A story passed down Orally as part of African Tradition

What made Zen Buddism well suite to the Samurai?

Emphisis on Effort and Dicepline

A person who preserves oral tradition in west Africa

A country or territory ruled by a monarch or king

Why did the Aztecs focus on war?

To expand teritory and aquire new sacrifices

How did the Spanish Conquistadors effect modern America?

They toppled 2 civilizations and implated their own ideals

What is chichen Itza?

A Mayan city with religious signifinace

What is a civil service examination?

A test given to qualify for positions in the goverment

What did the West African ruler, Mansa Musa, do?

He made a pilgrimage to Mekka and Meddia

What did the Mayans and Aztecs have in common?

They were pioneirs in Infastructure

How did the goverment change under mongol leaders?

Mongels fill goverment positions

Why were the Aztec and Inca easily overpowered by the Spanish?

They were costal and easily wiped out by the Spanish Navy

A game similar to basketball with religious significance

Why did Ghana play the role of middleman in North African trade?

It was between North and South Africa

Whats evidence that the Maya were advanced?

Carved huge stone heads of their leaders

In 1375 Mali appeared for the first time on a European made map, what did that mean?

Mali was recognised as a great empire

What do the following facts suggest about buddism at the begining of the Tang Dynasty?

It was important but was eventualy abolished

A religion based on suffering and pain in life

A payment made to another as a sign of submision

A local lord in the era of the samurai

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1
Why did the Aztecs build their Capitol city on an island in Lake Texcoco?
Easy to defend
Fertile
Endless supply of horses
Had open pastures for grazing animals
2
Which of the following led chinese land owners to relocate from the north and move south?
Attacks from Mongels
Harsh Climate
Bad Harvests
No grazeing land from Oxen
3
What is a Folktale?
An ancient Greek story
A story passed down Orally as part of African Tradition
Stories told by kings of Africa
A story told using hieroglyphics
4
What made Zen Buddism well suite to the Samurai?
Emphisis on Life and Death
Emphisis on Religion and Faith
Emphisis on Logic and Reason
Emphisis on Effort and Dicepline
5
What is a Griot?
A person who preserves oral tradition in west Africa
The Worlds Oldest type of writing
A band from the 1970's
A great Library in Alexandria
6
What is the Heian Period?
Greece's golden age
China's golden age
Rome's golden age
Japan's golden age
7
What dose maternal mean?
Based on a mans family line
A female warrior
Based on a womans family line
A male warrior
8
What is a kingdom?
A section of Constantinople
A country or territory ruled by a monarch or king
A section of Rome
An area in Persia
9
Why did the Aztecs focus on war?
They were bloodthirsty and Barbaric
To expand teritory and aquire new sacrifices
Because they could
To get Rich
10
How did the Spanish Conquistadors effect modern America?
They Helped the British Colinize America
They Intagrated into Latin American Scocity
They had no impact
They toppled 2 civilizations and implated their own ideals
11
Name one thing that contributed to the growth of trans-Saharan trade?
The spread of Juddism
The Spread of Christianity
The Spread of Buddism
The Spread of Islam
12
This Italian Merchant traveled to china and became a member of Kublai Khan's court.
Marco Polo
Amerigo Vespuchi
Niccolo Machiavelli
Lorenzo De Medici
13
What did the Aztecs demand of conqured cities?
That the cities Army surrender and leave their home forever
That the city be destroyed
Every citizen be sacraficed
Tribute
14
Arab scholars described what kingdom as "The Land of Gold?"
Songhai
Ghana
Mali
Rome
15
What is chichen Itza?
An Aztec city with religious significance
A Roman city with religious significance
An Inca city with religious signifinace
A Mayan city with religious signifinace
16
Which of these is a characteristic of Zen Buddism
Medditation
Bathe 3 times a day
Prayer
Iconcalism
17
