Chapters 12,13&14

Question 0

What did the Chinese build to connect the rivers?

Answer 0

The Grand Canal

Question 1

Identify the two major rivers in China..

Answer 1

Chang Jiang, Huang He (Yellow River)

Question 2

What religion spread from India to china by 150 A.D?

Answer 2

Buddhism

Question 3

Besides studying, the only activities Chinese students taking the Civil Service exams could participate in were..

Answer 3

Painting & writing

Question 4

Identify three improvements in farming during the Tang Dynasty..

Answer 4

Irrigation, new rice, & new ways to grow crops

Question 5

Identify the major trade route linking China to the west..

Answer 5

The Silk Road

Question 6

Identify major products China exported on this trade route..

Answer 6

Tea, Silk, Porcelain, Steel, Paper

Question 7

The Chinese discovered to make what metal during the Tang Dynasty?

Answer 7

Steel

Question 8

What parts made the first printing machine in china?

Answer 8

Blocks of wood

Question 9

The Chinese discovered to make what explosive substance for the military?

Answer 9

Gunpowder

Question 10

What two skills were mongols known for?

Answer 10

Riding horses, waging war

Question 11

What leader united mongol tribes into one fighting force?

Answer 11

Temujin

Question 12

Identify the European explorer who visited the Mongols and later wrote a book about his travels..

Answer 12

Marco Polo

Question 13

Who were the residents of the “Forbidden City”?

Answer 13

The emperor & his court

Question 14

Japan is what type of landform?

Answer 14

Island

Question 15

The current emperor of Japan is part of which dynasty?

Answer 15

Yomato

Question 16

What religions did the Japanese practice & why?

Answer 16

1. Shinto (way of the spirits)
2. Buddhism
   2a. Zen Buddhism

Question 17

Japanese warriors were known as..

Answer 17

Samurai

Question 18

The military leader of Ancient Japan was the..

Answer 18

Shogun

Question 19

What saved japan from the mongol invasion?

Answer 19

Pacific Storms

Question 20

The word “Kamikaze” means what?

Answer 20

Divine wind

Question 21

A bond of loyalty between a lord and vassal or knight is called..

Answer 21

Feudalism

Question 22

What is calligraphy?

Answer 22

The art of writing beautifully

Question 23

What crops did the Japanese farmers grow?

Answer 23

Rice & Wheat

Question 24

Identify the largest desert in the word..

Answer 24

Sahara

Question 25

What were the trade routes across the deserts called?

Answer 25

Death Roads

Question 26

What is a plateau?

Answer 26

An area of high, flat land

Question 27

Identify the largest river in the world..

Answer 27

The Nile River

Question 28

What geographic feature in east Africa allows for the discovery of a great variety of fossils?

Answer 28

The great Rift Valley

Question 29

What animal did the Romans introduce to North Africa?

Answer 29

Camels

Question 30

What was the animals purpose?

Answer 30

Known as the "ships of the desert"

Question 31

Identify the major products traded by Africa empires:

Answer 31

Salt & Gold

Question 32

The surplus of what allowed a division of labor and artisans in the rain forest kingdoms?

Answer 32

Food

Question 33

Queen Makeda is thought to be what person in biblical history?

Answer 33

Queen of Sheba

Question 34

What religion did king Ezra of Axum introduce in Africa?

Answer 34

Christianity

Question 35

What was the main idea of traditional African religions?

Answer 35

There was one god who created the word

Question 36

Identify the two religions that dominate modern Africa..

Answer 36

Christianity & Islam

Question 37

How is Africa divided geographically by these religions?

Answer 37

Islam=North, Christianity=South

Question 38

The arrival of what in Africa changed the nature of slavery?

Answer 38

Europeans

Question 39

The destination of the slave trade shifted to what part of the world?

Answer 39

North & South America

Question 40

What crop drove the Portuguese slave trade?

Answer 40

Sugarcane

Question 41

The spreading of the African people and culture worldwide is known as the Africa..

Answer 41

Diaspora

Question 42

The nomadic tribes living in the Arabic desert were called..

Answer 42

Bedouins

Question 43

Identify the largest city in Arabia..

Answer 43

Makkah

Question 44

What building made this city holy?

Answer 44

Kaaba

Question 45

According to the legend, who helped construct the holy building?

Answer 45

Abraham

Question 46

Identify the founder of Islam

Answer 46

Muhammad

Question 47

What does the word "Islam" mean?

Answer 47

"Surrendering the will of Allah"

Question 48

What is the Arabic word for God?

Answer 48

Allah

Question 49

What is the current year on the Islamic calendar?

Answer 49

1436

Question 50

The "city of the Prophet" is what city?

Answer 50

Madinah

Question 51

What belief does Islam, Christianity, and Judaism all have in common?

Answer 51

Believe in the same God

Question 52

Identify the holy book of Islam

Answer 52

Quran

Question 53

What are the five pillars of Islam?

Answer 53

Belief, prayer, charity, fasting, pilgrimage-(Muslims must city Makkah once in their life)

Question 54

The religion of Islam split into what two groups?

Answer 54

Shiites & Sunnis

Question 55

What fraction of the worlds population is Muslim today?

Answer 55

1/6

Question 56

How do scientists believe people crossed from Asia to North America?

Answer 56

Land bridge

Question 57

Why do scientists believe people crossed from Asia to North America?

Answer 57

Hunting their food

Question 58

What skill allowed people in North America to build civilizations?

Answer 58

Farming

Question 59

What was the most important crop in the Western Hemisphere?

Answer 59

Corn

Question 60

Where was the Mayan civilization located?

Answer 60

Southern Mexico - the rain forests

Question 61

What type of structure did the maya build for their temples?

Answer 61

Pyramids

Question 62

Why did the maya try to capture instead of kill warriors in battle?

Answer 62

Sacrifice them to the gods

Question 63

Describe the game played by the maya..

Answer 63

Pok A Tok - like basketball & soccer

Question 64

What type of writing did the maya develop?

Answer 64

Hieroglyphics

Question 65

The Mayan civilization came to a mysterious end..

Answer 65

Crop Failure & Warfare

Question 66

How many people live in Mexico City?

Answer 66

More than 23 million

Question 67

Describe the geography of Mexico City

Answer 67

Surrounded by mountains (a valley)

Question 68

The population and geography of Mexico City lead to what major problem?

Answer 68

Pollution

Question 69

How is Mexico City trying to fix the problem?

Answer 69

"Don't drive today"

Question 70

Aztec prophecy stated that what animal would show the tribe where to live?

Answer 70

And eagle

Question 71

Where did this prophecy take the Aztecs?

Answer 71

Tenochtitlan

Question 72

Identity the capital city of the Aztecs

Answer 72

Tenochtitlan

Question 73

Describe the Aztec religion

Answer 73

Polytheistic Native gods Human sacrifice After life was determined by death

Question 74

The Aztecs sacrificed humans daily to the ______ Gods

Answer 74

Sun

Question 75

Christopher Columbus landed in America in what year?

Answer 75

1492

Question 76

Identify the conquistador who attacked the Aztecs

Answer 76

Cortez / The Spanish

Question 77

Why did the Aztecs allow the Spanish into their city?

Answer 77

They resembled the ancient God of the prophecy

Question 78

How did the Spanish defeat the Aztecs?

Answer 78

Horses Metal weapons Small pox

Question 79

Where was the Incan civilization?

Answer 79

South America - the Andies mountains

Question 80

Who did the conquistador Pizzaro capture when he attacked the inca?

Answer 80

Atahualpa