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The Trans-Saharan trade primarily involved what 2 resources?

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1) Gold

2) Salt

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Where did Zheng He travel to?

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Asia and Africa

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3
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Which 2 dynasties had scholar officials?

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Tang and Song

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4
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The Mongols became _____ _____ because the _____ of northwest China didn’t provide good farmland

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Sheep
Herders

Steppes

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How was the Sahara able to become a source of salt? The desert had areas of _____ _____ _____ in the past

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Salty Sea Water

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Who rebuilt the Hagia Sophia?

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Justinian

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7
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Who founded Buddhism?

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Siddartha Guatama

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Scholar-officials’ exams were based on the teachings of _____

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Confucius

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9
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What is Japan’s traditional religion?

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Shinto

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10
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Define Consensus

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Agreement among members of a group

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The streets of Nara was laid out in a grid pattern, similar to _____ of China

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Chang’an

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12
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Define Shogun

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A supreme military ruler

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13
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Buddhism spread from _____ to _____ to _____ to Japan

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India
China
Korea

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14
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What topped Mayan pyramids?

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Temples

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15
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Define daimyo

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A local land-owning lord

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Explain the relationship between peasants and daimyos.

Peasants provided _____ to the daimyos in exchange for _____

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Labor

Protection/food

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17
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How was Axum successful as a trading kingdom in East Africa?

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They bordered the Red Seaand was in the center of trade routes

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Mansa Munsa’s hajj to the holy city of _____ showed the wealth and power of _____

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Mecca

Mali

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19
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The Arab Muslim empire reached it’s greatest size under the _____ dynasty

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Umayyad

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20
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The Great Schism separated the Byzantine empire(_____ Orthodox) from _____ Europe(_____ catholic)

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Eastern
Western
RomN

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21
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Justinian’s code had 3 results:

1) Discriminated against non-_____ and _____
2) Gave more power to _____
3) Protected _____ _____

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Christians
the emperor
individual rights

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22
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How did Islam spread?

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As their empire grew larger, the religion spread wider

23
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The first civilization to introduce Christianity was _____

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Axum

24
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Muhammad received a message from the angel _____, and he told everyone, making him the _____

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Gabriel

prophet

25
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Sunnis: (Majority, minority), believed the caliph should be ____
Shi’ites: (Majority, minority), believed the caliph should be _____’s _____

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Majority Wise

Minority Muhammad’s relative

26
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what are some characteristics of Africa’s oral tradition? 4 things

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Griots, poetry, proverbs, music

27
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Name the 3 West African Empires in order

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Ghana
Mali
Songhai

28
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Africans honored their _____

A

Ancestors

29
Q

Arabia is know for…

A

little rain and dry deserts

30
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who were iconoclasts?

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People who opposed icons/ objects

31
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Justinian believed that the Roman empire fell because of what?

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Negligence

32
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name 3 results of Justinian’s code

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1) Gave great power to the emperor
2) Discriminated Jews and non-Christians
3) Protected individual rights and allowed women to own property

33
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Where did Eastern Orthodox missionaries travel to?

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Eastern Europe

34
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Byzantine librarians preserved Greek and Roman culture by doing what?

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Preserving and copying manuscripts

35
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Explain the spread of Islam

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Islam spread both inside and outside of their empire; missionaries and gaining land

36
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Arab muslims were aided in their conquest by what?

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Their shared faith uniting them

37
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Explain the significance of the Hagia Sophia

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It resembled the Eastern Orthodox church/Christianity

38
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How did trade cause Africans to develop more advanced societies?

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It brought them into contact with other peoples’ ideas

39
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Give 3 characteristics of scholar-officials in Tang and Song China

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1) Had to change jobs every 3 years
2) Couldn’t serve in their home district
3) Had to pass civil service exams based off the teachings of Confucius

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Why did the Chinese gov’t support Confucius?

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It promoted moral behavior, such as submitting to authority and respecting people of higher class

41
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Before inventions such as the compass, gunpowder, and paper reached Europe, The Chinese traded with ____ ____ ____, then they traded with Europe

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The Muslim World

42
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Explain the significance of Mansa Munsa’s hajj to MEcca

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It spread Islam and showed off their wealth

43
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In China, if you owned ____, you were considered very powerful/

A

Land

44
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Where did the Incan civilization develop?

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the Andes Mountains

45
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Where is Constantinople located?

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On the Bosporus Strait

46
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Name 3 inventions of the Aztecs.

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1) aqueducts
2) Chinampas
3) causeways

47
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Which civilization had the Mita system?

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Incas

48
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What are 3 features of Muslim art and architecture?

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1) Calligrapy
2) Designs with bright colors
3) Arabesque - curved shapes and lines

49
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Before the spread of Islam, what was life like?

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People were nomads, sedentary farmers, and merchants

50
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What helped shape Byzantine culture?

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Eastern Orthodox Christianity

51
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What caused the Incas to fall?

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A civil war an being conquered by Europeans

52
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What caused the fall of the Mayans?

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Warfare, drought, and being conquered by the spainards

53
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Byzantine librarians preserved Greek and Roman culture by doing what?

A

Preserving and copying manuscripts

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