Quipus solved what problem for the Incas?
Reading
Writing
Hearing
Speaking
18
The lowest class in Inca scocity was?
Gods
Nobles
Commoners
Kings
19
What Agricultural Technique in bested used in the mountains?
Terece Farming
The concept of 0
Slash and Burn
Well Irigation
20
What happened after Jappan's Heian period ended?
Kublai Khan siezed Power
Minamoto Yoritomo siezed Power
Julius Ceaser siezed Power
Spartacus siezed Power
21
According to Confucius what dose the following relationship mean: Ruler and Subject?
One must never see the other
One must destroy the other
One must respect the other
One must obey the othe
22
What is a civil service examination?
A test given to be able to become a soldier in Sparta
A test given to become a Confucian Scholar
A type of CRES test
A test given to qualify for positions in the goverment
23
What did the West African ruler, Mansa Musa, do?
Built Timbuktu
Founded Islam
He made a pilgrimage to Mekka and Meddia
Built Rome
24
What did the Mayans and Aztecs have in common?
Both made sacrafices
Both had no writen language
They were pioneirs in Infastructure
Neither had Gods
25
Which Civilization Built Pyramid that sill exist in Latin America today?
The Egyptians
The Aztecs
The Inca
The Mayans
26
How did the goverment change under mongol leaders?
Mongels fill goverment positions
Complete Anarchy
Italians fill goverment positions
Africans fill goverment posisions
27
What dose Semi-Divine mean?
The Sun
Part God
The Inca Emporer
The moon
28
Who lacked salt as a natural recorce?
North Africans
East Africans
South Africans
West Africans
29
Who was the primary influenc of the Maya?
The Olmec
The Aztecs
The Spanish
Francisco Pizzaro
30
Why were the Aztec and Inca easily overpowered by the Spanish?
A plauge was occuring at the timeof the invasion
They surrendered to the Spanish Crown
They were not advance enough in warfare
They were costal and easily wiped out by the Spanish Navy
31
What is Pok-a-tok?
A game similar to football with no religious significance
A game similar to football with religious significance
A game similar to basketball with religious significance
A game similar to soccer important in treaties
32
Name the trading city in West Africa that was considered the center of learning.
Timbuktu
Rome
Cairo
Tenochtitlan
33
Which religion came to Jappan from China by way of Korea?
Buddism
Hinduism
Islam
Shinto
34
How dose geography affect the lives of people in Western Africa?
The Nile River Provides Trade
The Niger River Provides Trade
Fertile Plains for farming
Quarries for building stone houses
35
What was involved in oral tradition
Books
Proverbs
Folktales
Griots
36
Why did Ghana play the role of middleman in North African trade?
It was weathier that the others
It was between North and South Africa
It was Extremely vast
It was more spiritual
37
Jaz, Rock, and Rap music are all music influences brought to America from who?
Alied Soldiers
Enslaved Africans
Italian Imigrants
English Colonists
38
What is a Sacred Round?
An Aztec Ritual
Part god
A Mayan religious calander
Part animal
39
What is one Mayan achivement in mathmatics?
4 based number system
Invention of Division
First recorded use of the Protracter in America
Descovery of 0 in America
40
What Agricultural technique did Mayans use to clear large areas of land?
Terrace Farming
Slash and Burn
Chinampas
Well Irigation
41
Whats evidence that the Maya were advanced?
Invented Fire
Made Stone Tools
Carved huge stone heads of their leaders
Made colorful masks to honor the Gods
42
What were some examples of West Africa adopting Islam into their own cultures?
Mosques and Arabic Writing
Temples and Hieroglyphyiscs
Hieroglyphics
Churchs and English Writing
43
Inca Empire existed in what Mountain Range in what Time Period?
Rockies1875-1990
Kuray1000BC-1500CE
Andes1400-1532CE
Himalayas500BC-1153CE
44
Which chinese dynasty secured the silk road and made it safe for travelers?
The Song
The Ming
The Tang
The Yuan
45
In 1375 Mali appeared for the first time on a European made map, what did that mean?
Mali was recognised as a great empire
Europeans wanted to invade Mali
Mali was claimed to be Advanced
