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Who ruled northern India in the same period as the Han and Roman empires?
the Guptas
Which describes the solar year calculated by the Mayas?
the time it takes Earth to go once around the sun
A Maya sees a stranger and knows what town he or she is from. What traditional Mayan art makes this possible?
weaving cloth in complex patterns
Which factor gave Constantinople the biggest advantage for trade?
good location
Shi’a is...
a minority branch of Islam that maintains loyalty to the caliph Ali and his descendants.
What does this translation of a short Aztec verse tell about Aztec culture?
I, the singer, I make a poem
That shines like an emerald
A brilliant, precious, and splendid emerald
Poetry was highly valued
The Crusades were
Christian campaigns to retake the holy lands from Muslims.
What was a cause of the collapse of the Han Empire?
power struggles among government factions
The term Sunni refers to...
the majority branch of Islam, which accepted the rule of the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates.
Which of the following was a major accomplishment of Genghis Khan?
He led the creation of the Mongol Empire
How can tourists in Mexico observe Aztec technology still in use?
take a boat to see flowers grown on artificial islands
1. Glyphs
2. Stele
3. Dialect
4. Pictograph
5. Trephination
A. regional variety of a language
B. symbol for a word, idea, or sound in a system of writing
C. type of surgery in which a hole is made in the skull
D. drawing that stands for a word, phrase, or name
E. vertical stone slab or pillar with carvings or inscriptions
B.
E.
A.
D.
C.
Justinian built Hagia Sophia as a
church
How did the Roman emperor Diocletian solve the problem of governing an enormous empire?
He split it into eastern and western halves.
What was the role of the Eastern Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire?
The Church played a central role in government as well as in the daily lives of the people.
The bubonic plague was
the deadly bacteria responsible for the Black Death of the 1300s and transmitted by fleas living on infected rats.
A particular advantage of the Muslim Empire in warfare and trade was its use of
camels.
One of the greatest contributions of the Muslim Empire was
the scientific, philosophical, and mathematical knowledge they adopted from former empires and then spread by the Muslims to other parts of Afro-Eurasia
Orthodox Christianity is the religion
of the Eastern Orthodox Church, which split from Catholicism during the Byzantine Empire.
Dar al-Islam refers to...
lands under Muslim rule, where Islam can be practiced freely.
Spiritual and political leaders of the Muslims were called...
caliphs
The main cause of the Mongol Empire’s collapse was
bubonic plague.
A khan is
a Mongol tribal leader.
What was the Pax Mongolica?
a state of peace under Mongol rule
Hippo means “horse.” Which events took place in the Hippodrome?
chariot races
How did travelers on Incan roads cross rivers?
They walked on suspension bridges.
Why did Incan farmers terrace their fields?
to increase available cropland
The trans-Saharan trade route was used primarily in the exchange of
salt for gold.
Why do historians not know the location of the gold mines of Wangara?
The miners kept the site a secret.
Which of these factors caused the resources of Ghana to decline?
iron furnaces for which people cut trees for fuel
Which term best describes the role of Ghana in the trans-Saharan trade?
middleman
The sets of strings called quipus helped solve what problem of the Incas?
lack of a written language
How did Ghana raise money to pay government officials?
by taxing goods
The trans-Saharan trade increased after about 300 C.E. as a result of the
introduction of camels.
Early travelers described Ghana as a land
of gold.
Which group conquered Ghana in 1240?
Mande people of Mali