Trade Routes
African Kingdoms
Americas
Islamic Civilization
Indian Empires
100

This trade route spanned from central-western Asia all the way to the Mediterranean sea.

What is the silk road?

100

This African king was so rich, he singlehandedly decreased the value of gold by giving people too much money.

Who was Mansa Musa?

100
This famous Incan location in Peru, is found high in the Andes mountains, and is one of the new 7 wonders of the world.

What is Machu Picchu?

100

This is the official language of Islam. It involves writing right to left.


What is Arabic?

100

This famous Maurya emperor converted to Buddhism, when he witnessed a massacre.

Who was Asoka?

200

Trade routes from Africa brought this valuable and coveted mineral/seasoning. 

What is salt?

200

This city was the center of trade and learning in west Africa.  

 

What was Timbuktu?

200

The Mayans are represented by this city. It is famed for its pyramid/temple.

What was Chichen Itza?

200

This group of muslims believe that the successor to Muhammed must be bloodline related.

Who are the Shias?

200

This dynasty/empire created a golden age for all of its citizens, where they favored intellect.

What was the Gupta dynasty?

300

This religion was spread to Korea and Japan from China via trade routes.

What is Buddhism?

300

This African empire was the one of the king Mansa Musa.

What was the Mali empire?

300

This civilization thrived in an arid valley in central Mexico. Its old capital of Tenochtitlan, is now Mexico City.

Who were the Aztecs?

300

This method of art involves decorative Arabic handwriting.

What is caligraphy?

300

This pass helped people travel through the Hindu Kush mountains.

What was the Khyber pass?

400

This country spread many useful and innovative technologies like paper, waterwheels, and compasses via trade routes. 

What is China?

400

This eastern African kingdom was the only one of its kind to be Christian.

What was Axum?

400

This civilization had a calendar so accurate to our modern one, it was only 2 TEN THOUSANDTHS of a day off.

Who were the Mayans?

400

This group of people overthrew the Umayyads, and moved the Islamic capital to Baghdad.

Who were the Abassids?

400

This medical method was famously used by the Guptas.

What are setting bones?

500

This section of Eurasia was dominant in the mining of amber.

What is north Europe?

500

This river flowed through west Africa, and was of importance to the empires in its region.

What is the Niger River?

500

This Incan system of government was unlike any other in the Americas at the time.

What is bureaucracy?

500

This battle is what stopped the spread of Islam further into Europe.

What was the battle of Tours?

500

This Maurya emperor was the grandfather of Asoka.

Who was Chandragupta?