These two commodities were the most traded in northern Africa.
What are gold and salt?
100
This is the process by which fertile or semi-fertile land becomes desert.
What is desertification?
100
Many Asian civilizations we studied were worried about the potential negative effects of this historical process.
What is cultural diffusion?
100
This is the term used to describe a government's ruling family over several generations.
What is a dynasty?
100
Name three monotheistic religions.
What are Judaism, Islam, and Christianity?
200
He was the extremely wealthy ruler of the kingdom of Mali.
Who was Mansa Musa?
200
This was one of the largest examples of culture diffusion in Africa's history, spanning the course of 2000 years.
What is the Bantu Migration?
200
Name two important Mongol leaders.
Who are Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan
200
This is the geographic region that was the home of the Mongols (and many other nomadic groups).
What is the (Eurasian) steppe?
200
This is a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler.
What is an empire?
300
This is the difference between a patrilineal and matrilineal society.
What is that patrilineal societies trace ancestry and inheritance through the father's side, whereas matrilineal societies do so through the mother's side?
300
This is a waterfall, usually one on the Nile.
What is a cataract?
300
Historians use this phrase to describe Korea's position in the larger history of Asian civilization.
What is a cultural bridge?
300
This was the code of honor the Japan's warrior class was held to.
What is bushido?
300
This is the Confucian emphasis on respect for parents and rulers.
What is filial piety?
400
The development of this culture around the Horn of Africa was an example of cultural diffusion and blending.
What is Swahili?
400
These were the professional storytellers and musicians in early West African societies.
What are griots?
400
Explain 2 similarities and 2 differences between Japanese and European feudalism.
***ANSWERS WILL VARY***
400
Japan's traditional religion, ___________, revered natural spirits, including those found in massive tidal waves called ____________.
What are Shinto and tsunamis?
400
This is a culture that thrived in the Andean region from about 200 BCE to 600 CE, most known for their enormous animal-themed geoglyphs.
What is Nazca culture?
500
What are the names used by historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and other social scientists to describe the two main types of family structure found in societies around the world?
What are "nuclear families" and "extended families"?
500
The name of this civilization comes from a word meaning "stone houses."
What is (Great) Zimbabwe
500
Explain two common trends found across all of the Asian civilizations we studied during this unit.
***ANSWERS WILL VARY***
500
This is the term used for China's aristocracy (their version of European lords) during the Tang and Song dynasties.
What is the gentry?
500
This was a Mesopotamian narrative poem that was first told in Sumer around 1700 BCE.