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42 Cards in this Set
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The tropics are warm all year round. What marks the center of the tropical zone?
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Equator
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The rainy and dry seasons in the Indian Ocean reflect the influence of what?
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Monsoons
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By 1200 human migrations that had spread many useful plants and animals around the tropics including _______, ________, & _______.
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• Bananas
• yams • cocoa yams |
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What is the form of extensive agriculture that was used in sub-saharan Africa called?
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Shifting cultivation
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Where was the greatest network of irrigation canals between the 14-19th century found?
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Delhi Sultinate
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Who are the Tuareg?
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Western Sahara and pastoralists & caravan guides
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What was the most abundant metal worked in the tropics?
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Iron
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Where was the largest concentration of pastoralists in the world?
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North Eastern Africa & Arabia
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The empires of Mali in West Africa and of Delhi in South Asia both utilized ________ administration.
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Islamic
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What brought about the spread of Islam to land of the Sahara?
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Conversion
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According to the Malinke legends, who was the founder of Mali?
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Sundiata
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From what did Mali derived significant income?
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Gold & copper with North African Muslim traders
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What did Mansa's Kankan Musa's famous pilgrimage demonstrate?
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The enormous wealth
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In addition to the filling his personal religious obligations, Mansa's Kankan Musa's pilgrimage resulted in what construction?
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Of new Mosques & Quaranic Schools in Mali
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Why were Turkish invaders able to successfully invade India?
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The division of India into smaller states
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by what innovation was the Turkish conquest of northern India aided?
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The Crossbow
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Sultan Iltutmish passed his empire to Raziya, his _______.
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Daughter
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What was the most significant factor contributing to agriculture in the Delhi Sultanate?
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Irrigation canals
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When the Delhi Sultanate began to lose control of its realm, new kingdoms emerged in India called __________ & __________.
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Bahmani & Vijayanagar
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Sultan Muhammad Ibn Tughluq was noted by Chronicler Ibn Battuta as being remarkable for his what?
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Religious Toleration
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Although the Delhi Sultanate had its problems, what positive aspect it provide?
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Centralized Political authority to India
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List 4 factors that help to increase Indian Ocean trade between 1200 and 1500.
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● construction of longer ships
● collapse of Mongol Empire ● increased demand for luxury goods : jewels textiles metals ● rising prosperity of Asian European and African states which stimulated expansion |
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The characteristic ship of the Arabian Sea was the _______.
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Dhow
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What was the largest, most technologically advanced ship in the Indian Ocean?
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The Chinese Junk
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The different regional networks of the Indian Ocean trade were tied together by _______ interest.
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commercial interests
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By 1250 what was the most important trading city of the Swahili coast?
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Kilwa
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The economic and political power of the Great Zimbabwe was based on long-distance trade in what 3 commodities?
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○ Gold
○ Salt ○ Copper |
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What caused the collapse of the Empire of Great Zimbabwe?
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Deforestation and cattle over grazing
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What significant cultural feature allowed the regions of Aden and Ethiopia to thrive commercially?
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mutual tolerance of diverse religions
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What was unique about Gujarat trade compared to African & Arabic?
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Gujarat manufactured goods for trade
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As trade increased in the 14th & 15th centuries, the Strait of Malacca became the center of political rivalry between _________ & _________.
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° Majapahit
° Chinese pirates |
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Because of the trade through the Strait of Malacca, Malacca became an important port and meeting place for whom?
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Traders from around the Eurasian world
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The cultural blending associated with the expansion and spread of Islam from 1200 to 1500 can be seen by examining what?
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The Mosque Designs
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In Islamic society, what purpose did mosques serve?
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They were Center of learning & promoted literacy
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Prior to the spread of literacy with the extension of Islam in sub-saharan Africa, the only previously literate society was found in _______.
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Ethiopia
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The spread of Islam to India promoted a new language that combined Persian in Hindi influence called __________.
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Urdu
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What was the most profitable item traded from North America to Timbuktu?
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Books
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Why was the spread of Islam into India different from that in Africa?
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It was done largely by force, and removed many Hindu & Buddhist temples
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The prosperity of the Asian and African kingdoms from 1200 to 1500 was accompanied by the growth of __________.
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Slavery
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The status of women in tropical India may have improved, based on reports that what became optional
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Sati or Widow Burning
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List 4 of the active roles or special skills that women of the tropical regions played or contributed to their communities.
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● farm work & child rearing
● food preparation / culinary skills ● spinning thread & weeding ● cloth making & clay pots |
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In India, by what was a woman status determined?
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By their male master
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