Trade Routes
The African Kingdoms
The Americas
The Islamic Empires
The Indian Empires
100
West Africa was known for this item.
Gold/salt.
100
What was the center for learning in Africa?
Timbuktu.
100
Name the 3 civilizations in the Americas.
Mayans, Aztecs, and the Incas.
100
Did Islam have a golden age?
Yes.
100
What was the Gupta's goal?
Golden age.
200
Amber was imported from this area.
North Europe.
200
What kingdom flourished in the Ethiopian Highlands?
Axum.
200
Was the religions of the Incans polytheistic or monotheistic?
Polytheistic.
200
Why did the Abbasids move the capital to Baghdad?
Its is the center of trade routes.
200
The Aryans influenced what religion?
Hinduism.
300
What trade route was from Asia to the Mediterranean by land?
Silk road.
300
What was the only Christian empire in Africa?
Axum.
300
The only America civilization to use writing.
Mayans.
300
What were the 2 sides of the great schism, what did they believe?
Sunni: Leader based on example.
Shia: Leader must be descendant of Muhammad.
300
What are the 2 rivers in India?
Indus and Ganges.
400
Northern European trade was connected by using this river.
Dnieper River.
400
What is animism?
All natural objects have souls.
400
What civilizations was represented by the city of Chichen Itza?
Mayans.
400
Where did the Umayyads move the capital?
Damascus.
400
Which group of nomadic warriors invaded Indus in 1500 B.C.?
The Aryans.
500
Where did the compass and lateen sail originate?
China.
500
Name all the western African kingdoms
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
500
Which civilization invented step farming?
Incan.
500
What battle prevented Islam from expanding past Spain.
The Battle of Tour.
500
The Mauryan empire built _____.
Hospitals or roads or Buddhist shrines.