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Scientists say the first humans were where?
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Africa
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What was the first civilization?
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China
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What rivers helped Chinese civilization develop (rice)?
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Yellow RIver and Yang Sea
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Wheat was primarily where in early China?
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north
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Rice was primarily where in early China?
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South
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What was built to link the Yangtze and Huang Ho Rivers?
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Grand Canal
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Grand Canal is how many miles?
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1500 miles
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Who was China's ruler?
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the emporer
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what is the "Mandate of Heaven?"
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Supposedly, a mandate of heaven meant that the emporer had support of the god/s and if he screwed up he didn't have support and he could be overthrown
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What is the name of the bow to the emporer?
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kow-tow
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who was the Chinese philosopher who said to respect and obey authority?
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Confucius
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Korea was influenced by where?
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China
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Korean dialect is influenced by?
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Chinese
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Korea is not ___.
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Chinese
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Why was Korea not dominated by another country?
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so weak and so many problems it was not worth dominating
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What did Korea do so China would not dominate them?
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pay tribute
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#1 religion of Korea
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Buddhism
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#2 religion of Korea
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Christianity
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Joke: If a robber goes up to a true Buddhist monk with a gun and says, "give me your money or your life!" what will the true Buddhist monk say and why?
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The true Buddhist monk will say, "which one would you prefer?" because true Buddhist monks will not have any connections to (life, money, love, etc)
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The main religion of China?
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Buddhism
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Where did Buddhism originate? Confusiusm?
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India
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Who were the rulers of the seperate territories/regions of Japan?
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fuedal warlords
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Why were the Japanese such good fighters?
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they fought each other alot
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What great power does Japan have, why?
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great navy because that way China couldn't come over the sea and conquer them
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What are the Japanese "knights" in shining armor who fought well?
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samurai warriors
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What did the Japanese people do before battling an opponent?
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Shout their noble accomplishments
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What is the word for Japanese ritual suicide?
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Seppuku
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Why would Japanese do Seppuku?
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If they brought dishonor
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Who were Dravidians
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dark skinned Indians and first people in India
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Who were the Aryans
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light skinned people second wave into India
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Which race was treated better in India? Why?
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Aryans, Hinduism suppressed them
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Why did Hinduism suppress the Dravidians?
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"if you're good in life, you'll be reincarnated into better Caste" so they behaved (mostly)
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What are the best Castes
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Priests(only Aryans) are on top and mostly Castes are defined by money
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Who were the Dalits
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untouchables are in lowest Caste and do the dirtiest jobs.
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How do you get to a higher Caste?
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You marry into one
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Which 3 countires did China also have influence on?
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Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia
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Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia are what religion?
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Buddhist pretty much
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Indonesia has the most what in the world?
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Muslims
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Which country: Vietnam, Thailand, or Indonesia will maintain independence throughout history?
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Thailand
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Which was the only country to conquer Vietnam?
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France
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How did Vietnam escape French control?
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Vietnamese are tough fighters and when they got guns, bam.
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How did France control Vietnam?
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guns, which Vietnam didn't have
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Why was Vietnam scary to China after getting free from French control?
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Vietnamese are scary fighters and now they had guns
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Why did Egyptians have civilizations along the ____ river?
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It was smart to be so close to the water of the Nile river for crops and water.
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Who was the ruler of Egypt?
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the pharoah
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There was a lot of ____ between the Middle Eastern countires
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traveling/trading
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Egypt was mostly
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Muslim
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When the top political leader is top religious leader, it's called?
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theocracy
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Judaism was the first religion w/
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one god
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Christianity was a branch off of
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Judaism
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Who lived in Jerusalem according to Judaism?
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Abraham
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Muhammad was a merchant, what was his story?
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contacted by Allah(a god) to move his family and have children he became top theocracy leader in Medina and came back to Mecca and dominated w/ his Muslim people
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Islamic and Muslim differ from the ? of who is ___
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Jesus
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Who supports Muhammad's descendents?
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Shi'ites
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Who don't support Muhammad's descendents?
