8-9 quiz Flashcards
What century did the Aztecs conquer Mesoamerica?
14th
What was their capital?
Tenochtitlan
What was their iconic religious ritual?
blood sacrifices
What was the name of their unique form of agriculture that farmed from small islands?
chinampas
What was the name of the Incan state-run labor system?
mit’a system
What was the unique form of agriculture used by the Incans to combat flooding and collect water?
waru waru
Which city-state was strategically positioned on the ‘Gateway to the Pacific / China?’
Malaka
Which city-state controlled the Mediterranean Sea trade network and functioned as the middlemen for Europe with the Byzantine Empire, caliphates, Mongols, and had an impressive navy to enforce its trade?
Venice
Which city-state was located on the outskirts of the Indian coastline?
Calicut
Which Southeast Asian Empire, now Cambodia, Malaysia, and Thailand, constructed Angkor Wat?
Khmer Empire
This was the sub-Saharan African Empire that remained an independent Christian kingdom until the 20 century.
Solomonic dynasty
This was the sub-Saharan African Empire that flourished as the tail end of a large interregional trade network that stretched as far as China.
Great Zimbabwe
These were a series of kingdoms in West Africa that benefited from trade between the city states of the empires of Ghana, Mali, and the later Songhai Dynasty.
Hausa Kingdoms