China, Japan, Africa, Mayans, Incans, and Aztecs

Question 1

Name 2 Chinese influences on Japanese culture.

Answer 1

Buddhism

Chinese Writing

Question 2

Who did the Japanese worship as part of their religion?

Answer 2

Their religion was Shinto, and believe in gods/ nature spirits called kami.

Question 3

What is the state religion of Japan?

Answer 3

Shintor

Question 4

What religion was imported to Japan from China?

Answer 4

Shinto

Question 5

What is the area south of the Sahara Desert called?

Answer 5

Sub Saharan Africa

Question 6

What 3 African civilizations developed in West Africa?

Answer 6

Ghana
Mali
Songhai

Question 7

What were the main products traded in Africa?

Answer 7

Gold and salt

Question 8

What civilization developed in northeast Africa?

Answer 8

?

Question 9

What civilization developed in southern Africa?

Answer 9

Great Zimbabwe

Question 10

What civilization was located in the Ethiopian Highlands, near the Nile River?

Answer 10

Aksum

Question 11

Christianity was the main religion of what African kingdom?

Answer 11

Aksum

Question 12

What civilization was located near the Limpopo and Zambezi Rivers, near the Indian Ocean?

Answer 12

Great Zimbabwe

Question 13

What was Great Zimbabwe?

Answer 13

an African Civilization

Question 14

On what river were the civilizations of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai located?

Answer 14

Niger river

Question 15

What city was a center of trade and learning in West Africa?

Answer 15

Timbuktu

Question 16

What is animism?

Answer 16

belief that spirits inhabit everything

Question 17

What religion did many civilizations of West Africa adopt?

Answer 17

?

Question 18

Who ruled Mayan city-states?

Answer 18

?

Question 19

Where was the Mayan civilization located?

Answer 19

Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico

Question 20

What kind of religion did the Mayans have?

Answer 20

Polytheistic

Question 21

What architectural feature characterized the Mayan civilization?

Answer 21

Pyramids

Question 22

On what was the Mayan economy based?

Answer 22

farming, trading, culture, and political ties

Question 23

What was Chichén Itzá?

Answer 23

The capital of the Mayans

Question 24

Where was the Aztec civilization located?

Answer 24

Central Mexico

Question 25

Who ruled the Aztecs?

Answer 25

Ruler/ king

Question 26

On what was the Aztec economy based?

Answer 26

Ruler/ king had absolute power and economy was based on agriculture

Question 27

What was the main city of the Aztecs?

Answer 27

Tenochtitlan

Question 28

What kind of religion did the Aztecs have?

Answer 28

Polytheistic

Question 29

On what was the Aztec religion based?

Answer 29

?

Question 30

What architectural feature characterized the Aztec civilization?

Answer 30

They built chinampas, which were artifical islands used to grow crops
they also had pyramids to honor the gods

Question 31

Where was the Incan civilization located?

Answer 31

Andes Mountains of South America

Question 32

Who ruled the Incas?

Answer 32

One ruler called the Sapa Inca

Question 33

On what was the Incan economy based?

Answer 33

Based on high altitude agriculture

Question 34

What was the main city of the Incas?

Answer 34

Macchu Picchu

Question 35

What kind of religion did the Incas have?

Answer 35

Polytheistic

Question 36

What advancements did the Incans achieve?

Answer 36

Kept records on quipus
Great engineers
Built woven suspension bridges
Used calendars

Question 37

Name 2 contributions of the Aztecs, Incas and Mayans.

Answer 37

Mayans- practiced animal sacrifice and bloodletting; Pok-a-tok
Incas- Kept records on quipus/ knotted strings; Built woven suspension bridges
Aztecs- Developed calendars; Built pyramids

Question 38

Name 3 areas invaded by the Mongols.

Answer 38

China
Central Asia
Persia

Question 39

Identify the Mongol leader who captured China’s capital.

Answer 39

Genghis khan