15280891468 | At the start of the Common Era what was the world's population like? | Unevenly distributed, 80% in Eurasia | 0 | |
15280894487 | What did America lack? | Animals suitable for domestication (no trade/disease transmission, no immunity) | 1 | |
15280901661 | What kinds of animals did Africa import? | Domesticated sheep, goats, chicken, horses, and camels | 2 | |
15280919071 | Where was metallurgy prevalent? | Africa, and less advanced in Americas (no tools or weapons) | 3 | |
15280921218 | Writing? | Limited in Americas (except Mayans), limited to North and Northeast Africa | 4 | |
15280928514 | Africa interacted with ________ while America was completely cut-off. | Eurasia | 5 | |
15280930489 | Africa's key points of contact? | Mediterranean zone in North Africa, Arabia in East Africa, East Africa part of Maritime Trade in Indian Ocean | 6 | |
15280938216 | Why did African's have no cultural identity in pre-modern era? | Great environmental variation, enormous continent, Africa is tropical (poorer soils, less agriculture, and more diseases) | 7 | |
15280947210 | When and where did Great Zimbabwe take place? | 1100C.E-1500C.E, 1300C.E-1450C.E in central Zimbabwe | 8 | |
15280953714 | Important aspects of Great Zimbabwe? | rich trading empire, government ran by chiefs, first significant empire of South Africa | 9 | |
15280959726 | Who did Great Zimbabwe trade with? | Merchants from East Coast, traded gold, copper, and ivory | 10 | |
15280963519 | Hill Complex? | religious site (possibly) and home for royalty | 11 | |
15280967676 | Great Enclosure? | massive outer wall, second wall inside, made of granite | 12 | |
15280971869 | Decline of Great Zimbabwe? | unknown, possibly soil quality | 13 | |
15280973784 | When and where was the Hausa Kingdom? | West Africa (Nigeria), 500-1700C.E | 14 | |
15280979663 | What was the Hausa's original religion, and what did they convert to? | Animist, Islam | 15 | |
15280981249 | How many city-states in Hausa and what was government like? | 7 city-states (each with own ruler and council of elders) and monarchs were elected | 16 | |
15280985458 | Hausa aspects? | woven baskets, loud clothing, wooden masks, buildings made of mud bricks, and they had mosques | 17 | |
15280989350 | Hausa decline? | Conquered by Europeans | 18 | |
15280998103 | How did Mesoamerica develop? | without large domesticated animals or iron-working | 19 | |
15284243819 | Diverse Civilizations in Mesoamerica? | shared agricultural tech, economies based on market exchange, similar religions, and frequent interaction between them | 20 | |
15284280666 | When and where did the Maya civilization take place? | 2000 B.C.E-840 C.E in present day Guatemala and Yucatan | 21 | |
15284340734 | Aspects of Maya civilization? | advanced math, calendars, elaborate writing system, large monumental architecture (temples/pyramids), human engineering programs for agriculture (swamp draining, terracing, water management) | 22 | |
15284386448 | What was Maya like internally? | fragmented, frequent war, capture and sacrifice of prisoners | 23 | |
15284400937 | Decline of Maya civilization? | drought...population dropped 85% | 24 | |
15288677647 | What was the capital of Inca, and where did it happen? | Cuzco and South America (specifically Peru) | 25 | |
15288684341 | What was the religion like in Inca? | emperor, divine and descendants of Sun-God, major God Inti | 26 | |
15288769163 | How large was the Inca empire? | 2500 miles, and 10 million people | 27 | |
15288777272 | What was Guipa and who used it? | data keeping, the Inca used it | 28 | |
15288787441 | What was the government like in Inca? | state owned lands and resources, provinces ruled by governors, inspectors checked on governors | 29 | |
15288800990 | What was mita and who used it? | labor work required by state, Inca used it | 30 | |
15288823742 | How many road systems were there in Inca? | 14,000 road systems used for trade | 31 | |
15288843207 | Decline of Inca? | relocation of 1/4th of population to disperse conquered people, Machupicchu were the main ruins | 32 |
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