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Unit I Early Civilizations Study Guide
Terms
Olmec
Codex
Zapotec
Zheng He
Daoism
Ming Dynasty
Autocracy
Mita
Confucius
Glyps
Filial piety
Popol Vuh
Shi Huangdi
Pachacuti
Questions
1. What was one major reason for the fall of the Tang Dynasty?
2. How did Empress Lu maintain her power?
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3. What were three major inventions of the Tang and Song Dynasties?
4. What was a closely guarded secret in China?
5. What geographic features influence migration in and out of China?
6. Living in harmony with Nature is a philosophy of what?
7. What is the chronological order of Chinese dynasties?
8. Which civilization migrated into the Valley of Mexico about C.E. 1200?
9. When did the decline of the Maya occur?
10. What is the cause of the decline of the Inca Empire?
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11. Why did the Inca develop a network of roads?
12. What are some reasons why the Mayan's declined?
13. How were the governments of the Aztec's and Mayan's different?
14. The Mayan's based the _________________ on careful observations of the planets, sun and moon.
15. Who resented Aztec rule and why?
16. Place the African Kingdoms in chronological order (Nubia, Ghana, Mali, Axum, Songhai).
17. How does the Swahili language show relation to both Bantu and Muslim languages?
18. What did the kingdom of Ghana have in abundance?
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19. What caused the greatest growth in Islam in East Africa?
20. What was the purpose for the Great Enclosure of Great Zimbabwe?
21. Why did the African trade routes shift to the east several times?
22. What direction did Bantu speaking people migrate?