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Africa Americas Rulers PotluckS.S.

Soup????


What is West Africa’s oldest known culture?


The Nok


What do we call the story teller in ancient Africa who passes down the history


Griot


What is West Africa’s oldest city?


Djenne-Djeno


What West African empire is known for being influenced by

Islam, taxing gold-salt trade and being overrun by Muslim

Al moravids.


Ghana


What do we call the grassy plains that cover Africa and

what percent is it?


Savanna40%


What group is known for sculpting huge stone

heads?


Olmec


How did the very first Americans support

themselves?


Hunting and gathering


What is the name of a bark-paper book?


Codex


The Aztecs joined with two other groups to form

what?


Triple Alliance


The Inca expanded quickly under who?


Pachacuti


Why did the people the Aztecs

conquered resent them?


They sacrificed them


What did the Maya base their calendar

on?


The planets, sun, and moon


What is the worship of spirits of plants,

animals, humans, and natural forces called?


Animism


What were the main directions of the

Bantu migrations?


South or southeast


What are reasons for people to migrate

called?


Push pull factors


Where was the empire of Mali

located?


The Sahara


What African civilization was known for its’

advanced weaponry?


Songhai


What is the name of the southern border of

the Sahara which means coastline in

Arabic


The Sahel


Where did the Benin civilization develop?


Savannah


Swahili is a mixture of Arabic and what

other language?


Bantu


Why was Kilwa’s location key for it

becoming an important trading

center?


It was on the Indian Ocean and gave them access to

India.


What did the early Maya use the codex

for?


Keeping track of important records


What did the Inca use the Quipu for?


To record data


What led to the decline of the Incas?


A struggle between rivals for the throne


Who made up the Triple Alliance?


Aztecs, Tlacopan, Texcoco


In Incan tradition, the allyu was what?


A small-group structure used for community work

projects.


In the Incan Empire, mita was a type of?


Labor Tribute


Pachacuti stands out in Inca history

as?


A ruler who expanded the

kingdom into an empire.


Archaeologists believe that the

Great Enclosure of Great Zimbabwe was

intended to do what?


Impress visitors with the power of Great

Zimbabwe.


Name the first real urban center in the

Americas.


Monte Alban built by the Zapotec

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