Trade Routes
What trade route was known for gold and salt?
Trans-saharan
Where is Timbuktu?
Mali
Where did the Mayans go?
Disappeared, most likely because of natural disasters
What did the Muslims advance in during the Islamic Golden Age?
Muslim learning, medicine, science, math, geography, history, art, and architecture
What was the mountain range that protected the people from foreign invaders?
Himalayans or the Hindu Kush
Where was the Silk Road?
What religion spread through the Trans-Saharan trade route?
Islam
Where did the Incans live?
Andes Mountains
What happened in the Islam Schism?
They split into 2 groups; Sunni and Shia
What did the Aryans do to the Indus?
They mingled and made a new civilization; Hinduism develops
What trade route was famous for spices?
Maritime
Which 3 empires were located on the Niger River?
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
What is the Chichen Itza?
A pyramid from the Mayans with a ritualistic temple at the top
What was the Battle of Tours?
The battle where the Muslims were defeated stopped the spread of Islam beyond the Iberian Peninsula.
Which dynasty created Arabic numerals?
Gupta dynasty
Where did porcelain come from?
China
Which empire in East Africa believed in Christianity?
Axum
What technology did the Mayans have?
Advanced calendar and writing system of hieroglyphics
What happened to the Umayyad family?
The Abbasids killed the rest of them
Who built roads, shrines, temples, hospitals, etc.
Asoka
What were the three things that came from Northern Europe?
Amber, fur and timber
Place of learning and trade
Why did the Aztecs sacrifice people?
They thought the sun would not rise
What happened to the Baghdads?
The Mongols destroyed it, ending the Islamic Golden Age
What did the Mauryans achieve?
First to bring a centralized and unified government to the sub-continent