Wait for it...The Mongols!
The Silk Road
Trans-Saharan Trade
Ancient Egypt & Mesopotamia
The Americas 1200-1450
100

A kind of people who, like the Mongols, move from place to place in order to obtain resources.

What is a nomad (or nomadic tribe)?

100

This class of people was trading along what was known as the Silk Road and carried various goods for people to buy.

What is a merchant?

100

Referred to as "ships of the desert" this was the primary way that people carried goods through sub-saharan Africa in the early world.

What is a camel?

100

This river gave the Egyptians a geographic advantage when it came to the use of agriculture to survive.

What is The Nile?

100

The Aztec Empire was maintained primarily through what?

Tributes, conquering and expansion, fear

200

This system that helped the Mongols quickly spread and gather information, some call it a "medieval pony express"

What is the Yam System?

200

When beliefs and ideas are spread across a long distance over time through trade and human travel.

What is cultural diffusion?

200

This group of people lived on the edge of the desert and were essential to Trans-Saharan trade. They commanded the "ships of the desert" and often rented them out to travelers and merchants.

Who were the pastoralists?

200

This class of people had much power in Mesopotamia, almost as powerful as kings.

Who are priests?

200

This system required subjects of the Incan Empire to pay taxes to fund public projects.

What is the mit'a system?

300

The trade route that was revitalized by the Mongols, partially through taxes.

What is the Silk Road?

300

Name two items traded on the Silk Road that were NOT silk.

Correct responses can include but aren't limited to:

Wine

Olive oil

Spices

Gems/minerals like jade, gold, silver, bronze

300

This religion was spread far and wide by the Trans-Saharan trade routes.

What is Islam?

300

The Mesopotamians were the first civilization we have record of practicing this skill.

What is writing or record keeping?

300

This enabled the Incans to maintain a vast network of trade and control much like the Romans.

What are roads?

400

The name for promoting people based on their skills and abilities instead of their background.

Meritocracy (Merit-based system)

400

Name two of the innovations that came about as a result of trade.

Correct responses can include: 

Improved Saddles

Better silk production techniques

Compass

New medical knowledge

New math concepts

Printing technology

Military technology (improved guns, gunpowder)

400

Islam was most popular among this group of people, and because of this local religions stayed important long after its arrival.

Who were urban elites?

400

The Maya empire was organized through a collection of these autonomous areas working together.

What are city-states?

500

Name two ways that the Mongols used adaptability to expand their empire.

(Multiple correct responses including but not limited to): 

Meritocracy (Merit-based system of promotion)

Adopting weapons/tactics from conquered people

Egalitarianism

Being tolerant of conquered people's religions

500

Give at least two examples of how increased contact with other groups has affected ancient civilizations.

Correct responses include but not limited to:

Spread of innovations like gunpowder

Spread of different religions

Mixing of society and culture 

Increased resources

500

Name two of the changes that caused the trade routes to reach their peak from the twelfth to fifteenth centuries.

Correct answers can include:

Political Stability 

Economic Growth 

Technological Advances 

Camel Caravans

Demand for gold, salt, other trade items

500

Name two similarities between the Maya, Inca, and Aztec.

Religion

Trade

Agriculture