Mali was claimed to be insignificant
46
What do the following facts suggest about buddism at the begining of the Tang Dynasty?
It was irelevent
buddism replaced confusionism
Buddism played a major part from the begining to the end
It was important but was eventualy abolished
47
What is Buddhism?
A religion based on swords
A religion based on life and death
A religion based on beauty in nature and life
A religion based on suffering and pain in life
48
What is Tribute?
The concept of 0
A payment made to another as a sign of submision
A branch of Islam
The Invention of the US dollar
49
What is a Daimyo?
A military leader in the era of the samurai
A radio host
A European Lord
A local lord in the era of the samurai
50
What is Machu Picchu?
The capitol of the Inca Empire
The capitol of the English Empire
The capitol of the Mayan Empire
The capitol of the Aztec Empire
51
Why did people all over West Africa Trade with each other?
To get rich
To exchange culture
The get necicerey recorces
To get slaves
52
What dose paternal mean?
The Chinese basin
Based on a mans family line
A line of related rulers
Based on a womans family line
53
These man-made islands helped to expand Tenochittlen.
Terraces
Chinampas
Archapeligo
Papyirus
54
What did the samurai code emphasize?
Respect for women
Loyalty and personal honnor
Ammida Buddism
Zen Buddism
55
Which Capitol City did the Aztecs build on Lake Texicoco?
Rome
Constantinople
Tenochittlen
Brasilia
56
What did the Aztecs do to satisfy their Gods?
reach enlightenment
Baptise their Infants
Fast on Ramadan
Make Sacrifices
57
What substance that we still use today did the chinese make from the bark of mulbery trees?
Dye
Soy Sauce
Paper
Wine
58
What is Tenochtitlan?
The capitol of the Roman Empire
The capitol of the French Empire
The capitol of the Aztec Empire
The capitol of the Persian Empire
59
What was the procedure used to cure an ailment called?
Procedure
Steaming
Treatment
Inocculation
60
What is Seppuku?
Samurai ritual suicide
Shogun ritual suicide
Mayan ritual Sacrifice
Aztec ritual Sacrifice
61
From whose written language did the japanese adapt to form their own?
The Chinese
The Koreans
The Indeans
The Persians
62
What is the Sahel?
The area between the forest and the plains
A section of Timbuktu
The area between the Sahara and the Savanah
A great desert in western Africa
63
Which Mayan Scocial Class had the most people?
Peasnts
Nobles
Preists
Merchants
64
Which invention most helped chinese sailors on long distance voyages?
Nautical Maps
GPS
Sails
Magnetic Compass
65
What is a Shogun?
Head of a roman batalion
A Persian Mercenary
A military leader in the samurai era
A great city in Japan
66
Which group within Aztec scocity did these tasks: studied the skys and ran schools?
Fortune tellers
Kings
Preists
Gypsies
67
Iron tools made what more efficient?
Mining
Farming
Warfare
Smithing
68
Why would samurai preform seppuku?
Fear of Death
Ordered by the Church
Religious Reasons
To preserve personal honor
69
What is Shinto?
A religion based on swords
A religion based on beauty in nature and life
A religion based on life and death
A religion based on suffering and pain in life
70
Griot is another word for what?
Librarian
Warrior
Record Keeper
Stoyteller
71
What happened when Islam first came to West Africa?
Juddism Followed the spread of Islam ino Africa
Islam didnt come West Africa
Islam slowly became a bigger part of daily African life
It was shuned by native Africans
72
The word Samurai means "those who serve". Whom did the samurai of Jappan serve?
Their Lords
God
The Dyiamos
The Shoguns
73
What is a Samurai?
A scholar from the 19th century
A powerful Japanese Warrior Class
An Italian Politician
A Mongol General
74
What was one challange of maintaining control of the Incas large Empire?
Enoughs Homes
Area Control
Enough Resorces
Population Control
75
Which Chinese invention changed warfare during the Medieval Period?
Rocket
Flamethrower
Compass
Gunpowder
76
What is a Savannah?
The tallest mountain in the world
A story passed down Orally
A grassy area in tropical/sub-tropical areas
A river in India
77
