1. 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 5pt 4 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt WEST AFRICA E and S AFRICA MEDIEVAL CHINA MEDIEVAL INDIA AZTECS

2. The introduction of this animal allowed the gold salt trade to flourish across the Sahara.

3. What is the camel?

4. This is the key to power in West Africa.

5. What is trade?

6. This empire was defeated in 1591 by Moroccans with gunpowder weapons, Ending 1000 years of Empire in West Africa.

7. What is the Songhai Empire?

8. This Berber family conquered Spain and the Ghana Empire.

9. Who are the Almoravids?

10. This king of Mali was a very efficient delegator and military Leader, having overthrown his predecessor.

11. Who was Sundiata?

12. This city was the capitol of The Kush Empire.

13. What is Meroe?

14. This was the language spoken By most people in Southern Africa.

15. What is Bantu?

16. This is one of the explanations for the decline of Great Zimbabwe.

17. What is overgrazing / ran out of natural resources?

18. This king invaded Egypt to “liberate” it from the Lybians; He established the 25 th Dynasty.

19. Who was King Piankhi?

20. This king established the only Christian state in East Africa.

21. Who was Ezana?

22. This was the name of the land based trading route from China to the Mediterranean coast.

23. What is the Silk Road?

24. This was the state religion of the T’ang dynasty.

25. What is Buddhism?

26. These are three inventions of the Song dynasty.

27. What are paper money, magnetic compass, refined gunpowder (cannon or flamethrower ok – only 1!), algebra advancements?

28. This is the chronological order of the following dynasties in Chinese history : T’ang, Yuan, Ming, Han, Song

29. What is Han, T’ang, Song, Yuan, Ming?

30. Two parts to answer: During this Dynasty, this admiral explored much of the southern Asian and eastern African coastline (name of dynasty and explorer).

31. What was the Ming Dynasty AND who was Zheng He?

32. This river valley was heavily irrigated and thus the center of the Indian medieval empires.

33. What is the Ganges?

34. This was the name of the Mauryan emperor who converted to the Buddhist faith after a horrible war.

35. Who was Ashoka?

36. The caste system promoted this idea in the vast Indian subcontinent; thus, the caste system was encouraged by the ruling class.

37. What is unity?

38. The Gupta Dynasty was ultimately defeated in 550 AD by these people; in turn, they were absorbed into the dominant Indian culture.

39. Who were the Huns?

40. This late Indian Empire was established by the Mongols; it was ultimately defeated by the English, in the 1660s.

41. Who were the Mughals?

42. The Aztecs religion was based on this practice.

43. What is human sacrifice?

44. This is the name of the Aztec capital city.

45. What is Tenochitlan?

46. This is the name for the Aztec practice of ritualistic piercing of their own body.

47. What is bloodletting?

48. This is why Aztec society was so aggressive and expansionistic.

49. What is they needed captives To sacrifice to their gods?

50. This is the Aztec explanation for Their engaging in human sacrifice.

51. What is their gods are engaged in a cosmic struggle vs all other gods, and they need human blood and hearts to survive?