Africa, America, Japan

Part 1: Africa1. Axum is located along which river? NILE2. What country is Axum known as today? ETHIOPIA 3. What religion is practiced in Axum?

CHRISTIANITY

Part 1: Africa4. Which African civilization was located near the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers and the Indian Ocean? ZIMBABWE5. What was the capital city of this Civilization?

GREAT ZIMBABWE

Part 1: Africa6. What were the three major West African civilizations that developed along the Niger River?

a. GHANAb. MALIc. SONGHAI

Part 1: Africa7. What did the Western African civilizations trade to Arab traders on the Trans-Saharan trade route? GOLD8. What did Arab traders trade that was as valuable as gold?

SALT

Part 1: Africa9. Which religion would become the official religion of the Western African civilizations? ISLAM10. What was the most powerful city in these civilizations?

TIMBUKTU

Part 2: America

Part 2: America1. Which civilization was located in the arid valley of Central Mexico? AZTEC2. What were the major cities in Mesoamerica?

a. Mayan – CHICHEN ITZAb. Aztec - TECHOCHTITLANc. Inca – MACHU PICCHU

AMERICA MAP & CITIES

MAYAN CIVILIZATION - CHICHEN ITZA

AZTEC CIVILIZATION TENOCHTITLAN

INCA CIVILIZATION (ANDES MOUNTAINS) MACHU PICCHU

Part 2: America3. Which civilization had an extensive road system? INCAN4. What type of religion was practiced in Mesoamerica? POLYTHEISM 5. Which civilization was located in the Andes Mountains of South America?

INCAN

Part 2: America6. Which civilization created the written language called glyphs? MAYAN7. Which two civilizations used pyramids for religious rituals and human sacrifices?

a. MAYAN b. AZTEC 8. Which civilization also collected tribute from conquered peoples?

AZTEC

Part 2: America9. Which civilization created a 365 day calendar and used the concept of zero in mathematics? MAYAN10. Which civilization’s economy was based on high altitude agriculture?

INCA’S

PART 3: JAPAN

Part 3: Japan1. Define: Archipelago A GROUP OF ISLANDS2. How many main islands make up Japan? FOUR3. Which two major Asian countries are located to the West of Japan?

a. CHINA b. KOREA

Part 3: Japan

Part 3: Japan4. What three influences from China are present in Japan?

a. WRITINGb. ARCHITECTUREc. BUDDHISM

JAPANESE WRITING

CHINESE WRITING

Part 3: Japan5. What is the ethnic religion of Japan? SHINTO6. Shintoism stresses the importance of ______________ forces, forces of ________________ and _______________ worship.

NATURAL NATURE ANCESTOR7. It also stressed the worship of the __________________.

EMPEROR 8. What religion was accepted alongside Shintoism in Japan?

BUDDHISM

Part 3: Japan