Chapter 8 ID's

Question 1

Armenia (RPESIA) (pg. 225)

Answer 1

One of the earliest Christian kingdoms, situated in eastern Anatolia and the western Caucasus and occupied by speakers of the Armenian language.

This place is significant because it became the fighting grounds of the Zoroastrians and the Christians, allowing for a mix in military ideas.

Question 2

Bantu (PERSIA) (pg. 223)

Answer 2

Collective name of a large group of sub-Saharan African languages and of the peoples speaking these languages.

These sub-saharan peoples were important for trade as well as the spread of PERSIAN ideas

Question 3

Ethiopia (PERSIA) (pg. 226)

Answer 3

East African highland nation lying east of the Nile River

This trade and resource heavy nation was significant in the common trade of northern africa

Question 4

great traditions (RSIA) (pg. 221)

Answer 4

Historians’ term for a literate, well-institutionalized complex of religious and social beliefs and practices adhered to by diverse societies over a broad geographical area

this is significant because it gives us insight into their world

Question 5

Indian Ocean Maritime System (PERSIA) (pg. 213)

Answer 5

In premodern times, a network of seaports, trade routes, and maritime culture linking countries on the rim of the Indian Ocean from Africa to Indonesia.

This system of trade is very significant because it creates an easier faster way of trading, revampping the way that people were thinking and doing things in Asia

Question 6

Parthians (PERSIA) (pg. 210)

Answer 6

Iranian ruling dynasty. Major middlemen in the Silk Road.

The significance of these people were there effect on the economy, becoming the middlemen and having very wealthy rulers.

Question 7

Sahel (E) (pg. 221)

Answer 7

Belt south of the Sahara

The importance of the Sahel stems from the great trans-Saharan trade

Question 8

savanna (E) (pg. 221)

Answer 8

Tropical or subtropical grassland, either treeless or with occasional clumps of trees. Most extensive in sub-Saharan Africa but also present in South America.

The significance of this is with the trade routes and the spreading of PERSIAN ideas

Question 9

Silk Road (PES) (pg. 210)

Answer 9

Caravan routes connecting trade from China and the Middle East across Central Asia and Iran.

The significance= of this trade route is that it stimulated the economies and helped to diffuse PERSIAN ideas

Question 10

small traditions (PERSIA) (pg. 221)

Answer 10

Historians’ term for a localized, usually non literate, set of customs and beliefs adhered to by a single society, often in conjunction with a great tradition.

The significance of these traditions is that it allowed for the people to communicate, and spread ideas throughout there time of existence.

Question 11

steppes (PERSIA) (pg. 221)

Answer 11

Treeless plains, especially the high, flat expanses of northern Eurasia, which usually have little rain and are covered with coarse grass. They are good lands for nomads and their herds.

The significance of this environment is that the development of military skills that were essential to the rise of the Mongol Empire, who spread PERSIAN ideas.

Question 12

stirrup (IS) (pg. 213)

Answer 12

Device for securing a horseman’s feet, enabling him to wield weapons more effectively.

This device is significant because it changed the face of the military campaigns and allowed for a better chance of success.

Question 13

sub-Saharan Africa (PERSI) (pg. 221)

Answer 13

Portion of the African continent lying south of the Sahara.

This place is significant because it facilitated a major trade route that shared many PERSIA ideas.

Question 14

trans-Saharan caravan routes (PERSIA) (pg. 217)

Answer 14

Trading network linking North Africa with sub-Saharan Africa across the Sahara.

these routes are important because they spread PERSIAN IDEAS