World Studies Midterm Review

They mummified their dead to prepare them for the afterlife

Bad things colonization did to Africa

What was NOT traded along the silk road

Who was upset by the Congo Free State

What African colony did King Leopold III own?

The Shang dynasty was

A ruling family could also be called a...

Located along the Nile river

What did the White Man's Burden excuse?

Led by Genghis Khan

Which country did NOT colonize Africa

Who was the richest man in history

The emperors ruled under the "mandate of heaven"

What religion came to China because of the silk road?

What is polytheism

Egyptian life revolved around which river?

Which religion has the Torah as it's sacred text

Invented the first known form of writing

An empire located in the steppes of Central Asia

Which civilization had the caste system

What is monotheism

Where do Samurai come from

Which African countries were NOT colonized by a European country

Not much is known about this civilization because we cannot decipher their writing

Ruled by pharos

The oldest river valley civilization

China's golden age occurred during which dynasty

Nomadic clans united into an empire

What is Islam?

Religiously very tolerant society