugawa or japanese shogunate
what is the name of the labor system that forced indigenous people to work for Spanish settlers?
Encomienda
Hacienda or Casta system
what is the indigenous religion of Japan
Shinto
what was the first sea based trade route?
Indian Ocean Trade Network
In the Spanish colonies, the influence of Catholicism and indigenous cultures led most directly to...
adoption of saints
what was the FIRST European country to explore the Indian ocean and Atlantic ocean for trade?
Portugal
what American crop became a major cash crop in the Caribbean?
Sugar