| A | B |
|---|
| Black Sea | Constantinople trades with Russia and eastern Europe |
| Trans-Saharan | Gold-Salt, Ghana Mali Songhai |
| Silk Road | China to Med Sea. Textiles, Paper, Porcelain, Gunpowder, Religion, Compass, Disease |
| South China Sea | Textiles, Spices, Disease, through Strait of Malacca |
| Europe Trade Routes | Deep rivers. Sea routes |
| Amber Roads | Amber from Baltic |
| Indian Ocean | India to Africa (new cities) Spices, Textiles, Sugarcane, Lateen Sail |
| Axum Where? | Nile River, Ethiopian Highlands, Red Sea |
| King Ezana | Axum. Concerts to Christianity |
| Zimbabwe Where? | Zambeizi and Limpopo Rivers. Southern Africa. |
| Ghana Mali Songhai | West Africa. Niger R. Sahara |
| Great Zimbabwe | City. Evidence of Zimbabwe's power and wealth |
| Trans-Saharan | GMS. Gold-Salt trade |
| Timbuktu | west Africa city. trade and universities |
| Animism | West Africa before conversion to Islam. Worship spirits in nature |
| Maya Where? | Mexico, Central America, rain forest, Yucatan |
| Aztec Where? | Mexico desert |
| Inca Where? | Andes Mts South America |
| Maya culture | Pyramids, carved fields out of rain forest |
| Aztec culture | irrigation, warfare, pyramids |
| Inca culture | terracing, Quipu (knots) record-keeping, Roads |
| What did the Incas Mayas Aztecs have in common? | writing, calendars, math |
| Chichén Itzá | Mayan city |
| Tenochtitlan | Aztec city |
| Machu Picchu | Incan city |
| Archipelago | Japan. volcanic island chain |
| Japan disasters | earthquakes, tidal waves, and typhoons. NOT Godzilla |
| How did China influence Japanese culture? | Writing. Architecture. Buddhism. |
| Japan government? | Feudalism |
| Shogun | Japan. Warlord had all the power |
| Emperor of Japan. | little power. figurehead |
| Daimyo | Japan. Lords |
| Samurai | Japan. Knights |
| Shinto | Religion of Japan. Spirit on nature. Emperor worship |
| Fusion Religion | Shinto combines with Buddhism and Confucianism |
