The Americas
Were the Mayans polytheistic or monotheistic?
They were polytheistic.
What trade route went across the Indian Ocean?
Maritime routes.
Where is Axum?
In east Africa.
What was the favored leader in Islam?
What religion developed in the Aryans?
Hinduism.
The Spanish conquest.
What trade route went across the North Africa?
What materials went through the trans-saharan trade route?
Gold and salt.
Sunni and Shia.
The two empires in India?
Mauryan and Gupta
What is the environment of the Mayan empire?
Rain forests
Where did spices come from?
Lands around the Indian Ocean.
What religion was Axum?
Christian.
What was the difference between Sunni and Shia?
Sunni believed that the next leader should be someone who is like Muhammad, but the Shia believed that the next leader should be someone in Muhammad's bloodline.
What are the two mountains in India?
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
What was the sacred/religious place of the Incans?
Machu Pichu
Where did amber, furs, and timber come from?
Northern Europe (Baltic Region)
What were the three empires in West Africa?
What group of people take up most of the population of Muslims?
Sunni.
The two rivers in India?
Indus and Ganges.
Which civilization was the most brutal when it came to sacrifices?
The aztecs.
What was Animism?
A belief that all natural objects in the universe have a soul.
What were two achievements that Muslims accomplished?
Math - The decimal system
Art - The dome of the rock
What did the Mauryan empire first bring?
Centralized and unified government.