Which of the three Mesoamerican civilizations we studied did not use pyramids? Why did they not construct pyramids like the other two?
Incan; because they had mountains to use instead
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What nation in Africa became a Christian nation and was located in the Ethiopian Highlands?
Axum (Aksum)
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What city did we study in the Incan Empire and describe it.
Machu Picchu; a city built atop a mountain
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What did the Inca create throughout their empire to unify it and aid in travel/communication?
A road network (including rope bridges)
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What three trade routes are shown in this image?
Trans-Saharan, Western European Sea and River, and South China Sea and Lands of Southeast Asia
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Give two of the three things that all Mesoamerican civilizations utilized.
Calendars, advanced mathematics, and writing/record-keeping systems
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Where do the following goods all come from? Compass, amber, gold+salt, and windmills+waterwheels?
Compass=China
Amber= Baltic Region
Gold+salt= West Africa
Windmills+waterwheels= Middle East
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What political units were the Mayans divided into and why?
City-states; the rainforest kept them seperated
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What three nations grow in western Africa that relied heavily on the trade of gold and salt? Also, what major city was a trading center for the last two nations?
Ghana, Mali, Songhai.
Timbuktu
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What was the capital city of the Aztecs and what took place there on a massive scale? Why?
Tenochtitlan; human sacrifice; to revive/nourish the sun god
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All of the Mesoamerican civilizations were ________ (polytheistic or monotheistic).
Polytheistic
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Give three of the four regions that textiles were produced in.
China, India, Middle East, and Europe
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What religion were most people in Africa before the spread of Islam and Christianity into the region? Also, what does this religion worship?