1. 1 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt Ancient/Class’l Civilizations Trade RoutesReligion Byzantine/ Mongols Meso-Am/ Africa

2. 2 List the five cradles of civilization.

3. 3 Nile, Indus, Yellow, Middle East, Olmec

4. 4 What is one word to sum up China’s interaction with other countries?

5. 5 Isolation/ Superiority

6. 6 What was the system called in India that enforced rules about social behavior?

7. 7 India’s caste system

8. 8 What was a common problem for some classical civilizations?

9. 9 Outside invasions

10. 10 Who were the upper class citizens and lower class citizens of ancient Rome?

11. 11 Patricians- upper class Plebians- lower class

12. 12 What had a major effect on trade in the Indian Ocean?

13. 13 Weather- in particular, monsoons and winds

14. 14 What role did women play with the Indian Ocean trade routes?

15. 15 They held the family together since it was bilingual and bicultural.

16. 16 What were the four main commodities transferred along the Trans- Saharan trade route?

17. 17 Salt, gold, ivory, slaves

18. 18 What was known as the “information super highway” and where did it extend to and from?

19. 19 Silk Road; From Rome to China

20. 20 Which Chinese dynasty was in control at the height of the Silk Road?

21. 21 Tang Dynasty

22. 22 What two religions did Muhammad come across on his travels?

23. 23 Christianity and Judaism

24. 24 What religion is perhaps the most complex and diverse?

25. 25 Hinduism

26. 26 What was the first monotheistic religion?

27. 27 Zorastrianism

28. 28 What religious followers try to follow the Eightfold Path and strive to attain nirvana?

29. 29 Buddhism

30. 30 What is the main cause for the dislike between the Sunnis and Shi’ites?

31. 31 They disagreed on a successor after the death of Muhammad.

32. 32 When did the Byzantine Empire fall and to who?

33. 33 1453; Ottoman Empire

34. 34 Name two out of the four khanates and where they were located.

35. 35 Golden Horde- Russia Ilkhanate- Persia and Middle East Chagatai Khanate- Western Asia Great Khanate (Yuan)- Mongolia & China

36. 36 Who was the individual that traveled to the Mongol empire and wrote about its splendor?

37. 37 Marco Polo

38. 38 What was the greatest church built in the Byzantine Empire under Justinian?

39. 39 Hagia Sophia

40. 40 What was one of the four regional subdivisions of the Mongol empire that controlled much of present- day south central Russia?

41. 41 Golden Horde

42. 42 During the post- classical period, did societies in the Americas have any contact with the “Old World”?

43. 43 NO

44. 44 What had the most significant impact on sub- Saharan Africa? i.e. which religion or country, etc.

45. 45 Islam

46. 46 Out of the early African empires studied, which one was the largest state that ever existed in Western Africa?

47. 47 The Songhai Empire

48. 48 Who was the power given to in most traditional African communities?

49. 49 It was shared among members of the community rather than exercised by a single leader.

50. 50 How was the Incan government set up?

51. 51 It was divided into four regions. Each governing themselves, but listened to the overall government. Similar to US style.