Ghana had a central location in the region, what was that good for?
Trade
Religion
Art
Agriculture
78
After the fall of the Han Dynasty what happened that was similar to the fall of Rome
The dynasty was to big to control
Rome moved to China
The next dynasty imedetely to power
to many people lived their
79
What was one benefit of settling on an island in Lake Texcoco
no wild game
Hard to defend
Fertile and had animals to hunt
No animals to hunt
80
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Terrible
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Outstanding
81
What was one of the major causes for the end of Jappans Heian period?
To much land to control
Famine and Draught
War and Dispute over the Crown
Taxes could not support the gov't
82
How did the Inca Emporer send mesages to officials in distant plsces?
Quipus
Script
Hieroglyphics
English Letters
83
Which word best describes how goverment officials got their jobs durring the Song Dynasty?
A Job Aplication
CRES Test
Civil Service Exam
PARK Test
84
Why was their a need for paper money during the Song Dynasty in the 11th century?
Copper and Silver Shortage?
No Emporer Ruled leading to no use for currency
Shotage of Gold
Lack of Horses
85
How did the Fujiwara Family maintain political dominance in Medieval Jappan?
They did not
They married into the royal family
They were voted into office
They conqured Jappan
86
What are Textiles?
A valuable purple dye
A woven cloth
A type of silk
A leafy Vegatable
87
How did Western African kingdoms develop?
Kingdom, City, Village, FBC
City then Kingdom
FBC, Village, City, Kingdom
FBC than City
88
Why did Ghana's Empire Decline?
Famine
War and loss of natural recorces
Natural Disaster
Dispute over the Throne
89
What is a Sapa Inca?
An Incan peasnt
An Incan God
A skilled Inca warrior
The supreme Inca ruler
90
What are Hieroglyphics?
Writing with words
Writing with knots
Writing with pictures
Writing with stones
91
The Provebs are related to what in West African socity?
The importance of writen tradition
The importance of Oral tradition
The non-Importance of Oral tradition
The non-importance of Writen tradition
92
What did th Mayans and Aztecs have in common?
Neither had Gods
They were pioneirs in Infastructure
Both had no writen language
Both made sacrafices
93
What is "mesoamerica"?
middle america
middle africa
middle Europe
middle Asia
94
West Africas line of succesion changed from maternal to paternal after what?
The Arival of Hinduism
The Arival of Shinto
The Arival of Islam
The Arival of Christianity
95
What is a chinampa?
A man made island
A man made metal
A man made mountain
A man made rock formation
96
What is a dynasty?
The ruler of Egypt
A person who preserves oral tradition in Western Africa
A line of rulers from the same family
Japans original Religion
97
Trade was the reason what first came to West Africa?
Shinto
Islam
Calvinism
Juddism
98
Both West African and Islamic art contain what artistic element?
Masks
Geometric Design
Marble Sculpure
Textiles
99
What is a Meritocracy?
Rule of officials proven on wealth
Rule of Officials proven by age
Rule of officials proven on status
Rule of officials proven on merit
100
Who was the Incas most important God?
Inti
Huitzilopochtli
Quetzalcoatl
Anubis
101
There are four vegitation zones in West Africa, what is one economic effect of them?
Religious Exchange
Cultural Exchange
Warfare
Needed differant means of trade
102
Who was Mansa Musa?
The first king of Gahna
The emperor of Rome
An African King
A member of the Borgia Family
103
During ceremonies and rituals, what types of West African visual art was used?
Charms
Amulets
Textiles
Masks
104
Who traded silently to keep their gold mines a secret?
Tenochittlen
Wangara
Cairo
Ghana
105
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The right to rule given by God
THe right given to become a samurai
When God has decided the emporer can no longer rule
When the Samurai era began
106
What was the name of the East-West highway that conected china to the rest of the world?
The Yellow Brick Road
The Silk Road
The Linen Road
The Cloth Road

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