China and Japan
The ethnic religion unique to Japan.
What is "Shintoism?"
The founder of the Mongol Empire.
Who is "Genghis Khan?"
The top two trade items of West Africa.
What are "gold and salt?"
Something that all of the Western civilizations had in common.
What are "polytheistic religions / agriculture?"
The number one killer of indigenous peoples.
What are "European diseases?"
Japan's location near China and Korea
What is "close proximity?"
Silk, Maritime, Trans-Saharan, Northern European, and the South China Sea.
What are the "trade routes?"
The only Christian kingdom of Africa.
What is "Axum?"
A mountaintop city.
What is "Machu Pichu?"
Europeans supported the spread of this while exploring the coast of Africa.
What is "Christianity?"
A religion that coexisted with Shintoism.
What is "Buddhism?"
The Mongols created the largest ever before the modern age.
What is an "empire?"
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai.
What are the "West African kingdoms?"
A jungle city on the Yucatan.
What is "Chichen Itza?"
Improvements in these types of tools made exploration possible.
What are "navigational tools?"
Writing, architecture, and Buddhism.
What are "influences of China?"
Spices, textiles, porcelain, paper, waterwheels, compass, and religions.
What are "trade items?"
The major trade kingdom of Southern Africa.
What is "Zimbabwe?"
An island city in Meso-America.
What is "Tenochtitlan?"
Demand for gold, spices, and natural resources.
What are "reasons for exploration?"
The geographic term used to describe the Japanese islands.
What is an "archipelago?"
The branch of the Mongol Empire that invaded Eastern Europe.
What is the "Golden Horde?"
The most important trade city in West Africa.
What is "Timbuktu?"
Calendars, mathematics, and writing systems.
What are "Meso-American achievements?"
The thing that drove more and more European countries to start exploring (general term).
What is "competition?"