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Mayan, Inca, Aztec Geography
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100

The Maya civilization was primarily located in which region?

  • A) Northern Canada
  • B) Southern Mexico and Central America
  • C) Eastern Europe
  • D) Western Africa
  • B) Southern Mexico and Central America
100

What was the strategic location of the Ottoman Empire?

Between Europe, Asia, and Africa aka the Middle East

100

Which two major rivers were crucial to the development of Ancient China?


Yangtze and Yellow River

100

Who was the leader of the Ottoman Empire during its peak?

  • A) Suleiman the Magnificent
  • B) Mehmed II
  • C) Osman I
  • D) Abdul Hamid II
  • A) Suleiman the Magnificent
100

What was one key achievement of the Ming Dynasty?

  • A) Establishing trade with the Americas
  • B) Building the Great Wall of China
  • C) Discovering the New World
  • D) Developing a monarchy system
  • B) Building the Great Wall of China
200

What mountain range dominated Inca society?

Andes

200

Which two rivers are significant in the context of the Ottoman Empire's fertile regions?

Tigris and Euphrates

200

What mountain range is located to the south of Ancient China?

Himalayas

200

What contributed to the Ottoman Empire's economic power?

  • A) Its geographic location along trade routes
  • B) A lack of cultural diversity
  • C) Isolationist policies
  • D) Military conquests alone
  • A) Its geographic location along trade routes
200

  1. The Ming code of laws improved the life's of what group of people?

  • slaves
300

Which geographical feature did the Aztecs utilize for farming?

Chinampas

300

What trade route was vital for the Ottoman Empire’s economy?

  • A) Silk Road
  • B) Spice Route
  • C) Transatlantic Route
  • D) Northwest Passage

Silk Road

300

What geographic feature provided a natural barrier to the north of Ancient China?

Gobi Desert

300

What was one of the main belief systems in the Ottoman Empire?

Islam

300

Who were the Jinyiwei, and what did they do for the empire?

  • spies, secret police, body guards, or soldiers
400

The Incas built bridges across which geographical feature to connect their empire?

Mountain Valleys

400

  1. What geographic feature characterized the majority of land in the Ottoman Empire?

    • A) Dense forests
    • B) Rocky mountains
    • C) Fertile plains
    • D) Arid deserts
  • B) Rocky mountains
400

What body of water lies to the east of the Ming Dynasty?

Pacific Ocean

400

What was the role of the Janissaries in the Ottoman Empire?

They served as elite soldiers

400

What was the new belief system that gained prominence in the Ming Dynasty

neo-Confucianism

500

What significant body of water lies to the south of the Mayan civilization? 

  • A) Gulf of Mexico
  • B) Bay of Bengal
  • C) Caribbean Sea
  • D) Mediterranean Sea
  • C) Caribbean Sea
500

Which city served as the capital and a major trading center of the Ottoman Empire?

  • A) Cairo
  • B) Mecca
  • C) Istanbul / Constantinople
  • D) Damascus
  • C) Istanbul / Constantinople
500

How did the geography of Ancient China influence its development?

It provided isolation from foreign influences

500

  1. Suleiman the Magnificent was known for which of the following?

    • A) Establishing a democracy
    • B) Expanding the empire and legal reforms
    • C) Promoting isolationism
    • D) Focusing solely on military might

Expanding the empire and legal reforms

500

  1. What was the name of the famous explorer of the ming dynasty?

Zheng He