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What is migration? |
A permanent move from one place to another. |
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Where were the Inca located? |
Andes Mountains
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Who were the mound builders? |
Adena & Hopewell |
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What is the Iroquois League? |
A political group in the eastern woodlands. |
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What is a potlatch? |
A ceremony of gift giving? |
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What were the earliest remains uncovered in peru? |
Mochica people |
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True/False: Incan society was strictly regulated? |
True |
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Which were polytheistic? Maya, Inca, Olmec, Aztec |
Maya, Inca, Aztec |
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Who was Pachacuti? |
Founder of Incan empire |
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when did the Mochica rise in peru? |
100 to 700 A.D. |
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What did a deformed head mean? |
High Class |
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Why did east and west African kingdoms develop in the same areas? |
Geographic barriers kept cities from expanding. |
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What kept people from migrating in Africa? |
Mountains, deserts and bodies of water. |
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What did westerns think of the Africans? |
They were racist and didn't think It was the work of Africans. |
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Why did gold and salt dominate sahara trade? |
Gold and salt were plentiful in the sahara. Salt helped prevent dehydration. |
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In Zimbabwe subjects gave what to the king? |
7 days a month of labor. |
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What did monsoon winds do? |
Sent ships east to India and back to Africa in the winter. |
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What religion did the Swahili adopt? |
Islam |
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What soldier king forged the largest state in west Africa? |
Sonni Ali |
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When was democracy established in Timbuktu? |
1976 |
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How much gold was traded for salt? |
Ounce of gold for and ounce of salt. |
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Taharqa made monuments from? |
Old temples |
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What is Bantu? |
The root language for all other African languages. |
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What is desertification? |
As land becomes parched desert is spread. |
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Piankhi is a Nubian king that conquered ________. |
Egypt |
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Who was the most influential Christian thinker in the late roman empire? |
St.Augustine |
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How did the spread of Islam influence North Africa? |
It replaced Christianity. Arabic replaced Latin language. Blossomed Muslim civilizations. Linked a global trade network. Carried Islam to west Africa. |
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Where is the only fertile farmland in Africa? |
Along the Mediterranean coast and tip of southern Africa. |
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What spurred in African trade? |
Salt, gold, iron, copper, diamonds and oil. |
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What encouraged Bantu migration? |
Desertification |
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How did weather affect cities of African east coast? |
Trade winds established where cities were placed. |
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What were 4 achievements of Mayan civilizations? |
They built channels. Pyramids were the tallest structures til 1903. Traded across middle America. Hieroglyphic writing system developed. Created a 365 day solar calendar. Created numbering system. |
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How was Aztec government different from Mayan? |
Mayan city-states each had their own king. Aztecs had a single ruler. Nobles below him served as officials. Next were warriors who could become nobles by capturing enemies. Most were commoners who farmed. Slaves were below them, they could own land and buy their freedom. |
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How did people reach America? |
Paleolithic hunters and gathers came to American from Asia during the last ice age. Came across a land bridge from Siberia to Alaska. |
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Compare matrilineal and patrilineal cultures. |
Patrilineal were ties and inheritance from the fathers side. Bride would move to husbands village and become part of his family. Matrilineal husband moved into wives family. Matrilineal had strong ties between brothers and sisters helping each other. |
