Feudal Japan
What two countries had the biggest influence on Japan?
China and Korea
Which Chinese dynasty reunited China and had a very strong government?
Tang
What were the three vegetation zones of Africa?
Desert, Savannah, Forest
What Mesoamerican civilization is located in modern-day north Mexico and changed their name to "Mexicas"
Aztecs
What country did Japan get its alphabet from?
China
Japan is a chain of islands. What do we call that?
An Archipelago
What religion spread from India to China and instantly became popular?
Buddhism
What animal helped trade across the Sahara?
Camel
What religion was followed by the Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas?
Polytheism
The Tang dynasty combined Confucianism with Legalism, which gave them a very strong:
Government
Who was the Japanese emperor who sent officials to study China, and encouraged Buddhism in Japan?
Shotoku
Who were the Northern Asian nomads who took over China for a period and controlled the Silk Road?
BONUS 500: Who was greatest leader of the Mongols?
Mongols
Ghengis Kahn
Who was the richest man in history that ruled Mali?
Mansa Musa
Incas, Aztecs, Mayans
The Maya, Aztecs, and Incas all relied on for the food supply.
Farming
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Buddhism spread from to China to to Japan
India, Korea
Which Chinese dynasty invented the iron plow, fast rice, and foot binding?
Song
What were the oral African storytellers called?
BONUS 500: What language was introduced to the Africans, changing how stories were told?
Griots
Arabic
Why did the Mayans and Aztecs build pyramids and temples?
Sacrifice
Which Chinese invention helped the Chinese print books quickly?
Woodblock
Who were the Japanese soldiers who protected order in Japan?
Samurai
Which Chinese dynasty made China rich and showed the world how powerful they were?
Ming
Name the 4 products Africa primarily traded
Salt, Gold, Ivory, Slaves
Mayans and Aztecs practiced human
Sacrifice
In order of Highest to Lowest, put the following Japanese social classes in order:
Daimyo, Samurai, Merchant, Shogun
BONUS 500: Name two other classes we talked about
Shogun, Daiymo, Samurai, Merchant
Ronin, Peasant, Artisan, Emperor
What was the name of the leader who commanded the Samurai in Japan?
Shogun
Zheng He
What religion spread quickly through west africa?
Islam
Like Greece, the Mayans lived in different:
City-States
What did the Incas use to measure things and compute mathematics?
Quipu
What kind of Buddhism was most popular in Japan?
BONUS: What was the Japanese warrior code called?
Zen Buddhism
Bushido
In China, who were the people with high test scores who were elected to help the emperor?
Scholar-officials
What was the capital city of Mali, where trade flourished?
Timbuktu
What country conquered both the Aztecs and Incas?
BONUS 500: Name the two conquistadors that conquered them
Spanish
Cortes and Pizzaro
What was the name of the Japanese novel that was the first novel in the world?
The Tale of Genji
If you saw a painting of Cherry Blossoms dying, what style of art would you most likely be looking at?
Mono No Aware
NAME ALL 5 CHINESE INVENTIONS WE TALKED ABOUT
What is the name of the law that was created in Western Africa and is followed by Muslims?
Sharia law
The Incas lived high in the mountains, so they practiced what kind of farming?
Terrace
If I were to go to Africa to find gold, what environmental zone would I look in?
The forest