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Sunnis
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Why did people move west mostly?
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scared of Atilla the Hun who was ruthlessq
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Who was of those trying to migrate to escape (Franks, Vandals,..)
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Germanic tribes
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What word came from the Slavic people who did what?
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Slaves cuz they lied down and died easily
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Atilla attacked where but wasn't really successful?
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Roman empire
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Migrating, where did the Magyars end up?
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Hungary
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Vikings lived where?
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Netherlands
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What was so good about viking boats?
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they could go upstream
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what was formed cuz Vladimir in Russia converted
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eastern orthodox christianity
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Russia was also crushed by?
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Mongols
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Who was the Mongol leader who conquered almost everywhere making trade easier?
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Genghis Khan
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what disease spread easily w/ world wide trading
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Black Death
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Black Death wipes out ___ of pop of countries it contacts. ?% it kills of newly contaminated areas
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1/3 and 80-90%
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Which country started democracy?
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Greeks
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Greece started what type of rule?
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democracy and philosophy
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Which young ruler conquered a bit of Persia?
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Alexander the Great
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Which country took Persia back?
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Rome
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Which people were successful in attacking the Roman empire?
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Germanic
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After the germanic people attacked Rome, what spread?
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Christianity
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When capital of Rome moved, what happened?
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there were 2 religious capitals
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What happened when the two great religious leaders excommunicated each other?
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a split
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After Roman empire was diffused by germans, it became:
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France, England, Scotland, Ireland, Scandinavia, Italian states, germanic states in Holy Roman Empire, and Spain and Portugal
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The little Italian city-state ___ hosted the pope
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Rome
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What started cuz pope wanted "holy land" back
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Catholic Crusades
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Another reason the crusades started?
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the "holy land" was closed to other religions
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what year did the pope start the crusade
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1099
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Why did the pope get the idea for the crusades?
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the Bizantine empire asked for help
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Which Crusade was a success
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the first
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Cathedrals started cuz
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after first crusade, people took a look at the good architecture
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Who united Muslims against Crusaders?
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Saladin
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Most people in Africa lived in
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villages
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There were very few ___ in Africa?
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big states
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Zimbabwe had lots of
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cattle
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Usually city-states were made for
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protecting large quantities of something
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Why weren't Africans as technologically advanced as Europeans?
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Africa had plenty of resources so there wasn't a real need to develop fighting or protection for getting more
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Mali had plenty of
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gold and salt
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Africans often __ their resources through
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traded, Cross saharan trade
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East coast of Africa was ____ and had lots of ___
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trading a lot, lots of slaves
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In villages, who is leader?
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chieftan
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What other people are important in villages?
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elders, women
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What religion says spirits are everywhere and might have (pagan, shaman, witch doctor)_
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Animism
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African religion is very
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physical, drums, musical
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What is an African oral historian, these guys are amazing
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Griot
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What besides the chieftan in the village is highly respected
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Griot
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Language is mostly what in Africa
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Bantu
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What is a combination of Bantu and Arabic
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Swahili
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The east coast of Africa is mostly
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Muslim
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What religion is Ethiopia
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Christian
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A reason Native Americans got so sick w/ intro to foreigners is
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foreigners had developed immunity to their domestic animals and native americans didn't really have domestic animals
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What is the only domestic animal that could help native americans
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llama
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In central america, there is
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massive development (big cities)
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Big cities were first made by
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Mayans
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What great people came after Mayans
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Aztecs
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Aztecs came after Mayans for
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sacrifices
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why was there farming
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big cities needed food
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What could native americans farm
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beans and corn
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Instead of an alphabet, native americans had
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pictograph
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What would Aztecs sacrifice?
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war captives
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What was it called when Aztecs went and fought their neighbors to gain sacrifices
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Flower War
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Why did people rejoice when the ___ came
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Spaniards, so they could put aztecs in place
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what beverages were for gods
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chocolate, blood, choco with spice, choco w/ blood
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Aztecs developed advanced
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astronomy
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There wasn't much ___ by native americans
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trade
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